Event Details

[JavaJude]

<center>2nd Annual GVMC Chipmunk Creek Trail Ride and Poker Run </center>

Mark this date Sunday September 8, 2013 on your calendar for a great off road adventure.

Sign Up: 8:00am - 10:00am Sunday morning

Courses Open: 10:15am - 2:00pm

Awards and Prizes: 3:00pm

Sign Up Fees:
Peewee (9 & under) - $10.00
Youth (17 & under) - $20.00
Adult Trail Pass Holder - $20.00
Adult without Trail Pass $30.00
Camping Saturday Night - $13.00

Directions:
Take Vedder Rd. exit off of Hwy 1 at Chilliwack. Drive south thru Sardis and turn left at the steel bridge towards Chilliwack Lake. After 25km, turn left on gravel road towards Chipmunk Creek. Sign up is at the Rapids Campsite, about 6km off the blacktop.

Information:
Call Wally (604)594-5918
Chris (604)534-0609
Dwight (604)466-8812

Three Courses:
Peewee - Easy Loop about 2km
B Short Loop - 8-10km course - as easy as it gets at Chipmunk Creek
B Long Loop - 30 - 40km Course - includes seldom used trails and jeep track

Trophies, Prizes, Fun For All!!

Concession GVMC will have a concession on site.

 

[JavaJude]

Spoke with Wally Klammer about this event the other day and he advises that there will be 3 routes and that one of the routes is suitable for a dualsport bike. Tom, Neil and skidMark plan to check it out this Sunday and hopefully they will report back and advise what skill level is required. After all, Wally is one of the organizers of the Piston Run and has a sadistic sense of humour.

 

[skidmark43]

Hoping that the weather cooperates on Sunday & plenty of riders come out to explore Chipmunk.

As the OP indicates, there really aren't any trails / routes suitable for GS's or asphalt-biased tires. The easiest loop will be over Thurston: A novice on a DRZ should be ok, as would an 'expert' on a KLR. The trails were in great shape yesterday and the views were outstanding.

 

[offworlder]

Wow ! A novice on a DRZ going over Thurston ? I'd classify myself as barely a "B" rider, and still get nervous going up/over Thurston.

 

[skidmark43]

Wow ! A novice on a DRZ going over Thurston ? I'd classify myself as barely a "B" rider, and still get nervous going up/over Thurston.

Are you saying I put too much bait on the hook?
I was a novice on a DRZ when Yves first led me over Thurston 10 years ago. The route is considerably easier now with only a couple of 'features'.
It's good to have goals!

 

[TW_rider]

Are you saying I put too much bait on the hook?
The route is considerably easier now with only a couple of 'features'.

I don't know about that...five or six years ago I used to travel up Thurston on a regular basis...now, it scares me. I was actually air-borne on the way UP this spring...haven't gone back since.

But then again....I am a bit of a chicken.

 

[tomcycle]

On this rare occasion I will side with TW rider. The Thurston loop is not suitable for any novice rider on any bike.

We as seasoned riders seem to forget how hard some of these old grades are, without sweepers to assist the novice riders, I would not recommend this loop for them.

For the Novice Riders DSBC has the Fall Nubee ride starting from the same area in October.
http://www.dualsportbc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?163-Fall-Newbie-Ride-and-Social-October-20-2013

Tom