The 15th annual Big Pig mountain bike festival has been officially postponed due to recent wildfires in the 亚洲天堂 Lake and its surrounding area.

Patti Dub茅, president of Ride 亚洲天堂 Mountain Biking Association made a statement on facebook, 鈥淧ossible tentative dates are Sept. 22-24, 2023.鈥�

Also this announcement was made by the event organizer Ride 亚洲天堂 in their facebook page on July 11, 2023.

Due to the recent wildfires near Boer Mountain Road and evacuation alert and orders on Gowan, Wiebe along with Babine Lake and Fisheries Road all located within approximate five kilometers from 亚洲天堂 Lake has made it a unsafe for residents to bike around the trails.

Last year, in this mountain biking festival, there were 40 kilometers cross country, 10 kilometers laps in three hours, five kilometers laps in two hours and many more.

This year Ride 亚洲天堂 received $371,000 funding.

Dub茅 said, 鈥淲e received a grant of approximately $371,000 to rehabilitate different parts of our trails systems over the next 2 years. We have been able to hire a trail crew to work on a number of these projects.鈥�

This year, they were bringing back Dante鈥檚 Inferno where participants will complete nice stages of Enduro challenges.

Ride 亚洲天堂 is a 100 per cent volunteer-based organization that makes these world-class trails available for everyone.

Dub茅 says, 鈥淥ur community helps sponsor trails, hiring student workers, providing prizes, and cleaning up trails. We set the standard for all other communities out there.鈥�