Quadding near Skookumchuck

[Wise Mechanical]

Just wondering about quading trails, places to ride near skookumchuck, Girlfreinds family have a cabin that we are heading to in july and would like to do some riding but looking for some insight on where to to ride
Thanks

[Wise Mechanical]

How bout Radium, anything?

[Taminator]

There's good riding around Invermere and Radium, just depends what kinda ride you're after. Let me know and maybe I can recommend some places. The Whiteswan lake area near Skookumchuck is supposed to be good, there's some park area around the lake but lots of crown land and roads/trails. There's a good atv ride through there somewhere that goes by Whiteswan through to Elkford or Sparwood area, but haven't done it myself.
If you can pick up a Backroad Mapbook Kootenay Rockies edition, that will be your best friend for finding areas to ride. We don't have many dedicated areas you have to find trails and get to areas yourself.

Couple common spots though like the Baddlands and behind Radium on Westside road near the Forster snowmobile area- lots of good rough trail and smooth road, lakes, creeks etc. Just go until you can't go no more!

[Wise Mechanical]

Good call on the road map, we are heading up there and just looking for anything to ride, we dont really know what to expect, we usually ride cutlines and mud, but really any ride on a quad is still better than being at home working.

[Taminator]

Here's a link to the local club

EKATV Trails

[kjb]

Skook lookout is a fun quick ride. Up the Bull river to Quinn creek over an down the Blackfoot, up the North White, over and up the Albert, over and down the Cross, down the Kootenay, back up the White and Lucier, over and down the Wildhorse to Fortsteel. A classic east Kootenay multiday ride. Check it out in the back roads mapbook.

[quads]

What a Wise has broke the mold and bought something other than a GM product, way to go but sorry it's a Dodge

[Wise Mechanical]

I tell people i didn't buy a dodge, i bought a cummins.

[Landrew]

Last year I payed Toby Creek Adventures $15 to use their parking lot and use my own atv and bike and ride up to an 8500 ft peak looking down on the Panorama Ski hill . This year I want to go again but have heard I can just stage anywhere on that road (for free)from Invermere to Panorama and get onto the same trail and ride. Does anyone have directions to a good staging area to get to the same peaks? Where else is there a good out and back trail to similar heights for varying skill levels close to Invermere?

[spliff]

There is a back way in to Paridise mine (toby creek adventures area) it is called the Bruce creek loop. You have to drive through Wilmer and past lake enid. Not sure exactly sure of the mile marker where you unload but it is pretty easy to find! Like so many people have said before pick up a "Backroad Mapbook" for the kootenays. Lots of roads and trails around and that mapbook has most, if not all of them. Bruce creek loop is a little knarly in spots from water running down and wearing out the road but it's not to bad. (just in case you had kids on bikes)

[Landrew]

Thanks - I think I will scout that trail 1st with a friend and come back the next day with my wife / kids.

[Landrew]

We made it up to the top and down the other side to an old cabin and back up and down again. We took the advice of staging near Toby Creek and entering the trails down the road. It was almost 30C out and no wind. At the peak (8500ft) it was t-shirt weather.

A little Giovanni chinese 110cc quad made it everywhere (but 2 spots where it bogged and got hung up on big rocks)

Thanks for the tips it made for one of the best family days of orr-roading ever!