mikey-p
New member
Hi Everyone,
I’m back in Alberta after having been away for 15 years and when I used to live here, I spent tons of time quadding in the foothills (from Castle up to Ram Falls). As I was planning for the move back Calgary, I always assumed that I’d be purchasing a pair of quads for the wife and I to go out riding in those beautiful areas that I had ridden so much in the late ‘90s.
When I started doing my research, I came across the SSR\NSR Land Use Frameworks, and now I’m looking for confirmation that it’s still worthwhile to buy the quads and get back into riding. By worthwhile, I mean; are we all getting squeezed onto a small\limited number of trails where it will actually feel like we’re riding in traffic? Or, is this more about making sure that folks stay on trail, off river beds, etc.?
I’ve gone through the SSR Land Use document but there’s a lot of information in there and I can’t clearly get a grasp of what areas are no longer accessible compared to 15 years ago. I’m hoping some of you can shed some light on this, considering the viewpoint of someone who’s been away for 15 years. How different is the amount of access that we have today compared to then?
I hope that I’m not coming across as being negative, but a lot of the chatter around this on the web is negative. At the end of the day, I sure hope that we still have enough access to make buying a pair of quads worthwhile (afterall, they aren’t cheap as we all know).
Thanks in advance for your opinions!
mike
I’m back in Alberta after having been away for 15 years and when I used to live here, I spent tons of time quadding in the foothills (from Castle up to Ram Falls). As I was planning for the move back Calgary, I always assumed that I’d be purchasing a pair of quads for the wife and I to go out riding in those beautiful areas that I had ridden so much in the late ‘90s.
When I started doing my research, I came across the SSR\NSR Land Use Frameworks, and now I’m looking for confirmation that it’s still worthwhile to buy the quads and get back into riding. By worthwhile, I mean; are we all getting squeezed onto a small\limited number of trails where it will actually feel like we’re riding in traffic? Or, is this more about making sure that folks stay on trail, off river beds, etc.?
I’ve gone through the SSR Land Use document but there’s a lot of information in there and I can’t clearly get a grasp of what areas are no longer accessible compared to 15 years ago. I’m hoping some of you can shed some light on this, considering the viewpoint of someone who’s been away for 15 years. How different is the amount of access that we have today compared to then?
I hope that I’m not coming across as being negative, but a lot of the chatter around this on the web is negative. At the end of the day, I sure hope that we still have enough access to make buying a pair of quads worthwhile (afterall, they aren’t cheap as we all know).
Thanks in advance for your opinions!
mike