Goldmine / Cabin Trail - the trail head is under at least 3 feet of snow. Access to the trail can only be gained by pushing up the trail. The lower 3/4 is clear of snow but the top 1/4 is under heavy snow. (photo below shows the depth of the snow on the road at the trail head of Goldmine / Cabin Trail)
Snakes and Ladders - Clear from top to bottom.
Shotgun - clear from top to bottom.
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The snow has receded at The Woodlot. There is no snow on the road up all the way to the top of Karpenter. At the top under the power-lines there is some snow that can easily be walked on to get to the trail.
From Karpenter down, the trails are all clear of snow. Winter riding conditions are expected.
The logging road to Cabin Trail is still under some snow so access to it is not as easy.
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Snow. 12-18″ on Shotgun and not rideable. The road is covered the entire way up. Pretty much hiking weather.
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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.
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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
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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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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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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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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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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