forum newbie looking for some good trails!

[Miss_Mud]

Hi! I'm new to the site and am looking for some good ATV trails in the Valemount/Blue River area. I'm wanting to surprise my fiancee with a little mountain getaway for his birthday in October. I was thinking of booking at either Willow Burl Cabins or Bone Creek. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thx!

 

[whoDEANie]

Welcome to Snow and Mud! Fiancee, eh? Sorry, only have time for the single ladies.

 

[whoDEANie]

A great place to start is with the VARDA website. They even provide GPS tracks for most of the trails. ATV Areas | Home

 

[Miss_Mud]

Thx!

 

[whoDEANie]

Most of those trails are FSR's. The Sea to Sky trial is pretty cool - dress warm, cause it's usually pretty chilli (f'n freezing) up top. The Ptarmigan trail is my favorite so far - totally beautiful and not gravel road. That said, I headed to Valemount a couple years ago just to check out the Ptarmigan valley only to find that the trail was impassible due to a washed out bridge and subsequent rock slide. ...so, you may want to contact VARDA before you go.

 

[Bnorth]

Depending on if it's late or early October you might be pretty limited to the higher elevation roads due to snow.

 

[fidorama]

canoe mtn is very scenic but the ride up is nothing all that special, very rough slow going rocky terrain. and there will likely be snow up top so?

 

[fidorama]

If you head out early enough you could do that range as well as the family trail across the hwy both in one day. I cant recall the exact name of the family trail, but that a bit nicer of a trail run and you end up going past a cool cabin that makes for a nice rest stop on that run.

 

[fidorama]

 

[fidorama]

 

[Miss_Mud]

Thx for the info

 

[Trashy]

Welcome to snow and mud

 

[shredder.fortmac]

Mica mountain is by far the best of all. You can even camp at the top


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[whoDEANie]

Mica mountain is by far the best of all. You can even camp at the top


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Did a little Googling of Mica. Looks like a great trip and may have to check it out myself next year.

 

[shredder.fortmac]

Believe me, once you are up there at the top it is unreal.



Picture doesn't really capture it


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[whoDEANie]

Believe me, once you are up there at the top it is unreal.



Picture doesn't really capture it


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Where do you stage from? How long of a ride to the top?

 

[shredder.fortmac]

I have the route saved on my gps. I will check it out later. I am bad with names but it was a logging road for the good part and the ride in total was about 4-5 hours but we were exploring the area


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[shredder.fortmac]

Coordinates for staging area
N52*57'27.8
W119*27'35.6

Our trip was about 60 km two ways


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[ferniesnow]

Welcome to S&M.

 

[Miss_Mud]

Thx everyone for the tips on trails but I ended up booking Cheechako Cabins out by Nordegg. Does anyone know any good trails out there? All I've been able to find is Baldy Mountain; is that a good ride?