Whitecourt or Swan Hills this weekend?

[Bucky]

Wanna get out for a day ride this sunday, wondering which is better, Eagle or Goose tower? Need to put on some miles!

 

[fj40]

I have been to swan good trail riding some powder in the trees about 2-3 feet by the Goose not sure about Eagle tower

 

[Ryeser]

Goose much better

 

[the_real_wild1]

Still havent been able to find goose tower. We want to go on sat. Any good directions coming up from the barrhead side, not the whitecourt side?

 

[Mare]

I copied this from the SWAN HILLS Thread .... from another member......

to get there by way of 33......go through barrhead, turn left at the stop sign after you leave town, continue until ft. assinboin, turn left at "T" after ft assiniboin, that will take you strait to swan hills.....easiest staging area to find is go striat through swan hills to the "T" intersection....go strait through that "T" onto the gravel road, take second left into the pump jack.

once on sled leave staging area and ride the cut line right beside the road north. that will put you right on the trail, if you continue to follow that north for a little ways you will eventually hit a trail intersection with signs pointing you to the different trail loops......

 

[kbweed]

been riding around fox and eagle tower, trails are freshly groomed but not much snow in the fields

 

[Black08Brute]

That is not a staging area, this is an active well with tank trucks hauling out of there on a regular basis. Its a small enough LOC as it is. Better off at the ball diamonds.

 

[the_real_wild1]

Have better directions then?

 

[Mare]

This how where we go, but we go through Barrhead, not Whitecourt. Took this from the other thread as well....​ hope it helps...

GOOSE TOWER DIRECTIONS........SWAN HILLS, ALBERTA.


Go through Whitecourt, take a right at the Big Casino(Fuel up at the Husky near there if u need to) Follow that road till u get to Swan hills, approximately One Kilometre after Swan hills, Take a left onto a Gas plant road, about 8-10km's in you take a left turn on a Y split(I’m not 100% about the 8-10km's) Once you take a left, follow that road, till u see a little turn off(like a rest area almost), and there’s a little shack. When u turn off to the little rest area it leads back onto the main road, rather than trying to turn around at a dead end.


Best directions I can give you. Have a good ride... BE SAFE
There is a big green highway sign that ses pengroth gas plant(turn left) in about 5-10k the road takes a hard right, go straight through(there will be a sign that ses goose tower road is it yellow.....then stay on this road till km 26 Y this is where I unload on the right. road is crappy

 

[magnet]

correct me if i am wrong but i am pretty sure you go right at the Y if you go left it just goes to a couple wel sitesin the middle of cutblocks, i think you stay right til km 27 then there is a y followed by anothe Y right after it followed byt a third y all in about 300yards lol go to the third Y and turn to the left so your facing back the way you came, there is a old well site shack and an area cleared to park beside it, you can unload anywhwere on the short section of road and ride from there. nice thing about going all the way to the third intersection and coming back into the turn around is that at the end of the day it is load up and go already facing the right direction.

 

[suzuki_ryder]

correct me if i am wrong but i am pretty sure you go right at the Y if you go left it just goes to a couple wel sitesin the middle of cutblocks, i think you stay right til km 27 then there is a y followed by anothe Y right after it followed byt a third y all in about 300yards lol go to the third Y and turn to the left so your facing back the way you came, there is a old well site shack and an area cleared to park beside it, you can unload anywhwere on the short section of road and ride from there. nice thing about going all the way to the third intersection and coming back into the turn around is that at the end of the day it is load up and go already facing the right direction.

The directions mare just gave are actually the same directions you gave me about 3 years ago lol. You do go left at the Y and at km 27 there's a little part cleared off and the trail starts there.


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[magnet]

The directions mare just gave are actually the same directions you gave me about 3 years ago lol. You do go left at the Y and at km 27 there's a little part cleared off and the trail starts there.


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maybe they cleared some new roads this year but i am sure it is right that you have to stay when the road y's.
also at 27 now all the roads are cleared this year so you have to do a bit of road riding to get to a line to ride down.

 

[ForeverRMK!]

This area is busy right now and everyone should make sure and park out of the way. There is active logging and oil field work goin on 7 days a week. Also u can't park on lease sites that are active, there are trucks and graders in there quite often. Most of these roads are radio controlled and most people drive by the radio so be aware, just a heads up!!

 

[Iron Horse Racing]

Okay that's clear as mud.......

 

[kenvb]

its snowing and blowing real good here in Whitecourt tonight,,so might be ok at the Staging area north of the Casino here,or at Groat Creek campground west towards Edson..