East Coast Overland
Adventurer
And New Brunswick too!! Fundy coast and park, Apalachian Trail, and all along the Acadian peninsula
La Poile, Newfoundland : Try #1
- Thread starter bad dog
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Hey bad dog. is there any off roading, nothing extreme around cape Breton?
bad dog
Observer
Absolutely!
The Nova Scotia Jeep Club can help you out there.
PM me if you need help getting in contact with the folks there.
Awesome, We blacktop'ed it this past sept, in a Nissan micra, doing the touristy stuff, Cabot trail, Bell museum etc, We liked the micra so much we are totally getting one now. White SR with red additives. plus im lowering it with wide tires for Mini type handling.
Mass_Mopar
Don't Litter
Great write-up, thanks for the inspiration!!
proper4wd
Expedition Leader
Cool trip, have always wanted to get up there. It looks like a ground anchor would have gotten you winched through most of the bogs. How deep were they on average? Doesn't look like anything that would drown a vehicle, just kind of a hassle.
Also, what are the regulations for traveling in the backcountry up there? Without a network of established trails... it seems "bushwhacking" is the norm but this kind of travel is usually a big no-no in the USA.
Also, what are the regulations for traveling in the backcountry up there? Without a network of established trails... it seems "bushwhacking" is the norm but this kind of travel is usually a big no-no in the USA.
bad dog
Observer
We are researching different types of winch anchors. Jim uses a type at work that may work out great
Up here in the "Great White North" there' still a lot of Crown Land. This is public land that anyone can use for non-commercial purposes. The general rule is "don't make a mess". Most folks try have as small an impact as possible. This doesn't mean you can't cut down a tree. It does mean that you shouldn't cut them down if you don't need to. By far the biggest issue is garbage. We haul out bags and bags of it each spring. If folks would just use the old "if you brung it in you can bring it out" rule, things would continue to look nice for our kids and grandkids.
Up here in the "Great White North" there' still a lot of Crown Land. This is public land that anyone can use for non-commercial purposes. The general rule is "don't make a mess". Most folks try have as small an impact as possible. This doesn't mean you can't cut down a tree. It does mean that you shouldn't cut them down if you don't need to. By far the biggest issue is garbage. We haul out bags and bags of it each spring. If folks would just use the old "if you brung it in you can bring it out" rule, things would continue to look nice for our kids and grandkids.
Ridge Runner
Delta V
Nice!
bad dog
Observer
We are planning another trip into the area next year. We now know we can get in almost half way without much trouble. This will be our jumping off point in 2016 and is possible to get to without much drama. We have pre-selected a possible route by living on Google Earth for far too many evenings. In addition, we are making a number of changes based on our experiences in 2014:
- bringing a trailer to form the hub of our base camp which will move every 2-3 days after we have scouted/cleared a trail to our next camp
- More people/vehicles for extra help clearing trail
- way more food & water
- 2 Quads to scout ahead of the trucks so we're not burning as much fuel
- fuel run at the trip mid-point to bring extra fuel in to our base camp
- better comms (2 sat phones, CB repeater, CB base station)
- Google earth cached on ruggedized laptop
- heavy duty ground anchors
- additional chain saws & shovels
- more time
Tentative dates are Aug 2nd to 21st.
- bringing a trailer to form the hub of our base camp which will move every 2-3 days after we have scouted/cleared a trail to our next camp
- More people/vehicles for extra help clearing trail
- way more food & water
- 2 Quads to scout ahead of the trucks so we're not burning as much fuel
- fuel run at the trip mid-point to bring extra fuel in to our base camp
- better comms (2 sat phones, CB repeater, CB base station)
- Google earth cached on ruggedized laptop
- heavy duty ground anchors
- additional chain saws & shovels
- more time
Tentative dates are Aug 2nd to 21st.
Awesome! I can't wait to see if you make it! this is an awesome adventure for sure.
Mass_Mopar
Don't Litter
Congrats getting published! Good luck up there next year!
i am interested in the 2016 trip. got rid of my F150 and am back into something i can wheel, a 2015 JK! running a 2.5-3inch franken lift with Fox, RK, JKS & Teraflex bits.. i'm actually living on near Sydney on the Bras d'Or lakes until may then will be headed back out to the island in aug and if i can get all of my summer studies done early i can get there early for this trip. have a look at my thread;
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/140069-65-days-of-Canada-22000-km-s
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/140069-65-days-of-Canada-22000-km-s