Winter wheeling trip was awesome! The seasons are changing and we talked about laying down some plans for summer adventures. Looking at late June early July for a trip to Kakwa Falls which is south of Grande Prairie. At 30M it is one of the larger falls in Alberta! A beautiful area that I've been to many times in winter on snowmobiles, but never in summer. You can drive ATV or 4wd vehicles within 1.2km of the falls viewpoint, and then walk from there. There is a day use area at that point. If we had a few hours, which would be nice, then might be able to trek to the bottom of the falls as well. Random camping is permitted, and there are 2 larger staging areas at the start of the trail. The last Sasquatch sighting was sometime in the 70's so who knows what could happen!
Tentative plans I had was to drive to Grande Prairie on a Thursday or Friday afternoon/evening. Camp at a friends acreage south of GP near the Wapiti river and wait for stragglers.
-Sat morning drive to Sherman Meadows then wheel the trail to Deadhorse meadows.
-Walk in and have time at the falls.
-Wheel the trail out to a random camp spot for Sat eve.
-Sunday the drive out and back to E-town.
Or, if we started on a Thursday eve, we'd have Sat to explore another trail in the Grand Prairie or even Grande Cache area. There must be something off Highway 40 between GP and Hinton... anyone know about this area?
Some area info with link to the trail map.
Alberta Parks Kakwa WPP Recreation
Explore Kakwa Wildland Park
New Dates Sept Long, Labour Day Weekend 1, 2, 3
So post up your interest. River crossings may be deeper depending on the melt though. My brother once spent a few days camping whilst drying out his flooded 4 runner after floating it on a crossing!
Tentative plans I had was to drive to Grande Prairie on a Thursday or Friday afternoon/evening. Camp at a friends acreage south of GP near the Wapiti river and wait for stragglers.
-Sat morning drive to Sherman Meadows then wheel the trail to Deadhorse meadows.
-Walk in and have time at the falls.
-Wheel the trail out to a random camp spot for Sat eve.
-Sunday the drive out and back to E-town.
Or, if we started on a Thursday eve, we'd have Sat to explore another trail in the Grand Prairie or even Grande Cache area. There must be something off Highway 40 between GP and Hinton... anyone know about this area?
Some area info with link to the trail map.
Alberta Parks Kakwa WPP Recreation
Explore Kakwa Wildland Park
New Dates Sept Long, Labour Day Weekend 1, 2, 3
So post up your interest. River crossings may be deeper depending on the melt though. My brother once spent a few days camping whilst drying out his flooded 4 runner after floating it on a crossing!
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