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Winter on a bike in Labrador? Not my cup of tea :biggrin3:
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The terminus for the TCAT has been decided, a small town called Winter Harbour on Vancouver Island. It is the most westerly town accessible by road in canada and makes a fitting end to the route.
David is creating the route across the island and has provided some pictures of what we can expect. http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/IMG_2746.jpg A dip in the ocean at one of the beaches near Winter Harbour would be a good end/beginning to the journey... This picture was taken in December... http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/IMG_0120.jpg |
Cross post from david, aka Gunnerbuck
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Vancouver Island Cont'd
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The Cariboo region in BC is slated to be on the route bier
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...IMG_1030-1.jpg Lotsa room to camp... http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...IMG_0957-1.jpg http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...IMG_0951-1.jpg http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...IMG_0921-1.jpg Most riding areas you get your scenic bits with miles of ho-hum in between... In the Cariboo you spend the whole day in euphoric splendor, there are not many dull bits to put you to sleep... http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/IMG_2025.jpg |
The routes we are creating are designed for four wheeled overland vechicles as well as bikes.
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As a whole the poject is coming along nicely. The TCAT is on course to be completed in the fall of 2012. The True North east route should be completed this summer. A handful of folks are working on shorter "weekend" routes across various area's in Canada. Our new website, graveltravel.ca, should be up and running this fall and ready to begin distributing routes.
A very rough overview of Canada showing the TCAT is pink and the TNE in blue. http://64.136.20.22/2975149_l.JPG The logo for the TCAT is complete, thanks to Anthony for his grpahic design expertise. As he posted early the templates for the book are almost completed and I have spent too many hours typing away for it. Spring can't come soon enough, nothing like writing and researching bike/truck routes all winter to get a person twitching :ylsmoke: http://64.136.20.22/2967229_l.png A logo is underway for the TNE and the write up is almost complete for the new website. In May a friend and myself will be riding the sections that are left unridden and will have a finalized gps route in place for the launch of the web site this fall. The TNE looks like a great route, best guess is two weeks from the Maine/New Brunsiwck and return via paved roads. Some pretty diverse and remote country is included. http://64.136.20.22/2967230_l.jpg In May we have approximately 60 or so folks coming up from the states to pre ride a few days of the TCAT. Termed the Roaming Rally, it should be one heck of a fun couple of days. A real diverse crowd from beginners to expert racers, big bikes to little bikes to landrovers. This should give us a good idea as to how the different user groups feel about the terrain. The portion of the TCAT they will be riding/driving has about 6 optional technical sections which are sure to challenge the less experienced folks. Stay tuned as I'm sure some "interesting" stories will come out of this event :smiley_drive: |
Some random pictures from the New Brunswick folks showing some of the roads of the TNE in that province.
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A cross post from Anthony
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Here comes a barrage of photo's from the East Kootenay valley. I am cross posting these photo's and most belong to a fellow who goes by Jager on advrider. The east Kootenay Valley is a great place, I lived there for three years and I think alot of people will be impressed when they travel the route this area of BC :ylsmoke:
Enjoy the eye candy :smiley_drive: http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/14/11/62/01/trip0110.jpg http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/14/11/62/01/trip0015.jpg http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/14/11/62/01/trip0016.jpg |
Check out the road in the background :drool:
http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/14/11/62/01/5210.jpg http://i81.servimg.com/u/f81/14/11/62/01/510.jpg http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/14/11/62/01/5410.jpg http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/14/11/62/01/imgp6813.jpg http://i31.servimg.com/u/f31/14/11/62/01/img_3810.jpg http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/14/11/62/01/trip0020.jpg The East Kootenay valley seperates the Rocky Mountains and the Purcell Mountains. In the next photo you see the Rockies. The route follows logging roads through the Rockies for a few hundred miles before entering the East Kootenay valley and crossing the Purcell Range into the West Kootenay Valley. http://i81.servimg.com/u/f81/14/11/62/01/imgp3714.jpg http://i81.servimg.com/u/f81/14/11/62/01/810.jpg http://i81.servimg.com/u/f81/14/11/62/01/131-3110.jpg http://i31.servimg.com/u/f31/14/11/62/01/bugice10.jpg http://i31.servimg.com/u/f31/14/11/62/01/glacie10.jpg http://i31.servimg.com/u/f31/14/11/62/01/flower10.jpg A big thanks to Jager for all the tips on the roads in the area and for showing us some amazing photo's :victory: |
Great read guys, hey how can i sign onto you website I tried but need to register but no link. Please complete the trip across Canada as it is my bucket list and I don;t need the trans Canada and want to follow your route. Cheers Booysenjeiger
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