How is your Summer Holiday shaping up? If you’re still undecided, perhaps some Riding and Reaching will entice you! Indeed, the Ride and Reach retreat with Boreale Mountain Biking and yours truly is back for its second year, and this blog post is designed to quench curiosities, and well, wet appetites for this unique occasion.
We jumped in the glacier fed lake in the background after this ride!
General Info
Riding mountain bikes, playing yoga, eating fresh, and sleeping well is in my opinion, a magic recipe. Mixing in the these offerings in an intimate setting in the woods, on a bluff overlooking the Yukon River and the quant city of Whitehorse is memory creation at its finest. With a limited number of guest spots available, 6, there will be plenty of time over the 5 day retreat to customize and maximize your vacation wishes.
Mountain Biking
Singletrack! We won’t waste your energy on long boring access or gravel roads. It’s straight to the goods. Whether you feel like climbing or shuttling, smooth or technical, epic or ecstatic, we’ll take you there. I’ll be on all the rides, along with one of Boreale Mountain Bikings fully certified guides. While we’re on the trail, we’ll have time to stop and talk technique, or just flow until we’re high on endorphins. Skill progression sessions will build and progress all week as needed or requested.
An after dinner cruise just minutes from Yurtville
Yoga
I was certified as a yoga instructor for the sole reason of sharing this cyclist saving activity with my cycling family. I’ll be leading at least one class per day, and mix it in with detailed asana technique. With a focus on safety and alignment, we will aim to keep the practice fun, flowy, playful, and light. Yes, I’ll want to challenge you with some balance postures, and get you sweating from time to time, because it’s not just those tight muscles that need to be lengthened, it’s the supporting muscles that need to be strengthened, and that new found range of motion from yoga needs to be used with control and awareness.
Yurtoga Adjustments
The Extras
Boreale Mountain Biking specializing in making you feel at home. Sleep in your luxuriously equipped yurt, stay connected with wireless internet service, breath in clean pure Yukon air. The food provided is prepared fresh daily by our caterer, and sourced as locally and organically as possible. If you want to sit back with a beer at the end of the day, Yukon Brewing will provide you two drinks on the house, available on request, or enjoy a glass of wine with fine company, reminiscing on the days adventures, and watching the never ending sunset. If you get inspired to go ride in the midnight sun, which is an urge that we will certainly indulge you in. And by the way, getting to Whitehorse is much easier than you might think, get in touch with Boreale Mountain Biking for the details!
A typical mid ride lunch spread
To Conclude
On a personal note, this retreat is something I’m passionate about, it is part of the evolution of my career from being simply a stuntman in mountain bike films and trials demos, to a friend who loves to share and pass along all the techniques and mental approaches garnered through 13 years as a pro. It is a delight to mix these cycling skills in with my love of yoga, again sharing the postures that I have found to be useful as a cyclists through my 8 year asana practice, and speak to how the presence and awareness generated through this practice can transcend the mat and be included in your riding enjoyment, and integrated in to the general flow of your daily routine.
One of my favorite pieces of singletrack in the world…
Warmly, Ryan
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