on Saturday, why not spend a leisurely 4 hours early Sunday doing a big ol' lap of Victoria's greenspaces? Sure, it may be snowing a bit—or just pouring rain and 2 degrees—but since when has that put a damper on a Tripleshot ride? 
Sunday's proposed route runs out to Bear Mountain and Finny, through Millstream, Hazlitt, Ross-Durrance, and down to McKenzie Bight, around Willis Point and back via the hindside of Partridge Hills, Elk Lake, and Colquitz. It’s about 67K from Pareto to Pluto's, with about 30K of that unpaved. It's quite climb-y, with nearly 1300m of vertical—but happily some of that uphill is paved (e.g. Willis Pt.)
Given that this route is 10-35% longer and 25-50% more vertical than our usual Sunday fare, I'll suggest a 6:30 start from Fort & Richmond.
Brunch at Pluto's or like substitute around 10:30 or so...Given forecast conditions, there’s a 43% chance the route will end up abbreviated (or cancelled outright if Johnny Tyre steps outside in his negligée at 6 a.m. and sees his breath.)
This will of course be a friendly, no-drop ride with footsies-down whenever needed. But if you haven't been doing much climbing or riding mixed terrain for 3+ hours recently, you may at times be a tiny little bit miserable.
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