Westwood Plateau Skills Area

[KTM-Bryon]

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dirty sanchez wrote:

That rocky section looks tough

.... on a KTM 690.

On my YZ250 it probably would be 5th gear wide open.

Oh ya, your YZ250 wide open = 90 kph in 5th. My KTM 690 - 1st wide open = 59 kph, 2nd = 84 kph, 3rd=110, 4th = 134 kph, 5th = 153 kph, 6th = 168 kph.

I am not too worried; yet.

 

[jimi2crank]

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Oh crap here comes the mountainbike forum trash talk over to the DS forums. All we need is E. Anderson to get a DS then the forum would really light up. :hb: 3 of us are going up Eagle this Sunday on our big pig XR650's

 

[old trials guy]

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jimi2crank wrote:

Oh crap here comes the mountainbike forum trash talk over to the DS forums. All we need is E. Anderson to get a DS then the forum would really light up. :hb: 3 of us are going up Eagle this Sunday on our big pig XR650's

I wish I could watch this one.....:shock:

otg

 

[weoner]

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i will be at the plateau entrance at about 11 tomorrow (saturday) with the picture of the gps with me. I want to find that lake, wow. anybody care to join me?

how long from the bottom to the top?

Andrew

 

[old trials guy]

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From the Natural Gas station its should be less than an hour to the lake. If you push it more like 30 minutes. This is assuming you are not on a GS or KLR

Access is from Eagle Mountain Drive. Access from the top of Plateau Blvd has been closed.

otg

 

[weoner]

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awesome thanks for the quick reply, they must have just closed it i was there a month ago and no problem, or do you mean the top gate is closed?

 

[old trials guy]

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For more information on Eagle Ridge closures follow this thread:

http://www.dualsportbc.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=9630&forum_id=29

Do you have a new meeting place?

otg

 

[weoner]

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well I guess I do, I will be at the gate at the entrance to the gas plant at 11 ish, I will wait around for just a little while because I have to be home by two.

Andrew

 

[KTM-Bryon]

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I will be heading out on Eagle Ridge soon. I will look for you Andrew.

Bryon

 

[KTM-Bryon]

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I got out again on Eagle Ridge. I was think about going over to McNut but I have never riden there. I made a few changes to my bike and I thought I should go somewhere I know.



I got up farther than ever this ride because the snow line is way up there. Here is some runoff on a road near the top.



Here is a nicepuddle that still had a skim of ice on it. I took care of that. I crossed about 8 times to get some pics.







I did a bunch of riding along this cliff and came too close a couple times. Well, not too too close butI did have to drag the front tire back up once.



I got home in time for the big USA-CDN hockey game but I looked over the venue.



And who could resist roosting the IOC?



Note the new Hyde plastic skid plate. Good coverage.

 

[old trials guy]

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KTM-Bryon wrote:

I will be heading out on Eagle Ridge soon. I will look for you Andrew.

Bryon

Andrew posted for a Saturday ride. I missed him in the morning but I had a nice solo ride up to the lake and beyond. Nice clear day from the viewpoint.

Met Andrew on the way back down. He found out the hard way that a skid plate is mandatory equipment for the Cypress Lake ride as he broke the oil filter housing off of his bike and lost all his oil. Good thing it was downhill most of the way back :X.

Riding the DS on Saturday made timefor riding the trials at Ioco on Sunday. Weather was beautiful and a great turnout. Nice course, safe but challenging.

Good thing I only have two bikes or I would have to figure out how to have three day weekends.:shock:

otg

 

[weoner]

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i'll get pics up soon, still mourning my loss

 

[Old Phart]

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I'm a newbie so please excuse my ignorance. I'm looking for the easy way up to Cypress Lake on Eagle Mountain. Found the gas plant, but where to go from there?

I have a big fat KLR650 from last yearand just aquired a KLX450R to play with.

Thanks, Gordon

 

[old trials guy]

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Old Phart wrote:

I'm a newbie so please excuse my ignorance. I'm looking for the easy way up to Cypress Lake on Eagle Mountain. Found the gas plant, but where to go from there?

I have a big fat KLR650 from last yearand just aquired a KLX450R to play with.

Thanks, Gordon

Take your KLX and find the footpath on the east side of the chain link fence. Follow the pipeline until you reach the green gate and the old Cypress Lake road. It is steep and rocky and I would rate it at least as a B or B+ route. In other words there is no "easy route" and it is not KLR or big bike friendly.

Skidpate is highly recommended.

Take care on the path by the gas plant as it is narrow and fragile.



otg

 

[weoner]

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i would have made it up had it not been for my oil pan being torn off, and I have crap tires, old suspension, and I am new to the dirt/rocks

 

[Farp]

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I would add to otg's comments that you should not attempt this ride by yourself, especially if you're a newbie to off-road riding.

John

 

[old trials guy]

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weoner wrote:

i would have made it up had it not been for my oil pan being torn off, and I have crap tires, old suspension, and I am new to the dirt/rocks

Experienced KLR rider Cheeseburger commented:

"That was a tough day but I learned a lot and I'm looking forward to making another run at some point. It's nice to have a challenging and somewhat remote route so close."

I think you could ride up on a big bike like a KLR and even a GS 1200 if you were very fit, were not in a rush and don't mind dropping your bike. All that said I would say it is a B route at best based on my experience.

Another point worth mentioning is that the road deteriorates considerably during the summer when there is a lot of 4x4 and ATV traffic as they loosen the surface. Right now the road is in the best condition I have seen in the last year and this is a good time to go up as the rocks have settled and compacted providing decent traction.

Trail rating is intended to inform folks what to expect so they can prepare for the ride. Calling it a B route doesn't mean you need a new bike or be an experienced rider. It means it might not be much fun on a big bike with street tires.

If anyone wants to go up Eagle let me know and I will be happy to tag along.

otg

 

[KTM-Bryon]

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old trials guy wrote:

If anyone wants to go up Eagle let me know and I will be happy to tag along.

otg

I plan on showing a newbie rider on a borrowd 650 Honda around on Sunday morning. We may go up Burke Mtn depending on how he does.

 

[Old Phart]

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Yeah - I'd love to come and try out the new KLX on something fairly easy. I'm still having problems upshifting the beastbut I'm told that this improves as the bike getssome kms on it.

Please keep me in the loop as to meeting location & time.

Thanks, Gordon

 

[jimi2crank]

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Hey Bryon I'm guessing you're newbie is Ando? For the sake of my brothers XR don't take him up Eagle seeing as he'll need to pay for whatever he breaks. We want him to get the "bug" and buy a DS. If you take him up Eagle on an XR 650 for his 2nd time ever on a dirtbke he'll never want to buy one. That said I want to come out and ride with you both on Sunday so keep me posted on where you go.

A few of us did Squamish on the weekend. Indian Arm run still has too much snow and the bridge is gone at the 10km mark. The other areas we explored were good though.