KKNSTR 1999 Photos by Mike Bjelos

KKNSTR 1999 Photos (by Mike Bjelos)

Pictures on this page were taken by race participant Mike Bjelos, en route to a 7:28:41 finish.

Please click on one of the thumbnails below to view a full-sized picture.

	The start of the "Race Across the North Shore", just above Horseshoe Bay.
	The start of the long, steep climb up the scree leading to Black Mountain.
	You need your hands to help you over these big boulders about half-way up the climb to Black Mountain.
	The last of the big boulders.
	Reward at the end of the scramble - views of Eagle Harbour and Horseshoe Bay.
	Eagle Bluff - just 1 more mile and 500 feet of climbing till the high point of the race at Black Mountain.
	More runners arrive at Eagle Bluff.
	Leaving Eagle Bluff, runners encounter snow for the first time and will see much more of it over the next 6 miles.
	The sun keeps runners warm as they run over 5 feet or more of snow.
	A solitary runner makes his way through a huge snow-covered meadow.
	The top of the Black Chair at the Cypress Mountain downhill ski area 6.5 miles into the race, and an altitude of 4,000 feet.
	The winding one-mile switchback descent to the 7.5-mile aid station at Cypress Bowl.
	Fixed ropes help the runners safely cross icy gullies between Cypress and Hollyburn mountains.
	Soft snow through the cross-country ski trails at Hollyburn Mountain.
	Runners were faster through this section of trail, as the snow covered up many of the rocks and roots on this downhill section.
	In and out of the sun on the cross-country ski trails.
	One of the few wooden bridges not covered up by the snow in the high country this year.