Vernon ATV ClubWe welcome everyone to attend our 2014 Annual General Meeting at 940 Pottery Road, Vernon Wednesday, October 29 at 6:30pm.
There are 3 club director positions opening up and we also normally set our Christmas party plans and donations at this meeting so come out and pitch in for the club.
Pizza will be provided by the club, so come hungry
Steve
President – Vernon ATV Club
steve@vernonatvclub.ca
Map and directions from Butcher Boys to Ladner Road.
The start of this ride leaves from a neighbourhood and uses private land for the first few kms so there is zero tolerance for burnouts, loud engine revving, people racing up and down the roads, etc. If you need to hooligan around at the beginning or end of the ride, don’t come to this ride.
Ladner Road is approximately 10km up Silver Star Road from Butcher Boys (intersection of Pleasant Valley Road and Silver Star Road)
Come down Ladner Road right to the end of the road, the house number is 8439. Turn around at the end of the road and park on either side of the road.
We’ll be exploring the trails around Dixon Dam, Noble Canyon and Becker Lake. Bring your GPS to update your tracks because there has been so much logging that trails have moved all over the place. Trails should all be wide enough for narrow side by sides (RZRs, Wildcats, Rhinos), not sure about wider side by sides.
Bring your lunch, camera, clothes for all weather. We’ll have a camp fire to cook over for lunch and if anyone’s interested there will be smokies, buns and condiments for $2 per smokie (please email clint@vernonatvclub.ca by Friday night to say how many smokies you want).
There is a couple hundred metre section of one of our old trails that now runs through a cut block. It is rideable but a bit sketchy because an excavator went through and mounded the soil making for lots of ups and downs and side to side crawling. I spent 4 hours shovelling on the first half of the trail this past weekend to make is safely passable. We’ll survey the mood of the group to see if there is interest in spending up to an hour to touch up the last stretch to bring a fun few kms of trail back online. Work would consist of walking to identify the best route, a small amount of cutting with hand or chain saw and shovelling to fill in the off camber mounds to make it more rideable to a greater number of riders. Please bring a shovel so we can make quick work of this section of the trail.
Difficulty ranges from easy road and trails to moderate/advanced trail crawling.
Second General Meeting of 2014
May 28 – 7:00 pm at the club house, 940 Pottery Road.
We are holding a regular meeting for all members to discuss rides and events for the 2014 season. There will be ATV BC Raffle tickets available to purchase, check it out as there are lots of prizes this year!
Please attend this meeting as a lack of attendance may result in no events being held due to lack of interest.
Ride location :
Is just over 8 KM from the exchange between Hwy 1 to Cache Creek ad the Coquihalla Hwy heading west towards Cache Creek. Turn left on to Green stone Rd. Head up just over 2 KM and then turn right on to dairy Lake Foresty Rd. Pendleton Creek foresty site is another 1.5 KM on the left side of the road. This is the staging area and campsite.
Tickets:
Are available through any of the quad dealers in town or at the ride Sunday morning. $25 per machine which includes the driver, second rider or dinner guest is an additional $5.
Sign up:
Sign up at 9:00 am. The ride starts at 10 am. The ride is roughly 65 KM of all different levels. It’s at least a level 3 and there are lots of experienced riders if you don’t feel comfortable at any point they will help.
Refreshments:
Coffee and donuts are supplied by Tim Hortons in the morning and we supply burgers, hot dogs, ships, pop etc after the ride.
Silent auction:
Auction items are available to bid on. All monies raised is going to the Kamloops Therapeutic Riding Association. If your camping you can meet some of these kids as we take them for a ride on Saturday.
Camping:
is available with out-house, open chuck wagon style camping. Fire allowed as long as there are no bans. Community fire pit for everyone. Camping cost is $10.00 a night with all monies going to trail maintenance.
Any other questions please email us at gkaaca@gmail.com
Love to see you all there
Rosella Boulton
Membership Director
GKAA