dryyouth

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If youre on your way up here at all, shoot me a PM. Ive been just about everywhere and found some great spots for a variety of skill levels and terrain.

Cheers

6 years 8 months ago in Tips for the North Island (Gold River to Cape Scott-ish)

Just out of curiosity, the unnamed lake that your referring to on Blackjack Ridge. 1 or 2??

Thanks in advance!

6 years 8 months ago in looking for a lake fairly close to nanaimo

Rob,

Just my opinion...

Garmin Basecamp (Free) - www.garmin.com/en-CA/shop/do
British Columbia BRMB on Mini SD ($50-$80) - Cabelas or Amazon
Garmin GPS receiver of choice.... I use a GPSMAP64 right now because of its portability outside of the vehicle, just a thought.

Ive been using this method of GPS nav now for a few years and I have nothing bad to say about it really. The BRMB sd card I bought about a year ago, and I have full confidence in it. It shows 98% of FSR roads and has great TOPO data, POI's and all water systems you might find along the way. You can sync your tracks onto your computer later or in route if your fancy enough to equip the cab of your truck with a laptop. I have version 6.0 of the BRMB for BC and its pretty damn accurate. FULL DISCLAIMER I have not tested it much on the south end of the Island so I cant swear by its accuracy down there, but if your looking for "TRAILS" they probably wont be on any maps anyway. People here were having issues with the size of the file and I dont know why, all the info I have put in plus the original data is just over 2gb so it will easily fit on a cheap mini SD, pic below shows the excellent TOPO detail, also you might find it handy to run a copy in your computer at all times. I have the original SD in my GPS and the copy in my computer. That way BaseCamp will always have the BRMB data. Did I mention it matches the book perfectly? Anyways, Im really not seeing the problems others are having, and since you have a Garmin GPS already I highly recommend it.

Alternatively if you're not a Garmin fan you can use a tablet or phone with Hema Explorer app (Multiple Layer Platform) and an external GPS receiver, like a GarminGLO if you don't trust your hardware's internal one.

My screenshot for example. Green being driven and red untraveled.

Hope this helps!

6 years 8 months ago in Has anybody run the Backroad Maps Garmin GPS maps?