Dore River

[Dooitorbust]

So one of the guys in my group is pretty old school and has been mountain riding longer then I've been alive, and I'll be 29 in April. He was telling me about a place called Dore River. Apparently it's fairly challenging to get into for spring riding? We're trying to plan a trip for early April and I was wondering if anyone who rides the area has any insight. Thanks.

 

[steveo10]

Yes its a challenging place to get into sometimes, pretty gnarly avy chutes you drive by to get in. This gem is now off limits so stay out

 

[Dooitorbust]

Yes its a challenging place to get into sometimes, pretty gnarly avy chutes you drive by to get in. This gem is now off limits so stay out

Off limits due to what? Caribou closure? I'm not one going into "banned" areas, so there's no issue there.

 

[j.c.higgins]

Yes Caribou closure has shut the Dores down.

 

[schoooled dweeb]

previous thread
with some more detail

 

[Dooitorbust]

Yes Caribou closure has shut the Dores down.

Thanks for the insight fellas. I was palling to go the first week of April, but not anymore.

 

[Mountain Air Al]

YUP, The tax payers get scewed again. Looking at the maps, it looks like you can still ride avalanche alley to the top of the ridge. Still some nice shutes.

 

[Riverjet]

And that's all that matters right?

YUP, The tax payers get scewed again. Looking at the maps, it looks like you can still ride avalanche alley to the top of the ridge. Still some nice shutes.

 

[Caper11]

Thanks for the insight fellas. I was palling to go the first week of April, but not anymore.

There are still lots of great riding areas in the Mcbride area.


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[Dooitorbust]

There are still lots of great riding areas in the Mcbride area.


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still doing a trip on the first week of April, just not sure where as of yet. Kind of a toss up between McBride/Vale or Revy/Sicamous. Either way should be awesome.

 

[0neoldfart]

Used to ride North and South Dore back in the 90's - we did a lot of waterskipping on the river in spring, and a bunch of sidehilling on sketchy faces to get into North Dore - obviously a little dumber back then. But to be perfectly honest, there are a lot of areas to ride around McBride that are not closed. Please respect the closures, the last thing our sport needs is more bad press...

 

[snochuk]

Yes Caribou closure has shut the Dores down.

Really??? When did South Dore get shut down? Only one of two routes are closed unless something happened this year?

 

[snochuk]

There are still lots of great riding areas in the Mcbride area.


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Bell, Lucille, Renshaw, a wee bit left in South Dore (with so little left this will likly be closed soon also) and Horsey because it is so safe. The real backcountry alpine exploring has been shut down for about three years now. Don't get me wrong cause McBride can't be beat because of the towns people who go out of their way like no others but back country is shut down (riding logs roads that remain open not overly exciting) for real explorers and not just McBride has been affected.

 

[Jesse_01]

If you are making a trip. Goto revy/sic better sledding than mcbride and a more restaurants and pubs.

 

[snochuk]

If you are making a trip. Goto revy/sic better sledding than mcbride and a more restaurants and pubs.

McBride still my favorite riding area and rooms don't make the trip although the B&Bs at McBride are first rate.
Sicamous/Revy have the same issues with closed backcountry riding. May be better if you like the party life and big crowds of cabin dwellers on the hill but that's not sledding.
My point was that you don't have to worry about areas getting shut down in the future.....it has already happened.....absolutly nothing to do with one area better than another.