COWICHAN RUN 28th

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sam
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COWICHAN RUN 28th

Hey guys :) So I talked to shane and he would be available to show us ( whoever wants to come) around the cowichan area, couple cool spots and nice views ( weather permitting for views), it would be a day run next saturday. I know matt (bayrak) has been up there with him already and said it was pretty cool! So yea would be sweet to have some more peeps come along :)

http://www.vioffroad.com/forum/routes-destinations/view-over-lake-cowichan

some pictures from when they went!

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sam
Victoria

anyone lol?

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Trevor Nelson
Duncan

It might be a beauty day Eh. Any idea what spots?

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sam
Victoria

I have an idea , but it would be mostly Shane showing us some spots he knows , which seeing from the pics, it looks awesome!

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Shane
Alberni Valley

Yea I'm open to going anywhere really - there are a bunch of standard spots that a lot of people go in the Duncan/Cowichan area - back side of mt sicker, in and around the forestry pools, hillcrest powerlines, a few different river spots, and some good altitude (though this is often above the cowichan lake cloud layer so we may or may not get any views).

Difficulty will be stock 4x4 capable I'm thinking, but depending on who shows up I'm happy to show you some tough trails as well. Everyone welcome.

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sam
Victoria

Would be cool to get some good views and spot out some good camp spots near the river / on higher altitudes :) is there a mine around there? Also could we check out the old airstrip?

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D
Cow valley

Too bad it wasn't Sunday. I'm in for the next one.

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Jas
Shawnigan

Wouldn't mind seeing some tuff trails.

It will suck driving on logging roads now that the ground is all froze up. Makes for one rough ride.

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sam
Victoria

Well for me I won't be able to go too hardcore, you know my truck jad

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sam
Victoria

Jas*

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Nanaimo

Are you guys still heading out tomarrow? What time? Thinking about maybe coming down from Nanaimo

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sam
Victoria

yea were still heading out, but on saturday not friday, 10am at the start of hillcrest road

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Roland Laird
North Saanich

I'll plan to join you. Looking forward to it

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sam
Victoria

awesome! see you there

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sam
Victoria

so for those coming tommorow, 10am, start of hillcrest road right off the highway! supposed to be a super nice day! see you all there :)

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Jas
Shawnigan

I'm out.

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sam
Victoria

Ah too bad :/

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Trevor Nelson
Duncan

The gang is still out there heading down to the goat trail that goes down to the canyon beyond the power lines on the chemainus river but I pulled out early after the run up to the old mine site on Mt. Sicker. Here's a few pics of the morning - I'm sure the rest of the pics will get posted after they are back ... with a few more dents and scratches.

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Trevor Nelson
Duncan

Arrgh ... dang iPhone... will have to put pics on the laptop first so they're not all sideways

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Trevor Nelson
Duncan

Trev likes his height ... usually

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Trevor Nelson
Duncan

Oh for Pete's sake. These pics just ain't werkin

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Trevor Nelson
Duncan

I'll try this again...

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Trevor Nelson
Duncan

Ya, I'm having a hard time posting these from my phone

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Trevor Nelson
Duncan

Hey - that worked! Pics seem fuzzy until u click on one then it clears up.

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sam
Victoria

awesome pics dude! thanks for posting, ill put mine soon! was a great day :)

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Shane
Alberni Valley

A few more - good times today!

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Trevor Nelson
Duncan

Nice. Looks like a good view over the lake. Any new dents? Lol

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sam
Victoria

some pics from today :)

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Roland Laird
North Saanich

Couple more pics. Thanks to all.

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sam
Victoria

thanks roland!

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Shane
Alberni Valley

Roland popped a CV axle and then I blew my steering rack on my way home (on pavement, luckily). All in all, minor damage :) I love the breakages where you make it home before midnight! hah

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sam
Victoria

Oh wow I didn't know you blew a steering rack! You were still able to drive home safe?

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Shane
Alberni Valley

Yea when I pulled off the highway on the way back to hillcrest that's what I was hearing. That last bomb down the powerline rd after killed it cause I barely made it home. By the time I hit my street my front wheels were both wobbling like crazy and pointing in different directions. I'm not sure if the rack itself is broken or if I just broke the mounts off the frame - either way it's hangin' loose down there! Oh well, gives me an excuse to do new rack bushings when I fix it - they were getting pretty bad.

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sam
Victoria

Haha wow man yea that sounds brutal, good thing you guys got home safe! Thankful all I got was that side step dent, man without those steps I would slid further and possibly smashed something important, thankful I kept them on! ( Even though I don't like em)

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Erik
lake cowichan

looks good a bunch of us went and did granite dunes and canopener that wekend!

Ive been thinking of trying to connect up silver lake with the laramie mine side through the old trail as shown on the blue line starting from the laramie mine side.

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SinClair Maynard
Youbou

Did you ever find that old airstrip?

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Jonathan
Victoria

If you're talking about the one near copper canon, it's been blocked off. You could walk to it but not drive.

I spent a good couple hours trying to find access to it last summer. If there still is a trail I couldn't find it.

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sam
Victoria

yea if you mean the old strip near cowichan lake, last i heard its so overgrown its like regular forest now. Ive never seen it though

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Erik
lake cowichan

You can still get to the old airstrip but it's not stock friendly at all

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SinClair Maynard
Youbou

Thanks....I appreciate the info.

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