The town of Vernon bills itself as the 'Trails Capital of BC.' Its mountain biking lives up to the hype.

The town of Vernon bills itself as the 'Trails Capital of BC.' Its mountain biking lives up to the hype.

All photos by Aaron Thiesen Trails, like fine wines, reflect the soils and circumstances in which they are crafted. Canada’s second-largest wine-producing region lines the nearly hundred-mile shoreline of fjord-like Okanagan Lake, in southern interior British Columbia. Here in the sunny, semi-arid Okanagan Valley, the deep lake moderates temperature extremes, and growers boast of different soil types around every corner. The soil produces bold, …