Whipsaw 2024 Sept 27-29th

[Antarctican]

UPDATE:

• FYI the gas station at Eastgate closes at 7pm
• There is *probably* no rain forecast for the weekend from what I can tell, but it's showing ~30% POP and it has been raining, so there will be mud, and it will be cold. Dress appropriately and bring recovery gear.
• I'm going to overnight at Copper Creek Rec site Thu night, there's a "free" area keep going a bit past the paid sites you'll find me there, tan FJ Cruiser, eta 8pm.
• Garry (SquamSquatch) will meet us at the Hwy 3 trailhead (see pin drop above post) at 10:30am Friday morning.
• Our goal is to camp at Wells Lake Friday night and Lodestone Saturday night, returning home Sunday
• Comms on 146.460MHz, VA7CXP
• If you're coming up Saturday, there are 2 options:
  • Option 1: Take Hwy 3 as above, catch up to us likely somewhere towards Lodestone (you get to do the full route, but it'll be slower going)
  • Option 2: Take Coquihalla, and the newish Whipsaw "highway" route (in green below) which comes out halfway between Wells/Lodestone lakes (you'll catch up hours faster, but will miss half the fun of the Whipsaw)

 

[SquamSquatch]

Thanks for this! I hope to find you guys at this location for 10:30 friday morning. Concrete grey tacoma with RTT on the back. First time whipsawer. Gary, you still going?

I'm in for the10:30am Friday meetup!

 

[Greg_B]

Cant make this. Ya'll have a great time on the Whipsaw. Good time of year to do it----no bugs!

gb

 

[SquamSquatch]

Great trip!

 

[Antarctican]

 

[RVD604]

I had an awesome time! Thanks to Pete, Gary and Mike for putting this together.

 

[Antarctican]

I'd forgotten the name of the gas cans I recommend, but after too many decades of farting around with different types, I have found my nirvana:

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I have these on my trailer now.

 

[bladedog]

Looks like you all had a great time! We were 2 days behind you. Great crew, wheeling, some snow & sun, and a wee bit chilly at night!

 

[bladedog]

And a few more...

 

[Enigma]

Nice! Who's Taco and what camper is that on it?

 

[Enigma]

I'd forgotten the name of the gas cans I recommend, but after too many decades of farting around with different types, I have found my nirvana:

Wavian Fuel Cans | The Finest Steel Jerry Cans In The World

The original NATO Jerry Can — quality steel fuel cans and accessories from Wavian USA. Flexible spouts, safety nozzles, gaskets, fuel can mounts, holders and more.

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I have these on my trailer now.

Better than Scepters?

 

[bladedog]

Nice! Who's Taco and what camper is that on it?

Our friend Nic from Squamish. It's an AluCab

 

[cruiserpilot]

Better than Scepters?

If using Gasoline I'd say Yes. My Scepter Military Can expands more than I like with Gasoline. I'm probably gonna change the
gasket and shift it to Diesel. Ironically the older red 20 litre Scepter shaped like the military cans actually seem to be less
prone to expansion. I don't know, might just be me.
@Antarctican is there a local dealer? Oh, and have you ever stored them on their sides inside? Do they guarantee seal
even if they flop?

 

[Dirtygumboots]

Any of you hitting the Whipsaw this month? A couple of us from south of the border are looking at Sept 26-28th.

 

[604mike]

Any of you hitting the Whipsaw this month? A couple of us from south of the border are looking at Sept 26-28th.

There is currently a forest fire so the trail is shutdown. Until that is out you unfortunately won't be able to run the trail. But I'm sure there's a few guys who might be interested. In recent years we have been able to run the trail into October as well if your weekend doesnt work out.

 

[Dirtygumboots]

Thanks for the info. Anything else you all could recommend?

 

[pbgbottle]

I’ll go if it opens.

 

[604mike]

Thanks for the info. Anything else you all could recommend?

Of the same caliber... there isn't much else that compares close to the border.

-Placer mountian/ashnola traverse, same area as whipsaw, opposite side of the highway. nice views but less technical.

-West Harrison, a few different trails and rec sites along the lake. Hale creek, fosil beach, sunrise lake, north chehalis. Various levels of difficulty. Good camping. Can follow the main fsr all the way up to Pemberton and do a loop coming back down through Whistler, but coming up from the states might make the loop a bit of a stretch on a weekend especially if you want to do some side trails.

-east Harrison up over kookipi pass into the nahatlatch area. Most is just fsr, the pass is a bit more technical but nice views. You could stop at the clear creek hot springs as well.

- Cabin lake, not super technical, you can hike from the camp spot up to the top. There is an old plane wreck up there that people go see.

I'm sure there's some more spots I'm forgetting.