Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adventure
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:54 pm
Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adventure
Thursday 4th September to Sunday 7th September 2014
Hello Rover-Landers,
We wanted to mark the clubs 30th Anniversary with an awesome off road adventure. What we have decided to do is a big loop that's
hits a bunch of our favourite spots up in the Lilloett area.
The four day loop that starts near Lilloett and ends near Lilloett will include multiple locations including Blowdown Pass, Ochi Basin, Mud Lakes, Poison Mountain, China Head, Big Bar Valley, Big Bar Ferry, Edge Hills wilderness. If you haven't done this loop before make sure you don't miss it, if you have done it before you probably can't wait to do it again ...mark the dates on your calendar today, bribe the wife, throw a "sicky" at work, sell the cat .... do what-ever needs to be done!
The road conditions will be genally "medium" off-road with some some big hill climbs, some narrow high roads, some typical bush pin striping (although a this area is mostly above tree level and more open than the typical Fraser Valley runs). All Land Rovers (even totally stock) are more than capable on this terrain. You can check the Gallery for photos in the same areas to gauge the terrain.
It will be wilderness camping with very few amenities along the way. You will need to bring along everything you need for 4 days.
....OK, as promised some more details on upcoming "best of the best " 4 day off-road loop.
Thursday 4th - meeting at Squamish Tim Hortons at 9am (note- there is more than one Tim Hortons in Squamish, we will be meeting at this one - 38930 Progress Way;
http://goo.gl/maps/bVGdO
Be ready to depart at 9.30am. There will be a brief stop at Pemberton at 11:00-11:15 Meeting at the Petro Canada Gas station in Pemberton (Hway 99 and Portage Rd). Then onto Duffey Lake where we turn off to Blowdown Pass. Lunch will be atop the Blowdown Ridge looking over the beautiful Stein Valley and Blowdown lake at 6500ft. Back to the highway #99 and onto Lilloett for 4pm. Anyone planning on meeting us here make sure to let us know. Next we travel down deep river gorge to the east end of Carpenter lake where we will camp under the Terzaghi Dam at the rec site approx 5pm.
http://goo.gl/maps/NEfz5 +50° 47' 7.83", -122° 13' 23.39"
Friday 5th - we will depart at 10am (if you are coming up to meet us here on Friday morning allow 4.5 hrs from Vancouver and let us know to look out for you) we will follow Carpenter Lake until Marshall Lake FSR and then head NW deep into the wonderful wilderness! We skirt along the chain of Mud Lakes until we arrive at Poison Mountain. With a name like that it's the perfect spot for lunch looking down over half of BC from 7000ft! After lunch we cross Davey Jones Creek and rumble our way over China Head ridge up to China Head Mountain. Arriving at French Bar Rec site approx 6pm.
Saturday 6th we will depart at 10am heading for the mighty Fraser River, dropping down into the massive Chisholm Canyon to the free Big Bar Cable Ferry. Once we cross the River (2 at a time!) we will head south following the canyon until reaching the Edge Hills Wilderness Park where we climb out and head for Kelly Lake. Once past Kelly Lake we head up to the peak of Pavillion Mountain top at 6500ft for lunch. After lunch we drop down into the small town of Pavillion and a short run on the highway to Lilloett where we head off road again along Texas Creek and into Ochi Basin. We will set up camp in the Ochi Basin meadows, arriving approx 6pm.
Sunday 7th we will depart the base camp around 10am and head up the switch backs of Molybenite Mountain, climbing to approx 8000ft along narrow cliff side roads. Lunch will be (hopefully) in the sunshine looking over several mountain ranges on what is one of the most spectacular roads in BC. (Note - it has been known to snow up here in September!). Once we have had our fill, back down to base camp and back to the highway at approx 4pm and head for home .....
A couple of notes; for the people who can't do all 4 days you can see from the agenda that it's possible to join us on Friday morning at Carpenter lake. It's also possible to leave us at Lilloett on Saturday afternoon. This will cut it down to three days but will make for a lot of driving on your first or last day.
Weather although on the past trips it has been generally quite hot in this area, you should be prepared to encounter anything from Freezing at night to plus 40 degs in the mid-day.
Vehicle -it needs to be in good mechanical shape! In the case of a breakdown we will never leave anyone behind and will always get your vehicle moving or pull you out to the nearest highway with cell service. (Always a good idea to have your BCAA membership in pocket - just in case!). Bringing along a few spares is always a good idea and between us all we should have a good collection. A good spare tire is a must have. ( ...only 3 wheels on my wagon...)
Food and drink - bring along enough food and drink for at least 4 days! don't leave it until Lilloett and make the whole convoy wait for you to go shopping! Hopefully we will be able to have a camp fire each night (depending on the local fire bans on the dates).
Fuel - the longest off road section without gas stations is approx 260 kms, the last place to fill up will be Lilloett (note the gas stations close at 9pm if you are joining us on Thursday night).
Communications- Our primary communication will be with VHF channel 146.460 and secondary will be CB channel 4, if you don't have either in your vehicle, if you can get your hands on a hand-held VHF just to monitor the convoy information it would be beneficial (lots of interesting and useful information gets passed along the line when on the move).
Any questions, let me know .... Post up if your coming along, let us know if you will be joining us somewhere along the way.
Cheers,
Andy
To assist with the logistics of a large group I have started a "confirmed" list and a "almost confirmed" list. Let me know if you have moved up to the confirmed list .....
Confirmed
Andy & Bailey
Pete & Alex
Bill E
Stuart L
Shawn D
Chris M
David B & Larry
Dave V & Bike
Dave F & Scott
Matt & Henry
Justin & Jullian
Craig S
George & Katrina
Bernie & April
Dave T
Phil
Eric & Sue
Bert plus 2
Ken 2a
Greg & Son
Thursday 4th September to Sunday 7th September 2014
Hello Rover-Landers,
We wanted to mark the clubs 30th Anniversary with an awesome off road adventure. What we have decided to do is a big loop that's
hits a bunch of our favourite spots up in the Lilloett area.
The four day loop that starts near Lilloett and ends near Lilloett will include multiple locations including Blowdown Pass, Ochi Basin, Mud Lakes, Poison Mountain, China Head, Big Bar Valley, Big Bar Ferry, Edge Hills wilderness. If you haven't done this loop before make sure you don't miss it, if you have done it before you probably can't wait to do it again ...mark the dates on your calendar today, bribe the wife, throw a "sicky" at work, sell the cat .... do what-ever needs to be done!
The road conditions will be genally "medium" off-road with some some big hill climbs, some narrow high roads, some typical bush pin striping (although a this area is mostly above tree level and more open than the typical Fraser Valley runs). All Land Rovers (even totally stock) are more than capable on this terrain. You can check the Gallery for photos in the same areas to gauge the terrain.
It will be wilderness camping with very few amenities along the way. You will need to bring along everything you need for 4 days.
....OK, as promised some more details on upcoming "best of the best " 4 day off-road loop.
Thursday 4th - meeting at Squamish Tim Hortons at 9am (note- there is more than one Tim Hortons in Squamish, we will be meeting at this one - 38930 Progress Way;
http://goo.gl/maps/bVGdO
Be ready to depart at 9.30am. There will be a brief stop at Pemberton at 11:00-11:15 Meeting at the Petro Canada Gas station in Pemberton (Hway 99 and Portage Rd). Then onto Duffey Lake where we turn off to Blowdown Pass. Lunch will be atop the Blowdown Ridge looking over the beautiful Stein Valley and Blowdown lake at 6500ft. Back to the highway #99 and onto Lilloett for 4pm. Anyone planning on meeting us here make sure to let us know. Next we travel down deep river gorge to the east end of Carpenter lake where we will camp under the Terzaghi Dam at the rec site approx 5pm.
http://goo.gl/maps/NEfz5 +50° 47' 7.83", -122° 13' 23.39"
Friday 5th - we will depart at 10am (if you are coming up to meet us here on Friday morning allow 4.5 hrs from Vancouver and let us know to look out for you) we will follow Carpenter Lake until Marshall Lake FSR and then head NW deep into the wonderful wilderness! We skirt along the chain of Mud Lakes until we arrive at Poison Mountain. With a name like that it's the perfect spot for lunch looking down over half of BC from 7000ft! After lunch we cross Davey Jones Creek and rumble our way over China Head ridge up to China Head Mountain. Arriving at French Bar Rec site approx 6pm.
Saturday 6th we will depart at 10am heading for the mighty Fraser River, dropping down into the massive Chisholm Canyon to the free Big Bar Cable Ferry. Once we cross the River (2 at a time!) we will head south following the canyon until reaching the Edge Hills Wilderness Park where we climb out and head for Kelly Lake. Once past Kelly Lake we head up to the peak of Pavillion Mountain top at 6500ft for lunch. After lunch we drop down into the small town of Pavillion and a short run on the highway to Lilloett where we head off road again along Texas Creek and into Ochi Basin. We will set up camp in the Ochi Basin meadows, arriving approx 6pm.
Sunday 7th we will depart the base camp around 10am and head up the switch backs of Molybenite Mountain, climbing to approx 8000ft along narrow cliff side roads. Lunch will be (hopefully) in the sunshine looking over several mountain ranges on what is one of the most spectacular roads in BC. (Note - it has been known to snow up here in September!). Once we have had our fill, back down to base camp and back to the highway at approx 4pm and head for home .....
A couple of notes; for the people who can't do all 4 days you can see from the agenda that it's possible to join us on Friday morning at Carpenter lake. It's also possible to leave us at Lilloett on Saturday afternoon. This will cut it down to three days but will make for a lot of driving on your first or last day.
Weather although on the past trips it has been generally quite hot in this area, you should be prepared to encounter anything from Freezing at night to plus 40 degs in the mid-day.
Vehicle -it needs to be in good mechanical shape! In the case of a breakdown we will never leave anyone behind and will always get your vehicle moving or pull you out to the nearest highway with cell service. (Always a good idea to have your BCAA membership in pocket - just in case!). Bringing along a few spares is always a good idea and between us all we should have a good collection. A good spare tire is a must have. ( ...only 3 wheels on my wagon...)
Food and drink - bring along enough food and drink for at least 4 days! don't leave it until Lilloett and make the whole convoy wait for you to go shopping! Hopefully we will be able to have a camp fire each night (depending on the local fire bans on the dates).
Fuel - the longest off road section without gas stations is approx 260 kms, the last place to fill up will be Lilloett (note the gas stations close at 9pm if you are joining us on Thursday night).
Communications- Our primary communication will be with VHF channel 146.460 and secondary will be CB channel 4, if you don't have either in your vehicle, if you can get your hands on a hand-held VHF just to monitor the convoy information it would be beneficial (lots of interesting and useful information gets passed along the line when on the move).
Any questions, let me know .... Post up if your coming along, let us know if you will be joining us somewhere along the way.
Cheers,
Andy
To assist with the logistics of a large group I have started a "confirmed" list and a "almost confirmed" list. Let me know if you have moved up to the confirmed list .....
Confirmed
Andy & Bailey
Pete & Alex
Bill E
Stuart L
Shawn D
Chris M
David B & Larry
Dave V & Bike
Dave F & Scott
Matt & Henry
Justin & Jullian
Craig S
George & Katrina
Bernie & April
Dave T
Phil
Eric & Sue
Bert plus 2
Ken 2a
Greg & Son