Alexander mackenzie

[wjustin]

Yeah that mud pit below the hill sucks, that gave us the most troubles.

 

[Scalp]

How about this one before the burnout...

 

[wjustin]

That one both my Tacoma and buddy Scott's Tacoma made through with no issues. My friend Alex got hung up in his jeep about half way across. Quick tug and he was out.

 

[Scalp]

Here's an udder one...

 

[cruiserpilot]

Looks like fun. so no issues finding trees close enough to recover yourselves? Is there any one place that
it could be a problem finding something to tie a winch to?

 

[Glenn-BJ74]

Lots of trees - but if you bail out early along the Rainbow Trail there is spot with nothing around.

 

[wjustin]

I'd watch in the burn sections too. Some of those trees are really just sitting there, and a winch would take them right over.

 

[Scalp]

Yeah, you might have to winch each other out.

 

[olija]

Just to clarify, you guys didn't do the whole trail from Williams Lake to Bella Coola, right? Is that even possible?

 

[Scalp]

We went as far west as possible

near the Tweedsmuir Park boundary, over the top of the Itcha IIgatchuz park and then down
road 21 to Anahim Lake, then Hwy 20 to Bella Coola. You can't drive through the park except via hwy 20.

 

[wjustin]

Yup we came down into Anihiam lake.

 

[Fantom]

It is impossible to do the entire trail from Williams Lake to Bella Coola by vehicle since a large section of it passes through a park. The trail in the park is a single track barely in good enough condition for a person with a horse (but that was 6 or 7 years ago).
Bill, that picture is not the McKenzie, that was Gaspard to Hungry Valley.

 

[Scalp]

It is impossible to do the entire trail from Williams Lake to Bella Coola by vehicle since a large section of it passes through a park. The trail in the park is a single track barely in good enough condition for a person with a horse (but that was 6 or 7 years ago).
Bill, that picture is not the McKenzie, that was Gaspard to Hungry Valley.

I stand corrected; your memory is better than mine!

 

[decoco]

2011 Tacoma= 32bfg MUDs, warn m8000 winch, rear locker. Full recovery gear

2008 Tacoma=full armour,33"bfg all terrian, smittybilt 8000 winch, full recovery gear

2013 jeepjk=35" MUDs, smittybilt 10,000 winch, armour, full recovery gear

91 Toyota pickup= 33"MUDs , welded front, armour, warn upright 8000 winch, full recovery gear

2001 grand Cherokee= 31's coopers, lockers, no winch

We'll have multiple saws along with us, and spare fuel to drown a small villiage

how did each respective rig fare?

 

[wjustin]

loaded up

driving

in hope waiting

canyon view

matts truck not liking life

arrived at the trailhead

titletown camp day 1

the first crossing, couple hidden culverts under the water that made it tricky

the first of many by passes

the dodge that never made it out




jeep stuck

camp number2

nice lake

set up camp





bear and some wolf tracks

 

[wjustin]

coming into kluksus reserve

old fj-40



cool indian building



3rd nights camp spot

another old rig, f-150

shes pretty picked over

old tractor that never made it



lots of water and swamps

old bridge

RIP j-20

wonder if this is what j-20's going to look like when hes older[cheers]

 

[wjustin]

old indian village







shame these places are just rotting away

tsasha lake rest for day 4



cheers

brodozer



tight squeeze on this fellow

the spot where we were stuck for 2 hours



scotty getting stuck some how

the bog that everyone talks about

alex stuck in it.

getting hooked up

logging road into anahiam lake

 

[tweeek]

Awesome!

 

[wjustin]

how did each respective rig fare?

The jeep jk and 91 toyota never ended up making the trip. Some
Mechanical issue with the Toyota and mid communication on holidays for the jeep. My grey Tacoma had a broken winch solenoid, white Tacoma had some frog end damage near the end of the trip(ball joints) and the Cherokee had no problems at all. Just some scratches for all of us really. No flats either, or major body damage.

 

[AJAEbj42]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing!!