Trail Blazers Ride by ATV/BC

Preliminary Information on the ATV/BC Trail Blazers Ride for 2008  Q. What is the Trail Blazers Ride? A. Trail Blazers ride starts from 100 Mile House on August 19th and finishing at the Perry River on the Trans Canada about 42km from Revelstoke on August 22nd.This will be a guided, scenic, comfortable ride of about 550Km. It will cover 4 ½ days through scenic and historic country. Part of the trail will be on the old Hudson Bay trail. There will be time for scenic stops, side trips and just generally enjoying the ride. This ride will be fully guided with front and tail riders equipped with and radios and emergency satellite phone communication. We are also planning for first aid qualified riders on the trip. Q. When is the ride? A. The ride will take place on August 19th to August 22nd . Q. Where does it start and end? A. The ride starts at 100 Mile House at ends at the meeting of Perry River FSR and the Trans Canada Highway west of Revelstoke. Q Is there a fee for this ride? A There will be fee of $90 per ATV. The fee is per machine as machines may have more than one rider.  Q. Why is there a fee? A. The fee will cover the following: administrative costs of researching the route, radio and phone rentals, campground fees for one night, first aid personnel. It will also cover one souvenir tee shirt and one dinner ticket for the banquet on the Friday evening. Extra tee shirts and dinner tickets will be available at time of registration. The fee is set to simply break even on expenses. Q. Is there a limit to the number of ATVs? A. Yes - the ride is limited to 50 ATVs. Each driver must be an ATV/BC member and be at least 16 years old and possess a valid driver’s license. Q. Why the limit? A. For pure logistics, it is necessary to cap the numbers and two groups of 25 ATVs was decided as that number. As well there could be a considerable number of RV support vehicles. Q. What about Registration? A. Advance registration is mandatory. There is a registration form that will be madeavailable to everyone by e-mail and on the web site at the same time. Thus everyone will have the same opportunity to join the ride. It is planned to issue the form on April 28th . Registrations will then close on July 15th .
 Q. Are we covered by Insurance? A. This ride is covered as an insurable event under ATV/BC’s insurance policy. Q. Do you have a description of the rides? A. Aug.18 - Gather at 100Mile snowmobile racetrack and camp overnight – no charge. There will be a drivers meeting that evening. Aug.19 - Trailer to start of ride, probably at the old 100Mile ski hill and ride to Clearwater on some trail and some FSR. Aug.20- Escorted ride across Clearwater and the North Thompson and ride to Adams Lake. All FSR. Aug21. - Ride to Seymour Arm on FSR with side trip up Rock Creek to TiskwustumLake then over the pass to Garnnet Lake and Telfer Lake and then join up with FSR to Seymour Arm. All FSR. Aug.22 – Ride west to side trip up the Pettipiece Pass- very scenic. Return to Perry River FSR and on to the TCH. From there trailer to Revelstoke to camp and dinner. NOTE: Once a registration is received, a registration package will be sent to each registrant with complete trail descriptions, maps and other information.  Q. What will be the camping facilities? A. Expect all camping to be dry and anywhere from primitive to an outhouse. Here is what is known at this time. Aug 19 - Camp in Clearwater at the old airport (free) or at Dutch Lake campground for those that want services( cost$33?) . Aug 20 - Camp spot on the end of day 2 is at the Silviculture Camp on the north east end of Adams Lake. This is a large scenic site right next to the lake and should accommodate all the RVs on the ride. The only services available are outdoor toilets. Gas for ATVs must be brought in by the support. Aug 21 - Camp at north end of Shuswap Lake near Seymour Arm. The camp spot has not been finalized but expect dry camping in an open field. Aug 22. - Camping in Revelstoke at your choice. Q. What about support vehicles? A. Riders will have a choice of bringing their camping gear, food etc on their ATV picking up gas at Clearwater and Seymour Arm or having a support vehicle to supply gas, food and shelter. There is accommodation available at Clearwater and if booked well in advance, there is s small hotel in Seymour Arm. With advance planning, riders may be able to share support vehicles re carrying food and gas. Also, there will be many support vehicles with trailers but no ATV to haul who should be able to carry various items for riders. If you do have a support vehicle, then here are the routes they can take Aug 19 - RV's by highway.to Clearwater Aug 20 - RV's by highway 5 to Vavenby and on FSR to Camp at Siviculture site on Adams Lake. Aug 21 - The RVs have a choice of three routes to travel from Adams Lake site to Seymour Arm.
 Route 1: Retrace the FSR route to Vavenby, Hwy 5 to Kamloops, TCH to Squilax where you cross the Little River to Squilax/Anglemont paved road on the north side of Shuswap Lake to St. Ives and then on a good wide FSR for some 45 km to Seymour Arm. Route 2: Drive on a good wide FSR for some 85 km on the west side of Adams Lake, a paved road to join up to the Squilax /Anglemont paved road. From this point on it is the same as route 1 to Seymour Arm. Route 3: Follow the same FSR as used by the ATVs. This road can be rough and narrow in spots so not recommended for large RVs. Aug 22 – The RVs have a choice of two routes from Seymour Arm to Perry River at TCH. Route 1: Retrace the route from Seymour Arm to the TCH at Squilax. Then follow the TCH eastward to where the Perry River FSR meets the TCH. This is the pick up point for transporting ATVs to Revelstoke. Route 2: Follow the ATVs on the FSR to the TCH. Again this road may not be suitable for large RVs.