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posted October 02, 2003 11:37 AM
Mamquam River Road to North Vancouver?
Question for anyone in BC....
I know the Mamquam River Road goes from Squamish to the end of Indian Arm... but somewhere along the way I understand it connects to the Seymour area of North Vancouver...
I'd like to arrange a ride to do "a loop" from Horseshoe bay to Indian Arm and then backroads to North Vancouver...
Help me plan this... I need help with a map... If I need to buy a GPS lemme know..
thanks and post some picks and directions please!!
   
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Tom T
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posted October 02, 2003 04:27 PM
Never has been a road on the west side, long ways to cut a trail. I heard years ago there was a road on the east side of Indian Arm but I am told it no longer exists
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posted October 02, 2003 08:08 PM
I heard that there was a road that connected the mamquam to the bottom of mt seymour and put you out on mt seymour parkway but it was blocked by boulders, however a bike could get by
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posted October 09, 2003 05:35 AM
Hi Fish. Don't know if my info will be of value to you. If any of the following proves incorrect, I'd appreciate you letting me know.
1. There's no connection from the Mamquam (Stawamus Indian FSR) to the old route which goes south from the Seymour river headwaters (east side of river) down to the Seymour pkwy. The two 'roads' are isolated in valleys separated by a relatively formidable range. Besides, with it being in the watershed, you're bound to get tagged.
2. If you insist on getting into the watershed, you can do it by following the mountain bike trail from Furry Creek up to Marion Lake, it then gets you along the Capilano river (under hydro lines). At the south end, it spits you out at the Grouse gondola parking lot. It's seriously blocked up at the south end these days, and offers you a world of pain if you get caught.
3. I think your best bet would be to try to take the east side of Indian Arm into Buntzen Lake / Port Moody. You can easily take the Mamquam all the way south to Granite falls. From there to Buntzen is a mystery; I've heard that there is a passable route (as Tom T wrote above) that roughly follows the power lines, but god knows how you manage all the creek crossings / valleys. Also, the guy that originally cut the grouse grind in the '80's has just completed a hiking trail from Granite Falls to Buntzen - so it might be possible. His name is McPherson and he's a power engineer for Van.
4. While it might 'miss the point', if you just want to achieve a circle route, you might be able to make arrangements with the water taxi that operates out of Deep Cove. He regularly ferries kayakers, anglers & mountain bikers between the Cove & Granite Falls / the northern tip of the Arm.
Hope this helps, but regrets that I'm not able to provide an 'answer'.
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posted October 09, 2003 02:29 PM
hmm.. that's the best info so far.. thanks.... the buntzen lake thing could work... I have worked many times at buntzen as far down as 2 hairpins past the main crossing over the tube that feeds the turbines... havent ventured further down but I imagine that it must or could connect somewhere...
well... since this seems to be a mytery who here would be into bringing a GPS along and trying to find a way?
Squid and DB, you guys in? any takers?
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posted October 09, 2003 11:51 PM
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GPS? Is that a lager or an ale?
btw. You keeping that firewood dry for me?
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posted October 10, 2003 08:56 AM
still sitting here... plus I have a big pile that needs to be dried... I can stack that too if ya want it... I'll be having more trees taken out soon so yer welcome to as much of it as you want.
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posted October 14, 2003 10:57 AM
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Squid and DB, you guys in? any takers?
Thanks for the invite fish, but I'm without a dualsport this season. Let me know when you're going, etc. anyway please.
As long as there's no asphalt for DB to crash his XL on, you guys should have a blast.
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posted October 14, 2003 06:29 PM
Okay... here's what we know for a fact. From the parking lot at the Sea to sky it is 38.2kms to the end of the Mamquam which ends at a trail marked
"Grand Ridge Trail to Buntzen Lake" .. .has anyone here walked/ hiked/ cycled etc this trail? Could we make it through on the bikes?
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squidlydiddly
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posted February 09, 2004 12:36 AM
Fish - have you investigated this issue further / got an update?
btw - what tire setup are you running on your drz?
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posted February 09, 2004 05:36 PM
no I havent... winter came... Dunlop D606, galfer lines... some other stuff.... cant remember.... stock exhasut cuz neither kbryant nor doug meyer has given me a system yet.. 
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squidlydiddly
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posted February 09, 2004 11:45 PM
Thanx for info. I was planning on doing the front brake line. If you like the 606's then that's good enough for me. I'll call ITC for a price.
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... stock exhasut cuz neither kbryant nor doug meyer has given me a system yet..
They should both give you a system; then you can sell me one for cheap. 
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posted February 09, 2004 11:52 PM
I'd take the MT21's as well.. whichever is cheaper
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sagot
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posted February 11, 2004 01:15 PM
Check out: http://maps.gov.bc.ca/ and go to "Provincial Basemap". It might help.
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posted February 11, 2004 05:40 PM
BTW squid.. both the metzlers and the dunlops are 90% off 10% onroad...
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posted February 11, 2004 10:02 PM
I figured that when I ordered from Eric. How bad are they on the street?
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