Woodlot trail conditions: February 2008
Snow. 12-18″ on Shotgun and not rideable. The road is covered the entire way up. Pretty much hiking weather.
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Woodlot trail conditions: January 2008
All trails at the Woodlot are under snow as of 1 January 2008.
The lower exposed areas (ie. clearcuts) have between 3 and 6 inches of icy snow and there’s more as you move higher up Blue Mountain. Snow riding is a real possibility but it’s slow going on the way up AND the way down.
Discussion: 3 responses
Woodlot trail conditions: December 2007
Trail Conditions for December 9th, 2007
Goldmine / Cabin Trail - Completely clear from top to bottom, although the woodwork is rather slippy from frost.
Snakes and Ladders - Clear from top to bottom.
Shotgun - clear from top to bottom.
Discussion: 6 responses
Recap of the Giant Killer trail day
Thanks to everybody came out! We all know that the people who worked on Giant Killer this past weekend gave up an amazing riding day, weather wise, to help the trail keep running.
Special thanks both to Experience Cycling and Maple Ridge Cycle. You guys came through for us all year, even on short notice. (more…)
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Tree down on Shotgun
Thanks to the wind storm that rolled through a week or so ago, there’s a big tree down on Shotgun at the Woodlot, just before the trail cuts across the FSR and enters the clearcut.
It’s a big one and you should be careful when climbing across // around it.
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Trees down on Hekyll and Jekyll
There are two trees down at the Woodlot on Hekyll and Jekyll. These logs are about halfway down the trail and are pretty big, so keep an eye out!
They’ll be removed shortly.
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Woodlot trail day, 25 November (Sunday)
Trail day for Giant Killer at the Woodlot on Sunday, 25 November. Meet at the bottom of the trail for 10am. Bring tools and gloves for yourself (shovels, rakes). We’ll be continuing on with the work that was started at the last trail day.
Refreshments provided by Experience Cycling and Maple Ridge Cycle.
Rain or shine. Stay tuned to the FVMBA website for any updates.
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Woodlot trail day, 10 June
The day that most of you thought would never come is around the corner. The first VMBA-backed trail day at the Woodlot is scheduled to take place on Sunday, 10 June 2007.
+ Trail: Giant Killer. The trail is beat and it needs lots of work.
+ No bikes. Please leave your bikes at home — there’ll be plenty of
opportunities to hit stuff another day.
+ Meet at the parking area at the north end of 287th (where you
normally park)at 9:15 for a 9:30am depart time. We expect things to
kick off at 10am at the bottom of the trail and continue until later.
+ Although we’ll have shovels, rakes, and other equipment up there, we’d like people to bring whatever they can to make sure we don’t run out of gear.
+ Refreshments // food will be provided
+ Be prepared to haul rocks and soil
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Woodlot CLOSED on 11 February and 14 February
I just received this message from the manager of the Woodlot:
This notice is to inform you that access to the woodlot from the following points will be closed during the afternoon of Friday February 11th or during the day of Monday February 14th.
- Woodlot entrance gate
- 287th access trail
- Nygaard trail
- Northern Mainline access and Bike trails
The purpose of the closure times is to allow for blasting to take place for the establishment of a small rock quarry. The quarry will supply road construction and surfacing material. The site is located as noted in the map.
Rock drilling will occur between February 08 to 11, 2005. Blasting is expected to take place Monday, February 14th.
The work will be carried out under the supervision of our road contractor.
For your safety please respect the signage and area closures during the times noted above.
Jonathan Smyth, Acting Manager
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