VI Cruiser Expedition June 21-22 and beyond

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Weather is looking better for the weekend, very stoked to find some trails and do some fishing..:beer: Anyone bringing a gps?

Yeah, things are definitely looking good. Yup, I have a GPS with backroads mapbook on it. Works great for this sort of stuff.
 
Everyone still good to go tomorrow? Meet as planned in Naniamo? Can someone PM me your cell number incase something happens and I'm running late from Victoria (accident or whatever).

Almost done packing. Crap, I forgot how much work it was camping without my trailer, haha. I've probably overpacked, but better having too much crap on a trip like this. Took rear seats out, and gonna sleep in the cruiser. Nice to be off the ground. LWB FTW.
 
Was about to throw a tub of dry fire wood in my truck, and thought I'd take a sec to check if we can even have a fire. Found this; guess that answers my question:

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Campfire Regulations
Visitors are reminded that fires are not permitted anywhere or at anytime (all seasons) within Strathcona Park except in an authorized BC Parks steel fire ring. This regulation is in effect at all times of the year. No open fires are allowed in any backcountry areas.
"

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/strath/
 
Nope, no gps. Backroad map books.
 
We won't be in the park, it is across the road, from where we are camped. ;) Thanks for reminding me to being matches.
 
Not looking so... we will have a blast with three trucks regardless..

Good on ya for doing the extra hour and a bit drive..


Johnathon, need a hook for winch, its working great for sitting almost twenty years..my first winch ever and I will hit 50 this year...:eek::eek: new tires used winch pretty excited..


Wonder if burnz is still coming?
 
Yeah, I think we'll have a lot of fun; I'm looking forward to this.

Congrats on getting your winch mounted! Now I'm really wishing I'd pushed to get mine installed too...
 
Yeah, I think we'll have a lot of fun; I'm looking forward to this.

Congrats on getting your winch mounted! Now I'm really wishing I'd pushed to get mine installed too...


No worries, ride with me if you want to push it a little..

See ya tomorrow...

To bad Cam and Jaybob are not in for this tour, would of been a blast.....:beer::beer:
 
It's Monday, no wifi, no cell reception, they ate the last hot dog, 1 beer left but it is light beer and no one will touch it because of that brokeback mountain thing. I wonder if they will eat the first one that dies?
 
Found paradise...had an EPIC trip. Everything went perfectly. I'll write a little blurb with pic's/vids when I get a sec. Might have to move this thread to the members only section... Steve, if you see this, can you do that please?
 
Yup, its a good trip when it takes 3 days to go 32 kms. Fantastic place, incredible time!! Thanks to Nick
for setting this one up.
 
Some pics
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lots of fun...
 
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So, as said, it turned out to be an incredible trip. Definitely an area worth revisiting. It was clear that very few people go up there, and those that do are on quads. Didn’t look like a full sized vehicle had been through in a long time. The trail was fun and technical with a few pucker moments where a wrong move would be the end of you. There there was basically no windfall.

Took us a few hours to get in, but much less to get back out once we knew the trail. The lake was hands down the nicest one I’ve been to on the Island. Very clean, beautiful, pristine. No one else was out there except for a couple guys on quads when we first arrived. They were very surprised we had driven trucks in there. Had the lake to ourselves the whole rest of the time. Not much room to park trucks in there, so it was good there were only three of us. It's hard to put into words how cool the place is.

The trucks all ran well. We had basically all the equipment we needed. It's almost strange how well this trip worked out given all the unknowns.

Here are some of the pictures I have with notes:

Meeting at Serious Coffee on Saturday. Had an extra cruiser come out just to say hi.

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Rob leading the way, pushing the 3B hard.

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Getting ready at the bottom of the trail.

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Getting over a broken culvert

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View down to Kunlin lake

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Partners in crime

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Up on the ridge

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View towards Donner Lake

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Getting in there. Were a couple technical sections

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