Pine Pass Closure
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You can purchase memberships here at Hyper Toys in Dawson Creek. There are two to pick from, one is $75 which is a BCSF on and will give you a voice for things to happen in the future and also gives you discounted rates on insurance. There is also one that is $40 and all the money goes directly to the PVSA club, for trail maintenance or keeping the cabins up.
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Koby
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http://bcsf.org/operator/pine-valley-trail-blazers
http://bcsf.org/operator/paradise-valley-snowmobile-association
Here is a bit of info on both clubs. If you can, get both !
http://bcsf.org/operator/paradise-valley-snowmobile-association
Here is a bit of info on both clubs. If you can, get both !
Keep posting pics like that and then you wonder why your area gets shut down. You think they dont read snowmobile forums. Wow unbeliveable
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WesG
Well-known member
Chetwynd club meeting
Quick summary from the chetwynd club meeting. If anyone else was there and I put something down incorrectly please correct me as I did not take notes.
No new closures for snowmobilers. The 1400m elevation was for summer atv's only not snowmobiles as per hunting regulations. I mentioned that the wording should be cleaned up to reflect this as I read the draft and thought it would include snowmobiles as well but it does not. Old friend/mt. reynolds stuff is still closed as it has been for some time. Same for Chamberlain. Industry was the focus of the draft and securing 90% of the best caribou habitat which they have done. BC Gov. has endorsed the draft in principle so it appears to be going forward.
They have built area maps for hasler, windfall, and wolverine which include avalanche path information as well as terrain type (4 types from easy to very complex). Maps for the other areas will be completed this year. Tenures for our riding areas have been expanded, some are already approved but more are are awaiting approval. FYI the tenures are only for the trails, the riding area itself cannot be protected via tenure.
The club has cleaned up and repaired the cabin at 7km on silversands AGAIN. Whomever thinks it is ok to shoot the effen thing full of holes and steal the splitting maul can go ride some other place. Also please pack out your garbage including cans. You managed to pack it in with you, you surely can fit the empty can in somewhere to take it out!
Parking was a hot topic. Plans are coming together to plow out the calazon across the bridge (new bridge decking this fall) to the big flat just across the train tracks. Murray range is looking like the park sign parking lot will be plowed (may be enlarged but not for sure yet) as well as down by the tunnel but we MUST leave BC rail access to the tunnels no plugging off the road(this will be a trial thing and may or may not continue based on results). Hasler parking is TBD as the coal company has a camp set up in the large parking lot and a heli pad in the smaller one, silversands is the same parking, Bijoux is the same. Remember more members = more parking and more snow plowing as the district and CRS help us out with this.
The club needs members. Higher numbers will aid us in land use issues in the future (both industry and wildlife). The chetwynd club is 70$ to join and can be purchased locally. It is part of the BCSF so you get the benefits that they provide club members as well. I will get a list of places up as soon as they are finalized. If you want a membership right away cat shack has them
Quick summary from the chetwynd club meeting. If anyone else was there and I put something down incorrectly please correct me as I did not take notes.
No new closures for snowmobilers. The 1400m elevation was for summer atv's only not snowmobiles as per hunting regulations. I mentioned that the wording should be cleaned up to reflect this as I read the draft and thought it would include snowmobiles as well but it does not. Old friend/mt. reynolds stuff is still closed as it has been for some time. Same for Chamberlain. Industry was the focus of the draft and securing 90% of the best caribou habitat which they have done. BC Gov. has endorsed the draft in principle so it appears to be going forward.
They have built area maps for hasler, windfall, and wolverine which include avalanche path information as well as terrain type (4 types from easy to very complex). Maps for the other areas will be completed this year. Tenures for our riding areas have been expanded, some are already approved but more are are awaiting approval. FYI the tenures are only for the trails, the riding area itself cannot be protected via tenure.
The club has cleaned up and repaired the cabin at 7km on silversands AGAIN. Whomever thinks it is ok to shoot the effen thing full of holes and steal the splitting maul can go ride some other place. Also please pack out your garbage including cans. You managed to pack it in with you, you surely can fit the empty can in somewhere to take it out!
Parking was a hot topic. Plans are coming together to plow out the calazon across the bridge (new bridge decking this fall) to the big flat just across the train tracks. Murray range is looking like the park sign parking lot will be plowed (may be enlarged but not for sure yet) as well as down by the tunnel but we MUST leave BC rail access to the tunnels no plugging off the road(this will be a trial thing and may or may not continue based on results). Hasler parking is TBD as the coal company has a camp set up in the large parking lot and a heli pad in the smaller one, silversands is the same parking, Bijoux is the same. Remember more members = more parking and more snow plowing as the district and CRS help us out with this.
The club needs members. Higher numbers will aid us in land use issues in the future (both industry and wildlife). The chetwynd club is 70$ to join and can be purchased locally. It is part of the BCSF so you get the benefits that they provide club members as well. I will get a list of places up as soon as they are finalized. If you want a membership right away cat shack has them
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WesG
Well-known member
Pictures
If you are not intruding, shut your sled off and take pictures from a distance it is ok to see them. After they have moved on go ride some other location do not chase or follow them. They are actively tracking them and know approximate numbers and locations so its not like we can just pretend they are not there. There are not many of them but they are around. Being niave to that will only bring us down. Also the local clubs are looking for data on locations and times, etc for sitings.
If you are not intruding, shut your sled off and take pictures from a distance it is ok to see them. After they have moved on go ride some other location do not chase or follow them. They are actively tracking them and know approximate numbers and locations so its not like we can just pretend they are not there. There are not many of them but they are around. Being niave to that will only bring us down. Also the local clubs are looking for data on locations and times, etc for sitings.
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The "proposed" closures are not a myth.............
They include riding areas above 1400M ............"wheeled vehicles"
The concern is "once closed to wheeled vehicles, it's an easier transition to close to other users"
now is the time to get involved and have your voice heard.......
$75-85 and a BCSF membership at a local club is the cheapest thing you'll ever buy for your snomobiling addiction...........
Google North Peace Caribou Draft Plan and read it carefully........
THe Paradise Valley Club in Dawson Creek sells a "local" PVSA membership for $40 but it is not a provincial voice, it's more like a donation to help them upkeep the cabins.....because some idiot keeps busting the screens out of the windows, leaving garbage, and burning pallets in the parking lot. It takes hours to clean up the nails, and hours to find a someone willing to scrape the lot with equipment.
The "proposed" closures are not a myth.............
They include riding areas above 1400M ............"wheeled vehicles"
The concern is "once closed to wheeled vehicles, it's an easier transition to close to other users"
now is the time to get involved and have your voice heard.......
$75-85 and a BCSF membership at a local club is the cheapest thing you'll ever buy for your snomobiling addiction...........
Google North Peace Caribou Draft Plan and read it carefully........
THe Paradise Valley Club in Dawson Creek sells a "local" PVSA membership for $40 but it is not a provincial voice, it's more like a donation to help them upkeep the cabins.....because some idiot keeps busting the screens out of the windows, leaving garbage, and burning pallets in the parking lot. It takes hours to clean up the nails, and hours to find a someone willing to scrape the lot with equipment.
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Thanks for the great info Wes. Are you saying there is a heli pad in the Hasler parking lot now?
Rob
Thanks for the great info Wes. Are you saying there is a heli pad in the Hasler parking lot now?
Rob
I can't believe BC uses caribou for an excuse to shut down mountains. We have lots here and sleds don't bother them. Just a useless excuse for the granolas. Also areas here aren't shut down over them
thats correct
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Shelfrost
Well-known member
Check out our newly formed facebook page for Chetwynd's Pine Valley Trail Blazers Snowmobile club. Memberships are available at the Cat Shack or from the Tourist Info Center in Chetwynd! Cheapest memberships in the province. Only $70 for a primary member, $40 for secondary, $13 for a child or senior, $110 for family. These are BCSF memberships as well.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/283250815120456/
Just ask to join facebook group and we will add you! Thanks for your support.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/283250815120456/
Just ask to join facebook group and we will add you! Thanks for your support.
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