Switchbacks - Gone To Whistler
Heidi Swift - Switchbacks magazine
Read Switchbacks 'Gone To Whistler' article
Heidi Swift is a freelance writer and photographer based in Portland, Oregon where she lives with two mean cats and one rad Sicilian man. In addition to being cyclocross-obsessed, she enjoys good whiskey, romantic rain rides, and frequent international cycling escapades. Despite most often trending toward “tomboy” she has a penchant for very red nail polish, large scarves and obnoxious designer sunglasses. She’s an Editor-at-Large for Peloton and Switchback magazines, and cycling columnist for the Oregonian Newspaper. Her work has also appeared in ROAD Magazine, Bicycling, Cyclocross Magazine, Wend Magazine, VeloNews and CyclingNews.com. You can follow her misadventures at GritandGlimmer.com or catch her on the tweets: @heidiswift.
Bear Back offers airport pickup and drop-off (a dream considering that otherwise it’s a two or three-hour bus ride from Vancouver to Whistler, sometimes with puking children) and the diverse staff of talented and enthusiastic riders can handle everyone from mega-fit cross-country racer types to downhill adrenaline junkies. Those kids are patient and funny and they’ll make sure you have the time of your life.
Heidi Swift - SwitchBacks Magazine
Excuse the older images, some of the photos were from our stock library. Pete, Tristan and Seb all making appearances, no longer guides, but Tristans bike is now Tobys albeit for the addition of Gravity Light bars and stem.
Heidi Swift, writer, racer and out and out 'go-getter' spent the week being escorted by Toby and given the lay of the land about who we are, what we offer and just how we do things.
Heres a gratuitous picture of Toby taken by Heidi during their few days together.
