Lucky Dude over Huge Cornice

[blastoff]

So I am still not exacly sure where this is. I have heard Mileage and Chappell. We are heading out to Valemount in 2 weeks and were talking about Chappel and checking it out. We will have 3 very experienced riders and 3 not so experienced. The 3 experienced have never been to Chappell so unfamiliar with that area. Might stick with Clemina and Allan Cr.

dont be worried about it go when it is light and find the place as said it is on your right side once u get to the top of the trail, very easy to find. Be aware of this so u know where it is, chappell is a good place to ride..

 

[Sleeper700]

Here are some Google Earth pictures of the area.

Pics 1-3 show the ridge that everyone is talking about. If you go there with any visibility, you will notice the ridge right away.

Pics 4-5 show the general area.

Pic 6 shows the ridge that is on the southwest side of the area, another big drop off.

I have never had any concerns when we have been in Chappel before. Take your time, and you will be fine.

 

[The Snowman]

I have got to know, how do you do that with google map? I have a rhino, do you download of garmin to google? and do you have to upgrade your google map? That is awesome!!

 

[RockyMtn]

I have got to know, how do you do that with google map? I have a rhino, do you download of garmin to google? and do you have to upgrade your google map? That is awesome!!

I have 530-HCX, from map-source (included disk with your rino), Load the maps into it, then in view tab at the bottom, it gives you the option to view in google earth. From there you can save your maps to view later in "GE", as a .kml or .kmz files. Valemount maps are available in this format at their site.

Cheers

 

[Sleeper700]

I have got to know, how do you do that with google map? I have a rhino, do you download of garmin to google? and do you have to upgrade your google map? That is awesome!!

You shouldn't have to upgrade Google Maps.

I use Mapsource. Those tracks are from my old Etrex Legend. I save the tracks and waypoints in Mapsource, edit them, and save them using the ".mps" format. Then, I open Google Earth, and click "File, Open", and change the file type to "GPS (.gpx, .loc, .mps)", and open the file I created in Mapsource. This will put the waypoints and tracks into the "temporary places", and then you right click on them and add them to "My Saved Places". That way, they are all there when you open Google Earth every time.

I have a "Sledding Master.mps" file that I always add tracks and waypoints to, and then open that one in Google Earth and delete the old one. I find it easier that way than adding multiple files.

 

[matt4303]

A pic of where that Snowmobiler went over... this is pic was taken when the guy was trying to climb back up.. if you look at the large rock right in the middle of the cliff near the top, and look to the right a little bit and you see a small black dot. thats the guy climbing back up, and his friends waitng to help him above.. i ch!t you not

 

[Maxwe]

two guys from Hinton went over this appx 20 years ago. It was in a white out.
The one guy landed with his sled and broke his back. Unfortunatly he was permantly disabled from it.
The other guy landed away from his machine and walked away.
Another guy went over the next year and walked away.
we watched the helicopter pick up the machine the next day. He hooked it from the air through the back bumper sticking out and off he went. SCARY stuff