Crowsnest Pass 2016.

[B-Red]

I think I am going to have to stick to weekend long events. Taking a week long off is tough. So will be staying within the 4-5 hr drive radius for this summer.
Emad

[binch]

Who do you have going so far Matt?     Last I heard it was Yoda, Dave, yourself and Emad.....

This is a good trip that you have organized!   Both of those trails were a lot of fun and John took us through some really beautiful country...... :)

He took us off the tarmac hwy and onto one of the gravel roads on the one day.    I think it was on the Douglas lake road from Westwold(?)  Great forested lands opening out into some okanogan type farm lands.     We stopped along a lake (douglas lake I think) for lunch, and found the biggest patch of saskatoon berries I've ever seen!!!    We fed on that for a good while...      John, please correct me if I'm wrong on that info?

The campsite along the river in Endeby was a good one too....nobody else there...just us...nice and peaceful.   

If you have one other vehicle with you...go for it!   ;)

[Red90]

For the Jeep Trail, we camped at Cooke Creek.  http://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/search/search-result.aspx?site=REC1743&type=Site  It is across the road from the start of the trail.  We also came in there via forestry roads from Three Valley Gap.  It cut off a lot of distance, but was nothing enjoyable.

We drove as much gravel as possible from there to Princeton.  It was okay, but the routing got mixed up around the 97C as the maps I had were not very up to date...  We ran out of day and took the highway the rest of the route.   It was either  Salmon or Chapperon lake that we stopped at for lunch, near Douglas Lake, I think.

In Princeton, we stayed at the Princeton RV park, http://www.princetonrvpark.ca/.  They have one end of the property just for tents, so it was not bad for a campground near a city.

[Matt H]

Who do you have going so far Matt?     Last I heard it was Yoda, Dave, yourself and Emad.....

If you have one other vehicle with you...go for it!   ;)

Emad is out. Yoda is out. Dave is reluctant to thrash his brand new engine (if he gets it installed in time) on such a long trip with no shakedown time.

Changing location to the Crowsnest Pass/Beaver Mines area will allow Yoda (and perhaps Emad?) to come out for a few days and Dave likes the idea of a closer trail system too.

So I'm making an executive decision to move the trip location to the Crowsnest Pass/Beaver mines area. It's really nice there with lots of trials to explore like the racehorse pass. This will allow more folks to participate for the weekend only if they wish. John and I were out there several years ago.

Do you still have the trail maps you used John? The campsite next to the river was really nice.

[Red90]

You can get a map set here: http://albertatrailmaps.ca/ (my project) that covers all of the trails in the area.  The local ATV club also publishes a printed map that you can purchase in the area.

If there are any specific trails or such, you want help in finding, let me know.

The campsite you are thinking of was found the first time the club did Racehorse and is at N49° 44.516' W114° 43.035' https://goo.gl/maps/m6ho1j2JiYt

I've also attached a file with tracklogs and waypoints from the four club trips we did to the area.  There are some nice trails further south as well that Trevor and I did.

[B-Red]

Ok. Back in. This is more achievable with the timelines.
What is the first day date and where do we meet?

[Matt H]

Thanks John. Awesome trail info as always. Much appreciated.

I am planning on heading out to the campsite Saturday 30th July in the morning. It is accessed from Hwy #3 so we can meet up at Coleman? If your arriving later I can come back out to meet you and guide you to the campsite.

We will be using the same camping area all week as a base and traveling the many trails in the area. As such, if anyone wanted to bring a small, off road trailer or larger tent they won't need to worry about packing up often or dragging over rough trails. Resupply for fuel etc is not far away so we shouldn't need to pack too much in with us.

I'm taking my son Jason, and will be driving the Mighty Range Rover with the Sankey in tow.
If Yoda comes out I would guess he will use the 101 and perhaps his new tent trailer? He will maybe have his daughter with him too.
If Dave gets the 110 back together he will obviously be using that.
Are you using your Disco II, Big Red Emad?

Any others wanting to attend give me a shout and we will look out for you. With the base camp plan a person can just join in for a couple of days if they want and not need to spend the entire week.

Should be a really great trip. I will prepare a list of possible trails in the area and we can decide what we all want to do over evening campfire as we go.

[B-Red]

The camp site is around 6 hr drive from Edmonton. I would head to Colman on Friday as it is the long weekend. I am running checks on Tigger and Bigred to see which one will be trail ready. My son Abdurrahim is planning on coming.
Thanks John for the GPS maps. Very helpful.
I will send an email out to see if some of the Edmonton trucks would make the trip for the weekend. Get a convoy going.
Cheers

[Matt H]

Sounds good Emad, spread the word.
I had thought about heading out Friday myself but I work Fridays so by the time I got to the campsite it would be late and supper time for the mosquitos. So I will see you guys out there sometime Saturday afternoon. We will use the campsite listed in John's post. Should be straight forward to find due to his excellent maps.

Any trails that you particularly want to do over the weekend just let me know and we will try to get them lined up.

Getting excited now.

[B-Red]

For those who are setting on the side lines.....some motivational videos:

First, make sure you get one of those outfits. You never know

https://youtu.be/mgQRUhGt8Ks

[B-Red]

Matt is bringing out the Mighty Range Rover. It has four doors by the way. He did not do this in the Moab. You never know...he may get tempted

https://youtu.be/XWCvsT2M47Y

[B-Red]

Now Alaska has this festival for 4th of July. Ours will be August Long Weekend. Get ready

https://youtu.be/KbMYzMUu06Q

[B-Red]

And finally, there is always a way out. We play by the rules and observe land use bylaws and conditions. No need to make that final goodby kiss you know.

https://youtu.be/66CP-pq7Cx0

[Matt H]

Been watching the Dukes of Hazzard again Emad? Lol.

You can definitely expect some new paint scratches from brush. Last time I was in the area some trails were seriously overgrown.

[Red90]

Links to pictures of previous club trips.

2007: http://s203.photobucket.com/user/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/Race%20Horse%20Pass%2007/story
2008: http://s203.photobucket.com/user/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/Race%20Horse%20Pass%2008/story
2009: http://s203.photobucket.com/user/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/Race%20Horse%20Pass%2009/story
2011: http://s203.photobucket.com/user/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/Race%20Horse%20Pass%202011/story

edit:  I changed the thread title.