The numbers added up to a spectacular first-ever Motorrad ADV-X backroad adventure in the wilds surrounding the Sun Peaks ski, golf and mountain biking resort near Kamloops, B.C. in mid-September of last year. BMW partnered with Enduro Park Canada, an off-road rider training company near Victoria, B.C., to organize the event.
The riders for this GS-only event came from across Canada and ranged from off-road newbies to advanced bushwhackers.
One of the relative newcomers was Tanya Cassells, who came with her husband Cameron Cassells from nearby Coldstream, B.C., for the ride. Although Tanya had ridden a small dirt bike as a kid in Alberta, she said she didn’t return to motorcycling until she turned 50 and did so because it is an activity she and Cameron could share.
She bought her first 1250 GS