TransRockies Race Crosses the Great Divide

The TransRockies mountain bike race, one of the toughest races on earth, recently began its trek with a time trial stage here in Fernie, British Columbia. Stage three marked the race's cross over the Great Divide of the Canadian Rockies. Also known as the Continental Divide, this line of mountains that stretch across the Americas is what separates the rivers and watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those that drain into the Atlantic or Arctic Oceans. As such, this stage of the race represents some of the toughest, wildest, and most remote mountain biking to be had. The race continues on to its eventual end in Canmore, Alberta.