Eagle valley / sicamous updates 2017/18

[knocksum]

Beautiful day at Eagles Pass. Inversion was nice to get around and explore. Lots of hidden landmines hiding underneath.

 

[tex78]

The sled club donates the cans to the high school grad trip which is great

But people should not be leaving cans at all

Catch 22 lol, good but bad

 

[rightsideup]

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/14-day-weather-trend/british-columbia/sicamous

Santa is being nice

 

[BillDozer]

Tumbleweeds in here..... Must be alot of unmarked with no one riding

 

[takethebounce]

Tumbleweeds in here..... Must be alot of unmarked with no one riding

Haven’t seen a track in days. Kinda nice.

 

[rightsideup]

Haven’t seen a track in days. Kinda nice.

no pics?

 

[kingcat162]

Snow is terrible at eagles - everyone please stay away - go to owls or blue or anywhere other than eagles - thank you LOL

 

[takethebounce]

Snow is terrible at eagles - everyone please stay away - go to owls or blue or anywhere other than eagles - thank you LOL

Disgusting isn’t it. Why people want to ride all the way back there burn half a tank of fuel just to ride junk snow lol.

Still a little stumpy

 

[Shermanator]

Re: Blue Lake / sicamous updates 2017/18

So the Billdozer and I thought we'd give the old Blue Lk Rd a try, save that 300 mile trip going the other way. When we got to the bottom of Blue there were like 48 trucks with sleds sitting there, doing nothing. Seems that as soon as they spotted the BC plates on our vehicles they all raced up the road!! Wha?? A stranger thing is, why was there no trail pass person collecting, when their website says they're grooming it, they missed a ton of coin in trail pass fees today! It would appear the word is out that its free now!
We unloaded at 5.5 km, the "others" unloaded at 10km. Road is slicker than goose poo, and if you drive like a white man on the plowed logging road you'll have no problem with melted sliders. Fools that do 80mph up such a road and then wonder why stuff melted, should perhaps find a different sport. Once past 10km the road was also very smooth, until about 13km when it became a 4 outta 10, and that turned to a 3 outta 10 on the way down!
Snow, yup, found some of that too, and it snowed the entire time we were up there. We covered allot of ground and shredded every patch of untouched snow we could find, and we found allot! It wasn't the snow over the headlights stuff but definitely over the bumper to the headlights stuff, especially in those "secret" places that us greedy local sledders know about. All in all a great time out, the Dozer only got stuck once in creek, I wound up in a creek bed and chose to run into a tree instead of a log, but damage was minimal all around!!
Oh, and the lavatory at Cumming's Lk has been serviced, will probably stay warm for the next 2-3 days, and there are in fact stumps still sticking out here and there! With the amount of snow that was falling when we left, the next couple days up there should be banner, especially "those" places "down below" that we tore up! It was snowing heavy enough that our tracks from when we arrived there were almost covered, now that's some good snow!
The road down is a tad slippery, as witnessed when the 8000lb Enterprise was coming in for docking on the rear of Billdozers F150. Funny how when you flash you headlights and honk your horn at someone in front of you that they stop rather than see your totally out of control, pretty cool. Its amazing how you actually pick up speed rather than slow down when at the anitlocks are buzzing and whirring! Did I mention the road is slick!! Stay away, please!!

 

[tex78]

Re: Blue Lake / sicamous updates 2017/18

So the Billdozer and I thought we'd give the old Blue Lk Rd a try, save that 300 mile trip going the other way. When we got to the bottom of Blue there were like 48 trucks with sleds sitting there, doing nothing. Seems that as soon as they spotted the BC plates on our vehicles they all raced up the road!! Wha?? A stranger thing is, why was there no trail pass person collecting, when their website says they're grooming it, they missed a ton of coin in trail pass fees today! It would appear the word is out that its free now!
We unloaded at 5.5 km, the "others" unloaded at 10km. Road is slicker than goose poo, and if you drive like a white man on the plowed logging road you'll have no problem with melted sliders. Fools that do 80mph up such a road and then wonder why stuff melted, should perhaps find a different sport. Once past 10km the road was also very smooth, until about 13km when it became a 4 outta 10, and that turned to a 3 outta 10 on the way down!
Snow, yup, found some of that too, and it snowed the entire time we were up there. We covered allot of ground and shredded every patch of untouched snow we could find, and we found allot! It wasn't the snow over the headlights stuff but definitely over the bumper to the headlights stuff, especially in those "secret" places that us greedy local sledders know about. All in all a great time out, the Dozer only got stuck once in creek, I wound up in a creek bed and chose to run into a tree instead of a log, but damage was minimal all around!!
Oh, and the lavatory at Cumming's Lk has been serviced, will probably stay warm for the next 2-3 days, and there are in fact stumps still sticking out here and there! With the amount of snow that was falling when we left, the next couple days up there should be banner, especially "those" places "down below" that we tore up! It was snowing heavy enough that our tracks from when we arrived there were almost covered, now that's some good snow!
The road down is a tad slippery, as witnessed when the 8000lb Enterprise was coming in for docking on the rear of Billdozers F150. Funny how when you flash you headlights and honk your horn at someone in front of you that they stop rather than see your totally out of control, pretty cool. Its amazing how you actually pick up speed rather than slow down when at the anitlocks are buzzing and whirring! Did I mention the road is slick!! Stay away, please!!

You do know it's closed to trucks on weekdays eh, just saying

and illegal to ride from 5.5 km to 10 km on a plowed fsr

 

[tex78]

Re: Blue Lake / sicamous updates 2017/18

So the Billdozer and I thought we'd give the old Blue Lk Rd a try, save that 300 mile trip going the other way. When we got to the bottom of Blue there were like 48 trucks with sleds sitting there, doing nothing. Seems that as soon as they spotted the BC plates on our vehicles they all raced up the road!! Wha?? A stranger thing is, why was there no trail pass person collecting, when their website says they're grooming it, they missed a ton of coin in trail pass fees today! It would appear the word is out that its free now!
We unloaded at 5.5 km, the "others" unloaded at 10km. Road is slicker than goose poo, and if you drive like a white man on the plowed logging road you'll have no problem with melted sliders. Fools that do 80mph up such a road and then wonder why stuff melted, should perhaps find a different sport. Once past 10km the road was also very smooth, until about 13km when it became a 4 outta 10, and that turned to a 3 outta 10 on the way down!
Snow, yup, found some of that too, and it snowed the entire time we were up there. We covered allot of ground and shredded every patch of untouched snow we could find, and we found allot! It wasn't the snow over the headlights stuff but definitely over the bumper to the headlights stuff, especially in those "secret" places that us greedy local sledders know about. All in all a great time out, the Dozer only got stuck once in creek, I wound up in a creek bed and chose to run into a tree instead of a log, but damage was minimal all around!!
Oh, and the lavatory at Cumming's Lk has been serviced, will probably stay warm for the next 2-3 days, and there are in fact stumps still sticking out here and there! With the amount of snow that was falling when we left, the next couple days up there should be banner, especially "those" places "down below" that we tore up! It was snowing heavy enough that our tracks from when we arrived there were almost covered, now that's some good snow!
The road down is a tad slippery, as witnessed when the 8000lb Enterprise was coming in for docking on the rear of Billdozers F150. Funny how when you flash you headlights and honk your horn at someone in front of you that they stop rather than see your totally out of control, pretty cool. Its amazing how you actually pick up speed rather than slow down when at the anitlocks are buzzing and whirring! Did I mention the road is slick!! Stay away, please!!

Here it is, read the notice

 

[Shermanator]

Re: Blue Lake / sicamous updates 2017/18

You do know it's closed to trucks on weekdays eh, just saying

and illegal to ride from 5.5 km to 10 km on a plowed fsr

Guess that's what happens when your old and retired, every day is a weekend! Does the fact it was snowed on when we came down and not plowed help at all! LOL My bad, I guess!

 

[Shermanator]

Re: Blue Lake / sicamous updates 2017/18

Guess that's what happens when your old and retired, every day is a weekend! Does the fact it was snowed on when we came down and not plowed help at all! LOL My bad, I guess!

Guess I crossed it a whole bunch of times!!

5) Despite subsections (1) and (3), in the circumstances referred to in subsection (3), a person may operate a snowmobile on a forest service road for the purpose of crossing the forest service road, subject to the following:

(a) the requirements of the driver's licence and insurance provisions in this regulation for other motor vehicles;

(b) the driver and passengers of the snowmobile must wear a helmet;

(c) the driver of the snowmobile must

(i) yield the right of way to traffic on the forest service road,

(ii) exercise due care and attention, and

(iii) take reasonable precautions for the safety of other persons using the forest service road.

 

[tex78]

Just busting your balls,

I'll get a mid week ride with you guys yet

 

[Shermanator]

Just busting your balls,

I'll get a mid week ride with you guys yet

And you didn't even have to stand in line, and its a long one !! Your a working man, no kitchen passes during the week for you!!��

 

[BillDozer]

Re: Blue Lake / sicamous updates 2017/18

What it wasnt Saturday Sherm? I am sure that we didn't miss wheel of fortune at 4 did we? Hahahahaha

Guess that's what happens when your old and retired, every day is a weekend! Does the fact it was snowed on when we came down and not plowed help at all! LOL My bad, I guess!

 

[BillDozer]

What is this thing called work you speak of?

And you didn't even have to stand in line, and its a long one !! Your a working man, no kitchen passes during the week for you!!��

 

[335i]

Update on snow conditions?

 

[Joholio]

Update on snow conditions?

Nah just jovial chatter

 

[Big nasty]

Re: Blue Lake / sicamous updates 2017/18

Must be Snow now up there?