Alberta Land Rover Enthusiasts Club Forum
General => Events => Topic started by: binch on February 07, 2016, 03:42 PM
Well...now that all the trees on thetrail have have been knocked back I'm very looking at doing the Alexander MacKenzie Trail another go.....but at a bit more leisurely pace for a spot of fishing. This is full on expedition travel so both participants and vehicles must be prepped!
This trip is dependant on club interest and fire season. The trip will run from Saturday Aug 20 to Aug 28, depending on interest. There is a maximum number of vehicle for this trip so start thinking ;)
If you are interested please let me know and I'll start planning things..... 8)
*Raises hand*
I'll go again. Trip of a lifetime, and worth doing twice ;D
I think you will need one of those Bill. Can be used effectively for cutting high dead fall and even quick tent setup. I am sure Princes Auto has a kit.
how about we just use something like D6 dozer with a brush cage and high cut blade. That will sort that damned alder out that's for sure!!!!!
If it were the first week of August I'd be in but sadly all my holidays will be used up by then.
Have fun.
We have a small group going through August 26-sept-3-4. Looking forward to doing it, and loved all your guys pics from last year!
For anyone interested, my map for the trail and area can be found here: http://albertatrailmaps.ca/AMHT/
I will work out an update based on last year's trip sometime before summer.
thanks John! I might be good to show the leg going off to the home ranch (from Mike and Linda's place) as a separate leg. The Home Ranch was fenced off by new owner and the old buildings all raised to the ground....for liability reasons.
You bet. Any other useful information to add?
Do you have the route map that trevor made of the trip this year? It may have some different detail in there...... We missed the vehicle section of the trail west of the indian village that we drove through. Finding the correct trail proved a bit difficult there so we ended up on the foot trail north of the river until it met up with the vehicle trail crossing again a couple of miles west of the village. The foot trail section just before the junction of the trails has a very tricky section on a steep cross slope and right on the shoreline there.
The small bridge that we took the picture of all the cars on.....it's gone now. The ford is just south of the bridge footings.
And the alder section is a million times thicker then it was in 2008 with bigger stems and the area has spread.
That's all I can think of at this time, but I'll see what else I can remember. ;-)
The long winch through the bog at the end of the trail can be bypassed. That was quite memorable...in a very good way.
Hi Gang,
I've had interest from Trevor and Claus so far.......anyone else interested in a bit of a Camel Trophy, BC style?
I'm hearing chatter.....I can hear folks thinking about the adventure ;)
Did you send out a club email? Only about half the members are on here and half of those not very often. It might help if you set the dates....
Yeah, once upon a time but I'll send another note out and see what stirs ;)
What dates you guys on running?
It's slated for Aug 20 -- 28th, but that's still dependant upon more people signing up. We're a bit thin on numbers currently.
Oh nice, depending on which way you guys are going and the way we end up going, might over lap you fellas. Our small group is going aug 26-sept 4
http://globalnews.ca/news/2628389/1000-hectare-fire-burning-west-of-quesnel/
Going to be a dry summer I think.
I see the "make work" projects have been started already by the local residents. Can't burn much more on the eastern portion but there's a good bit of Pine beetle kill that's going to bring up the fuel levels. August is still a long way away...... ;)
That's an early start to the fire season. Not a good sign, although not too surprising with the big El'nino winter we had. That usually results in AB and BC burning the following spring/summer, much like last year.
The burn areas are some of trickier to navigate due to the amount of crap on/around the trail. Lots of tire-popping opportunities if you're not careful.
but fortunately for us we didn't have to cut any of the charred stuff!!!! Stayes clean going through there ;D
Are you guys getting excited yet? 8)
I always smile thinking about that trail. Great evenings by the fire followed by a good nites sleep ;)
Been a wet summer in bc so far, should be interesting.
Sorry to say..... I'm going to have to cancel this trip due to lack of interest :'(
That's too bad. It would have been a great trip. I wanted to go but couldn't swing another week in August.
Not to worry...I'm sure we'll go back again 8)
Quote from: binch on July 14, 2016, 02:25 AM
Not to worry...I'm sure we'll go back again 8)
I concur. I definitely want to run this trail again. I would do it the other direction the next time and run west --> east, getting the potentially crappy bit out of the way first. That would give an entirely new (and better) flavour to the trail.
Next year perhaps, if there's enough interest. 5 vehicles was a really good number...pretty easy to keep together, and also enough bodies to help divide the labour load.