There will be a Christmas tree hunt on Sunday, November 22, at King Eddie launch. Meet at unloading area at 10:00 then off to bag a tree. Bring a lunch, we will have a fire, and dress warm.
After capturing the tree, it will be decorated at the club house. Everyone please come and enjoy setting up and decorating. Chili and buns will be served for supper at 5:00. Please RSVP by November 19th to info@vernonatvclub.ca if you are coming for supper.
Snow Day Ride – 10:00am Sunday, November 15
Leaving from the bottom of King Eddy Road at 10:00am on Sunday, November 15, going to explore and see how much snow is in the mountains. Could be hard going, so dress warm and in layers, in case pushing is involved.
This will be a slow, exploring style ride, will multiple stops and lots of chat
Bring a roasting lunch and fixins as we’ll have a campfire. Be prepared for all weather, forecast is for 60% chance of snow, or rain, or both.
7:00pm Saturday, September 26 – King Eddy Road
It’s almost full moon (more details below) so there should be plenty of light from above but we also have been talking about evening/night rides so it’s time to try it out. Dress warm and come prepared for riding in the dark.
We will depart from the bottom of King Eddy Road at 7:00pm Saturday, September 26 and will be back at the bottom approximately 9:30pm. This will be a leisurely ride on the usual trails from the bottom of King Eddy, not very fast as night riding ads a new element of difficulty.
Vernon ATV Club rides responsibly access Forest Service Roads and Crown Lands. All participants are reminded of their obligation to comply with the Off-Road Vehicle Act (Bill 13).
NOT RELATED TO THE RIDE, JUST FYI:
Supermoon is Sunday night at approximately 8:00pm our time, it is also a lunar eclipse, so a Supermoon Lunar Eclipse or “blood moon”. It is the first time in 30 years that the supermoon (full moon at its closest point of its earth orbit) and eclipse happen at the same time, the next will be in 2029.
Leaving from the bottom of King Eddy Road at 10:00am on Monday, September 7, this ride will take us down past Beaver Lake and Postill Lake. This is a longer ride so we won’t be back until 4-5:00pm.
Campfires are allowed again so bring your lunch fixins as we’ll have a campfire. Be prepared for all weather, forecast is for 40% chance of rain (as of Friday).
4:00pm BBQ, 6:30pm Ride, Saturday, June 20
Back for another year, this popular event starts with a BBQ at 940 Pottery Road at 4:00pm then heads to King Eddy Road for an evening ride while enjoying the late night sun, wrapping up at the bottom around 9:30pm. There may even be a night ride after the main ride ends if you’re a keener!
We need to know by 7:00pm Friday, June 19 if you’re coming to the BBQ, email bbq@vernonatvclub.ca with your name and number of people.
Sorry fellas, this ride is just for the ladies. Starting at 1:00pm at the bottom of King Eddy Forest Service Road in Coldstream with a planned return to the bottom for 4:00pm. The ride speed and trails we ride will be decided by the ladies in attendance. We’d like to do a couple ladies only rides this year, so come out and meet other riders and provide your ideas for future rides.
Update – a great ride, 6 ladies in 3 side by sides and 1 atv went for a 3 1/2 hour ride at King Eddy. Check the club’s facebook page for photos and videos.
Come out early for a ride starting at 9:00am at the bottom of Noble Canyon Road in Lavington. We’ll explore trails around Bardolph Lake and Coldstream Creek Forest Service Road. Back down by 1:00pm so you can be home to enjoy your Sunday afternoon.
Come prepared for all kinds of weather (may be hot, may be rainy?), we’ll stop for a campfire so bring your lunch and camera.
This will be a slow to moderate pace ride, but we only go as fast as the slowest rider so come out and enjoy.
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.
5:00pm – BBQ at 940 Pottery Road
7:00pm – Ride departs King Eddy FSR
A club favourite event to take advantage of the daylight on the longest day of the year.
The BBQ gets underway at 5:00pm at the clubhouse at 940 Pottery Road. “Free” There is no cost per person for burgers, chips and drinks – you must RSVP to events@vernonatvclub.ca by 5:00pm Friday, June 20 to attend.
The ride at King Eddy will get rolling at 7:00pm and will take in as many trails and vistas as possible before returning to the vehicles at around 10:00pm, still with enough daylight to load and be safely on your way home.
Previous Twilight Ride Photos
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