Quadding near Skookumchuck

[AB RANGER 007]

Would you happen to have this trip on a Garmin GPS/ Software.

Bruce.

[Landrew]

No but does this help:

Latitude: 50°29'1.65"N

Longitude: 116°17'49.69"W

This point above is pretty much the peak of the mountain there. You can get to it the short way from Panorama/Toby Creek or longer from the back side (not sure of the details that way) From what I saw of the trails in that area I spent 9 hours at kids speed with many breaks and drove perhaps 10% of what is out there.


Follow the trail on Google earth - go south about 1.3 k then as the crow flies go east 5.3 and google points out Panorama with a Red dot and the word Panorama. The dot is not really the ski hill but is the Toby Creek adventures parking lot. If you park there and use their lot you pay $15 per off road vehicle and can stage form there (gates close at I think 7 though??) or we just parked down a bit and found our way into the trees and away we went.

If you go from that lat/long 4.8km north east you will see a much more defined trail. I believe that is a road and so you could stage anywere there. I believe you have to back track it norht and then east to the tiny town of Wilmer just north of Invermere. We were going to do that and then just drive down the gravel for a while but I wanst sure so we took the Toby Creek / Panorama way in..


I paid the Toby Creek guys in 2008 to do it from there lot and they were very nice about it. If you ask they may give you a map of all the many trails in the area. I just decided to save a few $ and had no time limit to come home by

Here are some more shots of the history in that area:

Bear claws scratching at old log cabin:

[AB RANGER 007]

Thanks this will give me a place to start. I might never get there but I will enjoy the trip on my computer.

Thanks again,Bruce.

[kootenaycat]

Originally Posted by AB RANGER 007

Would you happen to have this trip on a Garmin GPS/ Software.

Bruce.

I've got 3 tracks of that area from our trip over last week. Started at Lake Enid (west of Wilmer) and up Bruce ck over paradise and down to Toby. Also went up Law ck but don't recommend that one for beginners. Some sketchy sections that we had to modify by hand just to be able to walk the quads through. Got stopped by a huge rock slide just before the old dump truck otherwise I think we could have gone almost right to the end of the valley.

Kevin

[Landrew]

Awesome - do you have any pictures?

[kootenaycat]

Originally Posted by Landrew

Awesome - do you have any pictures?

Yah, I think I got 1 or 2 from that trip! I'll do some resizing and post them up.
Kevin

[kootenaycat]

Here's a few pics of our ride to Bruce and Law creeks

The highest point we rode to near Paradise mine, just over 8300'











The cabin at Paradise mine







One of the tram towers

[kootenaycat]

Used to be a dam it looks like



Meadow in the Paradise bowl, glad to see it was untouched, hope it stays that way.



Playing on the rocks in the bowl





Lake Enid campsite and the lake





Part way up Bruce ck came to this man made pond/swamp. There was a coffer dam where I was parked



Some cool old buildings



Sketchy bridge over Bruce ck on the Law ck trail, not much holding it up anymore.

[kootenaycat]

Bridge over Law ck, the bridge itself was strong, the approach was a bit of a challenge!







Mt Slade (I believe) up Law creek







Law ck trail, the easy part!



And one of the not-so-easy parts. Had to shovel the trail in a few spots to make it wide enough so we didn't have to sidehill the quads through them.

[kootenaycat]

One of the repair sections




And as far as we made it up Law, just before this spot was a huge rockslide that would need a few hours worth of work and more then just 2 guys.







Law Ck falls

[Scrambled]

Awsome pics,thanks for sharing,nice country up there.

[Landrew]

Those look great, thanks for posting the pictures. I may try to get there on a bike in October. I think we will try the Enid way up to Paradise.