Rides

After the downpour on Saturday who would have predicted the amazing day that Sunday turned out to be? A great day riding the trails around Becker Lake plus a GPS exercise, finding the 10 hidden coordinates that contained some Thanksgiving treats. All were found, great work guys!

An awesome first ride in the RZR for Jason and Caleb, the thumbs says it all.

10:00am – Sunday October 9 at Noble Canyon

There will be a short ride starting from the bottom of Noble Canyon at 10:00am Sunday, October 9 with the goal of being back down at the bottom by 3:00pm.

Bring your GPS and find the hidden turkeys along the ride, GPS coordinates will be provided by you have to figure out where they’re hiding.

Unload beyond the first cattleguard (400m after turning off the highway) then park alongside the paved portion of Noble Canyon Road leaving room for the driveways.

This ride will take us on the Becker Lake side of Noble Canyon to explore the trails, puddles and take in the views over the valley. Bring your usual gear including GPS, camera, lunch, appropriate clothing, repair and safety supplies. This ride would be a Green/Blue ride on our rating system as it is a combination of FSR, secondary roads and trails.

The GPS talk didn’t happen on the last ride so bring your questions to this ride!

Thanks Jeff for leading a beautiful ride to the top of Mara Mt!

Meet in Enderby Sunday, October 2 at 9:00am on the west side of the bridge in the Chamber of Commerce parking lot (see map below). Be ready to leave Enderby at 9:00am sharp, latecomers will be left behind!

From Enderby we will convoy east approximately 26km to Kingfisher Main FSR where we unload and head off on our adventure.

Bring your lunch, camera, survival gear and clothing for all conditions as this ride will take us high in the mountains (7,000+ feet).

Everyone is welcome, you don’t need to be a member to attend the ride. Come on out, meet some folks and discover new trails!

Saturday primed the trails with almost solid rain all day, Sunday looked a lot better though as the day started with broken cloud cover and only a hint of rain looming.

The group headed out from Ladner Road through a neighbour’s locked gate that accesses the trails. A short loop was planned for the 2WD dune buggy and its young passenger who is ready to head home after a couple of hours.

The group continued on up and over the cutblock at Dixon Dam over to the Hartnell Road side then made it’s way down Noble Canyon then up to Bardolph Lake where the clouds and light rain parted for a sunny lunch break and entertainment provided by the gentleman that showed up in his Pontiac Grand Am and proceeded to drag his oil pan over all the rocks and roots in the rec site.

After lunch the ride continued east to the hanglider/paraglider launch overlooking Lumby then rode up to the boundary of Silver Star where there is a trail that brings you back onto the Coldstream Creek road network. Time was running short and daylight fading so we headed home on the old Dixon Dam road.

Great having Josh and Danielle out for their first ride with the club, hope to see you back soon!

Download the ride track or view on the satellite and terrain maps below (the GPS stopped recording partway through so from Bardolph Lake on has been added manually through Google Earth):

• GPX format
• KMZ format

Riding the Becker and Bardolph areas but we’re starting from Ladner Road which is 10km up Silver Star Road from Butcher Boys (intersection of Silver Star Rd & Pleasant Valley Road).

Ride departs at 10:30am, no racing around the meeting area as it is a residential neighbourhood. Come right down to the end of Ladner Road, turn around on the driveway then park along the side of the road.

Trails are ATV and SxS rideable. Bring a lunch, all weather gear as we’re heading into fall and your camera as we hit several viewpoints along the trail.

You don’t need to be a Vernon ATV Club member to attend, come ride with us!

Ride Recap

A great ride with the Kelowna ATV Club in the Postill and Beaver Lake area. A large group of riders from both clubs showed up for a tour through many different forest and trail types and through some technical and challenging obstacles. Thanks again for an excellent ride and we look forward to our next adventure together!

Postill Lake Area Ride

Meeting instructions:

Time: Meet at 9:00am.
Directions to meeting place (see waypoint and track below):

1. Turn east off of Hwy 97 turn onto Old Vernon Road just north of the airport (49 58’ 13.2”N, 119 23’ 8.2”W).
2. Follow Old Vernon Road through a 90 degree right turn and continue to Postill Lake Road.
3. Turn left onto Postill Lake Road and continue to a T-intersection (Postill Lake Rd & Anderson Rd).
4. Turn left at the intersection and continue along Postill Lake Road.
5. When the road splits stay left on gravel covered Postill Lake Road (right is paved Farmer’s Drive).
6. Continue another 10.4km along Postill Lake Road to the meeting place at 50° 00′ 7.55″ N, 119° 15′ 55.4″ W – view on Google Map
7. Unload there.

Ride Area:

• area around Postill Lake. The ride will endeavour to take as many trails as possible but some FSR riding will be necessary.
• The ride will be a “Blue” rating

Special Instructions:

• Bring chainsaw (with spare gas, oil, etc.), radio, lunch and suitable clothes (the elevation is +/-1,400m and it can be cold up there this time of year).
• Email info@vernonatvclub.ca to let us know if you’re coming.

GPX Files:

• Postill Meeting Place Waypoint
• Track to Postill Meeting Place

Join Steve Sunday, July 24 at 10:00am at the bottom of King Eddy FSR as he heads up to Wilma Lake then beyond to Alex and Rankin Lake… or wherever the trails take you.

We need everyone ready to ride at 9:30am sharp this Sunday at the bottom of King Eddy Road. We’re heading up to Damer Lake to meet with members of the Kelowna ATV Club then will head off for a ride, stop for lunch and more riding. Bring a lunch, not sure if we’ll have a fire so pack a cold lunch this time unless you want to be the fire starter.

There’s a bit of rain today and more in the forecast Thursday, perfect for knocking down the dust after these few scorcher days.

Look forward to seeing everyone out this weekend and to meet our friends from Kelowna! Aiming to be back down at the bottom of King Eddy by 4:00pm.

Ride Recap

What a day, 23 machines from the two clubs met at Damer Lake for a day on the trails. We look forward to heading south to try out Kelowna trails for our next meetup!