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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 4:31 PM
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After climbing most of Burke I wanted to tie up some loose ends and finish some lesser known trails. Today I did the powerline trail. I drove up harper-yes they are logging south west of the gun club, but that is beside the point. I started at the gun club and hiked up hill. The turn off for the woodlands walk connector passed me on the left as did the trail towards the summit and the village. I kept walking straight and finally came to a dead end that dropped off into a small creek valley. I knew that there was a trail some meters above me so I bush wacked uphill through the ferns and trees. I hit the trail and a metal gate and started to climb down the powerline trail. The trail weaves in and out of the powerline towers till you eventually head east towards the Pitt River. The trail then crosses under the powerlines and into the bush behind Mt. Burke. I walked through the bush and after a while popped out at quarry rd. and Gilleys Trail-that is the cross street. The only problem is i came out in someones yard. The trail ends on private property. I talked to the home owner and he was fine with me there. He said hikers/bikers come through his land all the time. Nice man. Anyways I saw two black bear -one that ran from me and on in a tree.  |
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 4:48 PM
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Coquitlam, British Columbia
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 7:25 PM
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| Looks like fun...to bad about the logging though... |
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 Outward Bound author of the Seinfeld Thread, who builds his own snowshoes
Troy, MT
USA
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 8:04 PM
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didnt even know there was a trail there. guess I'll have to add it to my to do list.
you can see thast bark mulch pile beside the fire hall from the port mann bridge. its hideous. I was up there the other day biking, and it was my first time up since begining of july, and I almost had a heart attack when I saw that
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 8:23 PM
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| A few years ago I went a ways down that old track.It was very grown in then, how is it now? It seems as though you have done almost the entire mountain. Good job. |
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 8:41 PM
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I cant believe that you can see the saw dust piles from the bridge... I hate that stuff. Ya the power line trail from about 500m on the east side of Burke was fine-sort of like a 4x4 dirt road, rocky but a fine walk. When the trail leaves the powerline route and heads south into the bush, it was in great condition as well. It looked like it was just cut/trimmed and there was also new flagging. I ll post some pictures of the logging near the fire hall...
I just have to do the Edwards st. trail(west of where I popped out)and the old wet route to munroe. |
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 8:46 PM
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| I found a small path at the top of the sand bank right by the highest power pole.It was too small for mountain bikes and I didn't hike in very far so who knows where that one goes? |
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Coquitlam
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 8:56 PM
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| The logging is all part of the new subdivisions that are being built on the base of Burke Mtn. That is just the first of 4 areas that will be cleared. Poor trees. |
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 9:03 PM
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let me say that Burke mountain is covered with trails for biking and hiking and animal tracks and trails as well. I cant say Ive done every trail thats for sure but, I done a fair share... the neatest trail that I did on Burke was on the woodlands walk. At the end of the trail you come to an old growth fir and an old logging bridge that is just hanging togther. Now be careful! but if you walk down to the creek and cross it to the other bank and climb up the hill you can continue on the road. There are trees in the middle of the road that are of fair size. I couldnt believe that a road could fall back to nature the way it did. Now this does go into the watershed so you're not supposed to be in there, but the road goes a fair way before it fizzles out. It is worth the trip.
I will post a web site here when i can find it of all the mountain bike trails, I think this is a part of the trail you are talking about. |
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 9:11 PM
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Yeah I know that trail, there's a lookout where you can see machinery in the gravel pitts across the river. I hung a red Blackhawks shirt there so I could go into the pit and find my location on the mountain. You didn't find my shirt did you? |
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 9:15 PM
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cool, not its been a while-have you done the quarry road trail at the munroe lake trailhead to the swiss gun club on the east side of burke? do you know what I am talking about?
You cross denier creek and travel west to the old gun club where the old rock quarry/mining/sorting equipment is?
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 9:18 PM
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| Yeah I saw the pictures that you posted awhile back and recognised the equipment. I took almost the same pictures when I was there. |
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 9:27 PM
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Im going to pick your brain for info, since you seem to know your stuff. Have you ever seen or been to Orr creek?
Can one get there from a trail on burke, or can you get to it from the coquitlam river trail? I quite sure it (Orr creek) flows into the coquitlam river and not coquitlam lake. Ive done the coquitlam river trail past crystal falls, or Pritchett creek and past the burke connector for a couple kms but the trail fizzles out. I was hoping to see a watershed fence or Orr creek. Any info would be great. And how big is Orr creek? It has a large drainage basin, so it seems, and where does it flow from-a lake or smaller streams? |
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 9:47 PM
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Yes I have been there and I don't give shit who knows about it.I have posted this on another thread but instead of looking for it I'll just tell you. Hike past pritchet creek falls untill you get to a weird man-made waterway in the forest. Keep your eyes to the left and sneak past the watershed gatehouse across the river (leave your dog at home and go on sunday). After a kilometer or so you will come to Orr creek. It is half as wide as the Coquitlam river at this point but is still pretty hard to cross without getting your feet wet(the pole vault works well). Once you have crossed the creek, hike up the west side about 200 meters and start to go away from the creek and towards towards the R.C.M.P. shooting range. There is a road that has a tall chain link gate near there that must be jumped. The Orr creek road starts right here. I have only climbed to about 500 meters on this road but it climbs way higher. A good place to conquer Coquitlam from mountain I think.
Notice the difference in height of the small evergreen between our two pics.
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 10:05 PM
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That pick made me laugh about the evergreen thats great! Thanks for the orr creek info too. I WILL NOT try that next weekend! My Friend?took these picks last weekend of the watershed from The eagle side of the river-I think you know that road that runs along the powerlines on the west side of the coquitlam river. Got in fine but turned around cause the dog was getting too hot and couldnt find a creek for him. There is some massive old growth in there it would be so cool to camp in it anyways...          |
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 10:21 PM
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| Yeah a friend of mine went in there too! If you go straight down through the bush when the road starts to go right, it will take you down to the main road(not very far at all). About half a click north from there is beaver creek which empties into the lake after a fifteen minute bushwack. The problem is you can't tell the difference between a truck and the sound of the creek. That can be scary. |
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Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 10:47 PM
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Seems like the encroachment by housing may go on and on and where it stops who knows, perhaps until it is too steep up hills and mountain to make it profitable for the developers. Seems like there is construction in highways, roads, houses, and buildings everywhere.
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Coquitlam, British Columbia
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Posted - 01/29/2007 : 5:00 PM
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| I know this is an old thread but i haven't been able to get a straight answer and are hoping one of you can reply...from the ancient collasping logging bridge at the end of woodland walk, how far is it to or creek as a crow...(or raven) would fly? |
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Burke Powerline Trail
