This year the BCBTR ventures for the first time into the Cariboo Chilcotin region. The gathering and departure point for day 1 is the parking lot of the Cariboo Lodge in Clinton. The route goes north past the Gang Ranch and through the incredible Farwell Canyon on the way to Williams Lake. After a lunch/fuel stop, we head east to Horsefly, south to 100 Mile House and stay at the Ramada Inn. An unlikely combination of roads make up the route for day 2 and is one of my favorites ever used on BCBTR. East on Horse Lake Road and Hwy 24, turning off onto the excellent Eakin Creek Rd and across the North Thompson River on a small reaction ferry at Little Fort. South to Barriere, along Adams Lake, through the Paxton Valley and The Douglas Lake Ranch. Arriving into Merritt on the gnarly Old Nicola Cut-Off Road. The Super 8 serves as the official ride motel and location for the BBQ and other festivities. Day 3 will be familiar with BCBTR veterans. It allows you to follow the road route or join onto parts of the KVR on the way to Princeton where we say goodbye after lunch. As usual, the BCBTR is open to all sizes of Trailie Bikes. The Going List 1) Manxman 2) RJ 3) Imonaroll 4) Ron from BC 5) longwaytim 6) oldtrout 7) Hockeygod 8) big jer 9) folknride 10) Wildbone 11) farmerger 12) Cowgirl 13) Canadane 14) Fishnbiker 15) Stand Up 16) canucksurfdog 17) OurBC 18) Adventure Hammer 19) Beamer Queen 20) PacWestGS 21) paul 22) dave6 23) lexota 24) Twin T 25) Woodapple 26) Woodapple's Bro 27) Vee Stormer 28) Olafskii 29) hontri 30) Mrs. hontri 31) dharmasister 32) Puckhog 33) StinkyBoy 34) obstacle 35) 00Buck 36) Lycan1 37) AlbertaStrom 38) silverwasp 39) 4ttrialsguy 40) Brimstone 41) Redhed 42) Redhed Son#1 43) Redhed Son#2 44) Voltsmith 45) PabloX 46) Pat 47) Hooli 48) javachat 49) GSPD750 50) Taxguy 51) tmurrayis 52) Rossland Rider 53) D-Fuzz 54) D-Fuzz's pal W/S 55) D-Fuzz's pal GS 56) lohlsson 57) BCFlyfisher 58) CordR 59) Wally-world 60) Toadride 61) Odin69 62) teamgrizzly 63) Bib 64) Bib's friend 65) rtw02 66) ry1der 67) PomoRider 68) Jono R. 69) obi990 70) prime 71) KLRSixfifty 72) rockyrider 73) adventure man 74) 2warped4me 75) hounddogryan 76) Landshark 77) benbob 78) coaxial 79) Redleggs 80) repsolrider 81) Green Gecko 82) liquorpig 83) OneWheelDrive 84) OneWheelDrive's Pal#1 85) OneWheelDrive's Pal#2 86) cabot 87) whuht 88) RED CAT 89) RED CAT's Pal #1 90) RED CAT's Pal #2 91) RED CAT's Pal #3 92) RED CAT's Pal #4 93) RED CAT's Pal #5 94) ADV Dog 95) pirate277 96) Cooler 97) rockies-GS 98) scharfg 99) Scratch 100) BC Brian 101) FlyingSwede 102) Mrs. FlyingSwede 103) Komara 104) lexluther11 105) GS eh! 106) James 107) OceanMtnSea 108) OceanMtnSea's Buddy 109) JgB 110) JgB's Buddy 111) Bumbee 112) Magnataan 113) Crude 114) Drfishburn 115) mazmex 116) The Hov 117) Landini 118) TTigerfoot 119) DTman 120) Greg the pole 121) Mrs. Greg the pole 122) MadScotsman 123) MadScotsman's friend 124) oscar95 125) Keith R 126) Pat K 127) Kevin R 128) Newbusa 129) bross 130) Mrs. bross 131) John in Seattle 132) wishfullthinkin 133) wishfullthinkin's quest 134) Kelster 135) Romabuk 136) smedium 137) Hardace 138) hasenwerk 139) hasenwerk's buddy
Accommodation Information Official Ride Motels are: Thursday Night -- Clinton -- Cariboo Lodge 250-459-7992 Friday Night -- 100 Mile House -- Ramada 250-395-2777 Saturday Night -- Merritt -- Super 8 250-378-9422 **location of the BBQ All the motels have rooms reserved for us. You must say you are on the BCBTR to get one of them.
Saturday Night BBQ and other Festivities Information I was unable to get the same level of donations as last year due to the tougher economy. Rather than miss out on the Saturday Night Festivities, there will be a small charge to cover the costs. The cost per person is $15, which includes a BBQ chicken dinner with all the fixins, plus water, pop, coffee and dessert. Also included are event decals and a chance to win 1 of 20 prizes in the raffle. Along with the other raffle items, this year's grand prize is the "Ultimate Adventurer Video Camera", a GoPro H.D. 1080 Hero. No prepayment is necessary. I will collect the $15 on Friday morning in Clinton when the route sheets are handed out.
A few pictures Heading towards the Gang Ranch Royal Engineers' Bridge across the Fraser River Farwell Canyon The plains above the Gang Ranch Heading south between Horsefly and Hendrix Lake Eakin Creek Road Ferry at Little Fort Dunn Lake Road Along the Douglas Lake Ranch Road The Old Nicola Cut-Off Road The Brookmere Station on the KVR
No excuses this time .. now for the seven month wait ! Look forward to meeting you guys ('n gals). Sunny and dry, eh ? Logan
I am drooling... since I missed this past year's ride due to the birth or our daughter, I will have to pencil this one in... fortunately, it looks like my teaching finishes a few days prior to these dates! Now I gotta make sure the wife is OK... I would love to finish up on the KVR, Grey Creek Pass(if it is still open?) and then decide between Settler's Road (heading north) or through the Crowsnest (heading east) on the way back home to Calgary... maybe a week for the whole trip will suffice (arrive home Wed June 22?)
I'm in. Number two for me - never had a better time. Anybody need a roomy - I don't snore (too much).
Good one however I spy ManxMan's previous ride (1150GSA mit Odyssey Bags) in that photo. A bike photo I'm sure Kootenay Kid will recognize..... :
3 of us GSers did part of this ride last year going to Bella Coola. Awesome stuff with good weather. Will confir with Canadane, who attended BCBTR 5. Looks like we'll both be in as long as you young fellers can wait up for a couple of retired white haired guys.
