Gravel ride out of SW calgary

[greg the pole]

anyone that's interested, we're heading out on a gravel loop tomorrow out of sw calgary,
either mclean creek rd on to powederface, or longview to the forestry trunk connector, on to either coleman, or back to hwy 40

PM for address, leaving at 1030 from my place

Greg

 

[RED CAT]

Hey Greg. If you take the 940 south towards Coleman, take the turn off for Dutch Creek (its well marked) heading west(keep to the right when in doubt) then south all the way to #3 highway. A little more challanging than 940 but easily doable on your S10. Just to add a little Adventure to the ride. ::001::

 

[greg the pole]

that's the 'connector' that goes over the mountain to the forestry trunk road?
doing it that one with my wife on the back next weekend,
thanks for the tip,

G

 

[RED CAT]

No. The connector is #532 to the #940. Dutch Creek is off to the west side of the 940 about 1/2 way down to the #3.

 

[cbrunsw]

Sounds like a great ride. Could you guys post a map?

 

[greg the pole]

that one has come and gone, but here is a heads up for a ride to bc, leaving on the 23rd of august,


http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=
204362710563176768454.0004c6146c0615c393b6e

late august leaving town on thursday aug 23rd at noon-ish, overnight in trout lake, either the old hotel, or the town camp site

friday aug 24th, trout lake to princeton, or somewhere near by, should be a great day, lots of gravel, hwy 31a (Kaslo to New Denver), also west lake road between Vernon and Kelowna

sat aug 25th, princeton to merritt, on to salmon arm the long way
sat night, im meeting Aleksandra in Tappen, Some great roads between princeton and merritt, and then on to Douglas Lake road, which is a beauty as well.

 

[tomatocity]

The way to copy a Google Maps link...

...create the map in Google Maps
...click the link symbol (looks like a chain link)
...check the Short URL box
...the URL will highlight
...CTRL + C to copy the link
...CTRL + V to paste the link

 

[greg the pole]

The way to copy a Google Maps link...

...create the map in Google Maps
...click the link symbol (looks like a chain link)
...check the Short URL box
...the URL will highlight
...CTRL + C to copy the link
...CTRL + V to paste the link

i guess that failed horribly, I know you can share the maps with peeps that have emails, i'll try this again and repost

try this again:
https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msid=204362710563176768454.0004c6146c0615c393b6e&msa=0

island portion:
https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msid=204362710563176768454.0004c614bb68413a7f645&msa=0&ll=49.567978,-125.81543&spn=4.988185,8.76709

::014::

 

[immigrant]

that one has come and gone, but here is a heads up for a ride to bc, leaving on the 23rd of august,


http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=
204362710563176768454.0004c6146c0615c393b6e

late august leaving town on thursday aug 23rd at noon-ish, overnight in trout lake, either the old hotel, or the town camp site

friday aug 24th, trout lake to princeton, or somewhere near by, should be a great day, lots of gravel, hwy 31a (Kaslo to New Denver), also west lake road between Vernon and Kelowna

sat aug 25th, princeton to merritt, on to salmon arm the long way
sat night, im meeting Aleksandra in Tappen, Some great roads between princeton and merritt, and then on to Douglas Lake road, which is a beauty as well.

that looks like a good trip. But i have good news and bad news - the good news is i have 2 weeks holiday then. the bad news i have family coming to visit :'(
keep me in the loop for future rides

 

[cbrunsw]

Our trip to Nelson and back over 3 days and 1400km. Beautiful area around Nelson and Creston. We also road a gravel/dirt road to Kokanee Glacier Park on the south side.
http://goo.gl/maps/1feKK

 

[greg the pole]

nice, i'm rolling out of the house tomorrow around 10 am,
heading to coleman via the 532, and the forestry trunk road, feel free to join
pm for address and phone number

 

[towboatcrisco]

what tires are you guys running ? im on the metzlers tourances 80/20 . I was looking at your routes nice trip not sure if im around or working but if im around and I could get buy without a super aggressive tire id be intrested

 

[greg the pole]

you'll be fine!
if it makes you feel better, im running mitas e-07's (mx1canada.com) the rear is pretty much gone, bald. Does fine on gravel, my forward progress does suffer a bit
no matter, another on the shelf ready to go