Boney Elbows | Alice Lake, Squamish, BC | MTB

If there's one thing I never want, it's an Alice Lake KOM...
I'm going to make an effort to properly document all of these Alice Lake gems before they get developed, so here we go! Boney Elbows is a fantastic intermediate introduction to granite grip and brake control. Super fun and generally pretty relaxed trail, apart from the advanced option on the right at the end. Get out there and go get it once it's responsible to do so again, enjoy!
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[@TheTrueOutDoors]

Ha loved the comic sans text choice there for the bonus clip

[@smckinnon]

Did I hear a familiar French man's voice at the start of that Gouranga bonus section?

[@DaleStone]

Jumped out of the forest and chased me with a baguette in hand. 🥖

[@jeremyprovonsil7886]

@@DaleStone assuming you confirmed at least half of my question about that upper right section being the huge gap-to-slab line that Yoann and Remy were jumping? I recall a couple of passing riders taking your line in one of their videos. What’s crazy is I live in USA, never been to Canada, only watch all your guys’ videos. Haha

[@dylansmyth]

This was my first day on slabs. Such a cool experience, so different than anything I've ridden before. Nice vid dude.

[@barathmuthusamy]

Can we just appreciate the scenery at 2:20.

[@miktub1555]

If it looks slow, it’s only because you’re so smooth on bike man.

[@RobbisTV]

EHHH! New subscriber here, cheers from Ontario and Québec! Love the channel man, keep up the awesome shreds! Cheers :D \m/

[@DaleStone]

Thanks mate, cheers indeed! 🍻

[@PL-fh8cz]

Perfect weather for riding. Disappointed you didn't take the Remy line on Lower Gouranga. 👍👍

[@DaleStone]

😵

[@BasicBodThor]

Boney Elbows is a great way to progress on slabs...plus getting there is a lot harder than the slab itself

[@gmoney4911]

babe wake up new dale stone video 🥰

[@proshredder1907]

What app do u use to edit pls

[@darrinkulyk9560]

Excellent Vid 😎 May LongWeekend 😃

[@EM-nl6sg]

Thats a crazy steep climb in there im very impressed. Awesome riding as always!

[@magodize]

The trails on Alice Lake are jeopardized by real estate development? I'm by no mean a Squamish local but I do a trip once every summer and I'd find it extremely sad if this amazing trail network was to disappear to get replaced by condos

[@lgrankin]

Was that the Punter commenting as you were coming off that first slab?

[@DaleStone]

It's almost more common to have a cool accent in Squamish than whatever I have!

[@CaptStress]

Yes Squamish, you are beautiful. I miss my hometown so very much. Fantastic video Dale.

[@hobmarg]

Stoked on the Alice Lake project, great to see all the trails in high quality POV.

[@lynxg4641]

More fantastic trails and riding. Curious if by chance you watched/saw Remi and Yoann's videos from Gouranga and there "alternate" lines before you rode it?

[@DaleStone]

I've seen their lines before, but they're definitely too far on the freeride end of the spectrum for a cardio nut like me haha. I'm happy cleaning the "ride around". 😅

[@lynxg4641]

Agreed. Think you do pretty damn good for a "cardio nut", as one to another, think it's what helps you enjoy the tech more as you don't get as easily out of breath like your friend DD ;-) First time I saw Gouranga and that spot was in a Enduro race and it was giving a lot of, what seemed pretty skilled riders trouble, so when I first saw Remi's alternate line I think 2 years ago and Yoann ride it on a Cyclocross bike, my mind was blown, but this new line they're riding, is just on another level.

[@DaleStone]

That DD comment got me good, hahaha. 😂

[@nicks2716]

I find DD’s complaining genuinely amusing. But I sympathize. Were I following DudeXTR, all contact would be lost 2 seconds into ‘pick your trail name’. At least he keeps you in sight. And he’s damn skilled.

[@bengordon2330]

@@DaleStone If you started that nonsense I think your mom might be on the next flight out to BC to finally shut you down :)

[@bermbossmtb]

Man, some of those slabs look so off camber. Super cool riding man!

[@jcklondon91]

What? How is it you haven't sold the Banana bike. Last week I noticed a used 2009 Stump-jumper FSR go for 2k...

[@DaleStone]

Stacked all of my motivation skill points on being outside, resulting in overtraining and chronic laziness otherwise haha.

[@sharky125]

You make that look easy. Great riding and vid.

[@Bessunger]

Oh wow

[@epicshangrila]

Wow 👊👊👊👊👊

[@nicks2716]

Was worried my Sunday morning fix wasn’t coming! ;-) Was this part of that big 2k+ ride you did recently? And Dale, you never look slow “to me”! Thanks as always for sharing.

[@DaleStone]

Strava tells me I had my hardest ever ride yesterday so I had to whip something together this morning after 13 hours of sleep haha. Yeah this was one of the laps in the 2K, maybe even the first lap!

[@claritean]

how steep was that climb there..

[@DaleStone]

Steep enough to mention!

[@TheExtraCrank]

Hello from Scotland! These are some amazing trails you have over there!! I rode a trail called Squamish AB yesterday (named after your BC Squamish, but its Aberdeenshire). Having never been to Canada, it was about as close to this kind of riding I've ever done... Obviously, it doesn't come close - that view/slab at 02:20 is just incredible...

[@DaleStone]

That's pretty cool! Would love to ride in Scotland someday, have a number of friends who grew up there and they're all shredders, so there's something to it...

[@andrewgreenwood8727]

Your so smooth & Classy on the sight ' a joy to watch. 🔥

[@thomaswyatt199]

The camera quality is unreal.

[@rafaelgodoy903]

Hahahahahah that optional line gave me goosebumps man. Excellent!

[@DaleStone]

You and me both!

[@knordberg]

Those rock slabs are the bee's knees.

[@slowspoke1027]

Dale, the King of Making it look Easy!

[@DaleStone]

That's a title I'd be proud of!

[@slowspoke1027]

@@DaleStone I just love your level of confidence, it helps show me that these gnarly techy slabs might not be *as* scary as I think ;)

[@DaleStone]

As long as you never compare your personal braking grip to anyone else's, I'm happy. 😊

[@sick1551]

What’s happening with development in the area?

[@benbarber1863]

Would like to know what's happening as well

[@GoProGoalieUzi]

Do you ever wipe out hard on these runs?

[@DaleStone]

I'm suuuuper cautious so I haven't crashed on a slab or rock roll yet. Generally when people crash here it's when the grip disappears on the dirt runouts haha.

[@downhillfromheremtb7135]

It sucks so much that all these trails are going to be developed, so many good trails are going to be ruined :(

[@DaleStone]

I'm just happy that the Cheema family let us use their land for free for so long. 🙂

[@robrider838]

I don't think this is definite yet.

[@DaleStone]

@@robrider838 I'm not the gambling type, so I'm going to take advantage of them being here now!

[@robrider838]

@@DaleStone Ride them anyway and hopefully a compromise can be met with the Cheema family where new development is allowed, but the trails are kept. Sure, the views might not be as scenic, and it won't feel so remote, but at least we'll still have the trails.

[@DaleStone]

The official proposal is extremely reasonable and does actually maintain most of the slab trails, that is true!

[@Pedaltrilhasemergulho]

Bears?

[@DaleStone]

Plenty!

[@tonyluo7346]

Hey Dale! What system are you using to film? From your chest or FF helmet chin bar if you wear one?

[@DaleStone]

Chin bar!

[@tonyluo7346]

@@DaleStone dope! Which mount do you use? I'm looking to get one for filming, looks like you got a nice one!

[@DaleStone]

Couldn't even tell you haha, some el-cheapo one with a sticky back and additional zip ties... Haha

[@tonyluo7346]

@@DaleStone Well, if its good enough for a shredder like you than its more than adequate for me!