Multi Western Canada Ride

[Caper]

we get our first snowflakes in early october but the riding is good.nights are cold.

Last few years I’ve been in Southern Alberta and it was -25 snow and that’s the first of November
Haha
Caper

 

[rickoshea]

Last few years I’ve been in Southern Alberta and it was -25 snow and that’s the first of November
Haha
Caper

last 2 falls we got the first flakes before the first week of oct. was over.didn't stick but it was a heads up to get our blowers and tracks ready 🤣

 

[Caper]

last 2 falls we got the first flakes before the first week of oct. was over.didn't stick but it was a heads up to get our blowers and tracks ready 🤣

It hasn’t failed the last few years.
-25, a foot of snow and winds blowing hard.
Fun times sitting in my blind.
Haha
Caper

 

[rickoshea]

It hasn’t failed the last few years.
-25, a foot of snow and winds blowing hard.
Fun times sitting in my blind.
Haha
Caper

i'm quickly learning that whether it's -25c or -40c,it makes no difference.cold is cold.one may kill me quicker but in the end they will both succced. 🤣 so i get out and enjoy it anyway.it is inevitable around here to get crazy cold at some point.

 

[lowrider]

How’s you get a low range in your 700???

Drag my feet.

 

[Montecresto]

Drag my feet.

I figured you knew better….

 

[lowrider]

I figured you knew better….

It worked for Fred.

 

[Rayger143]

Still doing a little research when I can on different places to ride. I have reached out to a few atv clubs around but have not heard back yet. I am attaching a link to the clubs in BC. New Denver BC apparently has a hotel and campsite that we can ride from. Lots of mountains and scenery. The Whipsaw trail would be good in the Similkameen area. The Cariboo is also a beautiful area and @rickoshea would be a good guide.

Clubs in BC - Quad Riders ATV Association of British Columbia

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[lowrider]

Still doing a little research when I can on different places to ride. I have reached out to a few atv clubs around but have not heard back yet. I am attaching a link to the clubs in BC. New Denver BC apparently has a hotel and campsite that we can ride from. Lots of mountains and scenery. The Whipsaw trail would be good in the Similkameen area. The Cariboo is also a beautiful area and @rickoshea would be a good guide.

Clubs in BC - Quad Riders ATV Association of British Columbia

Local clubs are formed for many reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is to bring riders together to support the sport of ATVing. Some clubs may do this with a focus on club rides and activities, building riding skills, creating friendships and encouraging more people to join the sport. Other...

atvbc.ca

Is the Cariboo directly South of Rick's place? Some of us Yanks that don't know any better call the area where the Canadian cariboo herd used to roam. I haven't been up there for a few years and I think the herd is out of WA and ID area and into Canada now due to wolf and griz predation...I suppose big cats got a few too. That reminds me that the 1st Nation folk in AK used to make coin pouches from cariboo scrotums... tourists loved them.

 

[Rayger143]

He is in the Cariboo region. I am in the Okanagan. Most of the Caribou are way up North. When I was young the only game we hunted in the Okanagan were whitetail and mule deer and lots of black bear. Now the moose and elk population has grown and along with them we have grizzlies and cougars. Apparently a lot more wolves too. Can't remember ever seeing a caribou in the Okanagan. Pic of Cariboo region.

 

[lowrider]

He is in the Cariboo region. I am in the Okanagan. Most of the Caribou are way up North. When I was young the only game we hunted in the Okanagan were whitetail and mule deer and lots of black bear. Now the moose and elk population has grown and along with them we have grizzlies and cougars. Apparently a lot more wolves too. Can't remember ever seeing a caribou in the Okanagan. Pic of Cariboo region.

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Thanks! I pictured it more South East.

I grew up in Central Florida and we had whitetail and a few black bear. That was back when it was OK to kill gators so I made gas and ammo money killing and selling alligators...mostly 4 to 7 feet since they had the best skin grain and brought the most money. Too big and no one wanted them. It was a 2 boy deal...one distracted and the other approached from the rear and flipped the gator over on it's back and kill it with an old rusty bayonet by sticking them between the jaw bones. That saved the skin and we got 6 to $10 for a good skin and less if there was scars on the back. I also hunted swamp rabbits and sold them to the "colored folk" for fifty cents. That was the cost of a box of 22 shorts at Sears in town. I got a Remington 514 for my 8th birthday but I had to wait until I was 10 to get a shotgun. My kids were a little older but not much...ain't like that anymore...shame.

 

[lowrider]

And April/May? It’s not camping if no campfire……🤔

Jun/Jul for me...if I wanted the Aug/Sep option I'd stay here.

 

[Montecresto]

Jun/Jul for me...if I wanted the Aug/Sep option I'd stay here.

Thought that was peak mosquito season….🤔

 

[lowrider]

Thought that was peak mosquito season….🤔

I have lots of blood but I'd rather not share with insects so a chemical attack usually works and if not long sleeves and a net will.

 

[rickoshea]

I have lots of blood but I'd rather not share with insects so a chemical attack usually works and if not long sleeves and a net will.

chemical attack? we call it cariboo cologne 🤣 .i buy it by the case.this season we hardly had any mosquitos this time around.

 

[lowrider]

chemical attack? we call it cariboo cologne 🤣 .i buy it by the case.this season we hardly had any mosquitos this time around.

Yipper...we didn't either...dry weather and smoke...only good thing about the fires.

 

[Montecresto]

He is in the Cariboo region. I am in the Okanagan. Most of the Caribou are way up North. When I was young the only game we hunted in the Okanagan were whitetail and mule deer and lots of black bear. Now the moose and elk population has grown and along with them we have grizzlies and cougars. Apparently a lot more wolves too. Can't remember ever seeing a caribou in the Okanagan. Pic of Cariboo region.

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Didn’t see an answer from Rick, so I’ll ask you, what’s April and May like?
Also, do you think there’d be much creek/river crossings on the trails you’ve suggested. And what are the predominant evergreen trees in the region?

 

[rickoshea]

Didn’t get an answer from Rick, so I’ll ask you, what’s April and May like?

april will have snow in the higher elevations and may is great if you like mud.otherwise it is a great time to ride

 

[Montecresto]

Jun/Jul for me...if I wanted the Aug/Sep option I'd stay here.

Btw, I was asking about April and May in the post you quoted here. August/September had already been ruled out earlier….

 

[Montecresto]

april will have snow in the higher elevations and may is great if you like mud.otherwise it is a great time to ride

So that makes May and October so far that you have said would be “great time to ride”…..👍