Mountain Cariboo Alert

The federal government has decided that the Province of British Columbia’s plan to save the mountain caribou is not working. 
Please see ABC Snow's website for the complete article:

http://www.abcsnow.ca/www/mountain-caribou-alert/

You  have until March 18th, 2014 to send in your comments.

There is a potential for more closures, so as a snowmobiler, make sure to submit your comments.

Big Timothy Ride

 Impromptu ride yesterday to Big Timothy Mountain to take advantage of the weather.  Turned out to be amazing - blue skies, warm temperatures and a fun day.  A bit of everything - hills, meadows, powder, some technical.  To describe the day in one word - "sweet"!

Couldn't ask for better weather.

Play time on the hills

The sky couldn't get any bluer

Stress release

He doesn't always ride at the back!

Rob in action

Up, up and away.

Looking good in orange!

See if you can find Michelle in this picture.

Wells Weekend 2014

We just returned from our Club's 5th annual weekend excursion to Wells.  We sure lucked out - great snow conditions, good visibility for riding and mostly bare roads for the drive up.

Arrival on Friday afternoon at the Hubs Motel.  Unload once and ride all weekend!

Saturday morning - raring to go - hot lunches and Diane's home baked cookies.

About a 40 km ride to our destination

Lots of powder awaits.

Julien is off to find the steep and deep!

If it's not captured by camera, it didn't happen.

This is not "the Norm"

Lots of snow for the trail machines

Guess why Earl is on Kathi's sled?

Time to find more untouched powder

We all rode pretty hard on Saturday since the conditions were so good.  It was also forecast to be quite cold overnight so we didn't know how much riding we would get in on Sunday. Thanks to Jeanne for coordinating our fun weekend and for getting up before 4 am to make the coffee in the "party room" for the Olympic gold medal Hockey game.  It seemed like a good idea the night before, but I think most of us couldn't get out of bed.

Sunday morning, the temperatures were around -30 and combined with the wind chill from riding, it made for a cold start.  What a picture perfect day though with breathtaking scenery.  Didn't take many pics on Sunday, but check out the view.

Dave and Cheryl from the Bear's Paw Cafe did an outstanding job of keeping us fed all weekend. Delicious meals, especially the ribs ....yum.

Laughter and comradery after some terrific riding

Looks like Ken is trying to keep us quiet - like that would ever happen!

Julien and Chris are sure smiling after enjoying some prime riding

As always, a fantastic weekend.  Can't wait for next year.  

Highway 24 South - Jan 30th

Our last ride of January started out at minus 12.  It felt colder since January has been such a warm month.  It didn't take long to forget about the cold as we rode out on the logging roads and up and over our "secret access" to reach some prime riding area. 

Views from the top

Marcel and Norm (the workers) always have at least one tree to cut.

Here comes the sun.

Where's my sled?

The "Taj Mahal"

Lunch in the sun - camo sunglasses to keep in theme with the tree stand.

After lunch we found all kinds of amazing places to ride.  Blue skies, wide open spaces with perfect powder to either learn, practice or perfect our carving skills.  We all had smiles on our faces!!



Perfect day :)

Wow!

The conditions were so amazing that we carved up all of that perfection.

 

We played in the logging slashes on the way out.

We had such a fun day that no one wanted to head back to the parking lot but... the sun was going down and the cold was returning.
Until the next ride ...

Drewry Ride - Jan 26th

The Club decided to check out the trails around West Drewry Lake yesterday, since we hadn't been in that area for some time.  We had some challenges such as poor visibility, logging and interesting snow conditions.  Some areas had absolutely no base so you know what happens then.  Couldn't get to our look-out due to tremendous tree growth, but wouldn't have seen much through the fog.

Dreary at Drewry (the weather that is)

The "Unstuck Crew" having some social time

Pretty good technical riding skills for a new rider with a small trail machine!!



Help getting out of the deep snow :)



It might have been easier to walk!

Cross ditching or ditch crossing...

One of those instances when the road isn't where it should be.

Always good to get out riding, despite the conditions.  Now if only we could have snow at night and sunny days!! 

HIghway 24 North

On Tues. Jan. 21st, we met at Opax to explore trails and clearcuts on the north side of Hwy 24.  We had good weather and to our surprise, really good snow conditions.

4 polaris, 6 doos and 2 cats are ready for some fun.
 

Logging is providing more and more clearcuts to play in!

 

A new doo is certainly something to smile about!



Beautiful views



We explored a lot of back roads, lakes and clearcuts, with the lakes being in good shape.  I'd be more specific about where we went, but I wasn't riding near Norm to get an overview of where we were!!!  Great day, as always but hopefully more snow is coming for future rides.

Big Timothy - Hendrix

Saturday, Jan. 18th
Rode to Big Timothy out of Hendrix Lake. Found the top very wind blown, hard thin snow pack, large rock formations showing. Not a good place to be. Dropped down toward Hendrix, playing in the trees, found some large open meadows with really good snow. Met a couple of riders from 150 Mile, they passed on more information on the area. Tried for other meadows, but the trees got in the way.  Very good day in the end, the ditch play was great.

 

 

 

 

                                                                     Meadow

                                                           Big Timothy near summit

Big Timothy in the background