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Here are just
some of the many
exhilarating options
available along the
highway that will
make your journey one
you’ll never forget.
SKYDIVING
BIKING
From lush meadows and
hillsides to looming mountain
peaks, many options are available for your impending bike
trek. Pack your own equipment
or rent along the way — rental
and repair shops can be found
in most cities and towns.
Amazing mountain bike net
works exist throughout northern
B.C., from Terrace and Smithers
to Burns Lake and Prince
George (mountainbikingbc.ca).
Head to Kamloops to try
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their BMX race track and get
some air in the dirt jump park
(kamloopsbikeranch.com), or
take in a guided mountain or
cross country biking day tour.
Test your skills with dirt jumps,
slopes, and teeter totters
in Hinton (bikehinton.com).
You can also find many trails
throughout the provincial and
national parks — such as Jasper,
the Battlefords, Blackstrap (near
Saskatoon), or Riding Mountain
(near Russell) — or through city
greenways and river valleys, like
in Edmonton or Winnipeg.
Jump out of a perfectly
good plane and experience
an epic moment of freefall
at various stops along the
Yellowhead. Strap yourself to
a professional in Kamloops
(skydivekamloops.com) for
the 10,500-foot tandem
jump or attend a 5-hour
ground course before making
a 3,500-foot solo jump.
Jumpers with restricted
mobility can take part in the
tandem adaptive skydiving
program (using modified
harnesses) west of Prince
George (skydivebc.ca).
Alberta travellers can
jump tandem from 13,000
feet in either Stony Plain
(edennorth.com) or Edmonton
(edmontonskydive.com)
or enrol in an Advanced
Freefall (AFF) program to
become a certified solo
skydiver. If those heights are
too unnerving, you can try a
lower-altitude tandem jump
in Saskatoon (skydive.ca) or
near Winnipeg in Steinbach
(339jump.com) or Gimli
(skydivemanitoba.com).
PHOTO CREDIT: STOCK.ADOBE.COM/GERMANSKYDIVE110; TOURISM SASKATCHEWAN/GREG HUSZAR PHOTOGRAPHY
— BY TAMARA ASCHENBRENNER