Born from the Backcountry // Vanderham and Sandler Scout, Build and Ride a New Alpine Trail

British Columbia’s Kootenay mountains contain some of the world’s most unforgiving-and beautiful-terrain. The peaks, ridges and valleys of the region are remote, extensive and rugged, creating the opportunity for a backcountry experience like no other. Less than four miles as the crow flies from Retallack Lodge lies Antoine Basin, a heavily mined, yet seemingly untapped valley, especially when it comes to trailbuilding. Born from the Backcountry, a new film from Freehub Magazine, follows Thomas Vanderham, Veronique Sandler and the Retallack build crew as they spend a week camping and creating in this place of endless potential.
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[@mt.sportgrunt4294]

Awesome video ! We need more like this more on a full length documentary type!

[@mamalovesthebeach437]

Veronique Sandler is fearless...so fun to watch!

[@matthewhall8790]

Mountain bikes and Knob Creek whiskey! It's a love affair!

[@MTBCoop]

Always look forward to the latest releases from Freehub! Keep the content coming!

[@bobv7522]

I feel like I should've paid for this content...

[@JustJake77]

Literally the dream life....

[@dank3823]

Great great video. That trail was incredible and so were the riders. Almost like riding in from the heavens.

[@gogovitch66]

This beauty is breathtaking! 😳

[@LiveToRideMTB]

That was absolutely incredible, loved seeing the line come together and the story really kept you hooked good on the director and editor! Amazing riding as expected! Really enjoyed!

[@LiveAeons]

Sublime! This is the kinda stuff that reminds me how much I love the Mountains and Mountain Biking, against all setbacks, hardships , injuries.

[@ridedirtymtb9938]

Agree, such a life changing hobbie

[@ridedirtymtb9938]

Correction, lifestyle❤

[@JasonChambersPhoto]

Great video guys! Top job.

[@adolfosantamaria2189]

So good!!!

[@crissvaughn85]

That’s just so marvelous - thank you so much guys, all of you 🔥🔥🔥

[@YBMTB]

Cant wait!

[@mrpercussive]

that dirt packed in looks almost like fresh road!

[@FlorentinHaunold]

This was beautifully captured - just wow! Great video :)

[@tsnaza250]

Never gets old, watching Vanderham do his thing on two wheels! Truly an artist both on and off the bike. One of the top three riders I think would be real cool to ride with. Great overall trail vision/design, fantastic views, and film work. Hadn't heard of the female rider until this clip, but holding your own with Vanderham - my hat's off to ya!!

[@freehubmag]

Vanderham and Vero are two stand up humans! oh yeah and they ride bikes really good! glad you enjoyed the film

[@daveandmerlin]

She is Gorgeous!

[@banjoreno]

Yeah Rylan!

[@gordongabriel3566]

awesome spot beautiful area, shes got awesome skills riding with vd

[@non_clemente]

Great video, hopefully more videos like this.

[@trailswithtyler7427]

When your so early the video hasn’t even released yet

[@jk2302]

Watched it again, still just as good!

[@MountainBikingTrips]

NICE JOB!

[@paulwintermute1495]

You earned a new subscriber with that one!

[@freehubmag]

🙏

[@ukyo6195]

All this to make the sponsor happy

[@fransenfiets]

Alright, this is next level and I love it. 👏🏼👏🏼😍

[@nabooska]

Y’all crushed this 👏👏

[@primozr5411]

Dream lines 🙌🙌 Amazing 😁

[@Loam_Lord]

Such an amazing production. Good shit.

[@manutara2007]

Oh damn It, this video reminded me the old ones...when I was I kid and I would watch NWD videos

[@marcosmadrazo2440]

Wow! 🙏🏻

[@johnothanswenski4573]

Wow, Just Wow

[@bensun432]

So good, love the balance between the two riders! If you need any more builders...

[@jasonprfrost1]

Awesome commitment and awesome skills this is inspiring stuff. Great and rare to see a woman crushin it too !!

[@KOOLAID559s]

Sick AF....

[@marcmaza2821]

Damn hella want to ride that mountain now!!! That was sick!!

[@brendanriel888]

just discovered you guys. this content is sick please keep it coming

[@bradnyenhuis3896]

Beautifully done and no doubt it's a great trail but not sure how many of the "lot of people for a long, long time" will get to ride a trail that requires a heli shuttle.

[@sethwhitley2827]

This is a sick trail!

[@ridedirtymtb9938]

Awesome

[@bentyler5704]

Actually though this is like Nat geo stuff right here you deserve way more subscribers super sick video guys keep it up!

[@freehubmag]

Thank you!

[@daveaufradern6658]

Once again excellent edit !

[@servidig483]

Amazing

[@cedricclark1461]

Awesome riding wish I had a bike like theirs.

[@MTB_Adventure_Fam]

Awesome Video!!

[@willd2156]

That dirt packs so well holy shit

[@duaneshrode2556]

Did you guys set it back to the way it was, or just tear it up and bail? Never liked seeing bike track in the wild... makes me sad.

[@doghill_]

crazyyy

[@MikeyV10]

Wish I had a helicopter shuttle :)

[@hobbes8737]

My thoughts exactly . I built a trail by walking up every time. Lol

[@bimfred]

yeah just imagine a world where everyone did this, it would be....completely unsustainable. woooooo 🤘

[@lemonadejesus5485]

😍🍻

[@emersonfnogueira]

Top

[@jordangraves5517]

Vanderham is the Ben Affleck of biking

[@user-pb2mi3uf7l]

9:52

[@BlueDevilBrew]

Is BC just cool with random alpine trail building? Environmental damage isn’t a concern? This would never fly in the US.

[@freehubmag]

@BlueDevilBrew Great question! As a rule of thumb, you should always have permission from the proper land owner before building any new trails. This project was done on the Retallack Lodge land tenure with all the appropriate approvals before any building was done. Environmental damage is always considered, and the basin this trail was built in has a long history with mining. If you look closely in the film you can see the remnants of old mine shafts, access roads, and piles of track, shelters and debris left from times past.

[@BlueDevilBrew]

Freehub Magazine thanks for the info. I had no doubt approvals were given prior to construction. Mostly just noticing a difference in land management between BC and US. Pretty much all the alpine areas in the US are federal lands where this isn’t allowed. Fun project, thanks to sharing.

[@theGiver3]

Assuming the lodge owns the land, how is it any different from private land in the US?

[@hobmarg]

@@theGiver3 it's crown land (means the government owns it essentially) that Retallack has tenure to operate certain activities (cat skiing and mountain biking on). The operating/lease agreement lays out terms of what they can do. As Freehub said above, there's a ton of mining history in these valleys so it is not pristine wilderness by any means (but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be respected, which it clearly is).

[@theGiver3]

@@hobmarg thanks for the explanation. I didn't know. I agree, even just watching this video you can feel the respect for the land. Incredible.

[@so.vttrails6408]

Is there a climbing trail? Or do we just call the Chopper?

[@hobbes8737]

would of been better and much less effort to keep the trail as raw as possible, im sure there's a lot of natural lips to hit in the way down .

[@JasonChambersPhoto]

Great video guys! Top job.