VivaEnduro

Endless Adventure

  • About
  • Trail Running
  • Back Country Adventure
  • Motorcycle Adventure
  • Becker’s Dirty 100

Day 16 – Burnstick Lake (595km)

Posted by Tyler on July 4, 2012
Posted in: Motorcycle to Tuktoyaktuk.

I never realized just how great this corner of Alberta is, it feels like Switzerland with the rolling green hills and majestic mountain peaks.  Its often overshadowed by the tourist traps of Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper on the other side of this range.

Cool morning

The sheep were everywhere and looked shaggy as they were loosing their winter coats.

Shaggy Sheep

Some friends of mine in the power trading industry wanted me to stop by Nordegg and ‘send a few thousand extra BTUs of natural gas down the Nordegg line’ – huh?  I did get a picture.

I couldn’t pass this area without a stop at Ram Falls.

Ram River Falls

The best roads are those with little maintenance, this stretch of the Forestry Trunk road has narrow winding sections up and down the side of the mountain, not great for making distance, but perfect for dual sport riding.  The weekend party-ers were starting to arrive, by the time I hit Caroline I was navigating pickup trucks with drivers of questionable sobriety piled full of people flying down the road.  In these areas its best to stay off the roads during long weekends.

Trunk Road

Arrived at the lake after 6 hours of riding the Forestry roads.

Alberta Lake

I planned on staying the night at my parents cabin, Ash and everyone had driven out in the morning and was meeting me there for some long weekend festivities.

Ash surprised me with a Welcome Home cake, it was amazing how much detail was put into it. You can even see my rain gear strapped to the back tail bag.  This was made off of pictures I had sent out during my trip, really cool.

 

 

It was nice to be off my bike and truly relax with the family for a few days.

 

Posts navigation

← Day 15 – Back to Alberta (1137km)
Day 17 – Calgary (150km) →
  • Updates

    VivaEnduro is all about my outdoor adventures.  In the past there were primarily motorcycle related, today trail running and back country hiking/skiing consume the majority of my time.

    Easiest way to navigate is to open up the pages on the Categories section below.

  • Categories

    • ►Alpine Adventures (7)
    • ►Motorcycle to Mexico (25)
    • ▼Motorcycle to Tuktoyaktuk (24)
      • Head North - Calgary to Inu …
      • 5 Days To Go - New Tires
      • 3 Days to Go - Packing
      • 2 Days to Go – Crunch Tim …
      • 1 Day to Go - Loading
      • Day 1 – Jasper (472km) †…
      • Day 2 - Smithers BC (806km) …
      • Day 3 - Watson Lake YK (875 …
      • Day 4 - Whitehorse (475km) …
      • Day 5 - Tok AK (655km) - US …
      • Day 6 - Dawson (400km) - To …
      • Day 7 – Dust to Dawson
      • Day 8 - Eagle Plains (567km …
      • Day 9 - Dempster to Inuvik
      • Day 10 - Inuvik
      • Day 11 - Tuktoyaktuk
      • Day 12 - Heading Home (675k …
      • Day 13 - Dirt Roads
      • Day 14 - Laird Hotsprings v …
      • Day 15 - Back to Alberta (1 …
      • Day 16 - Burnstick Lake (59 …
      • Day 17 - Calgary (150km)
      • Trip to Tuk
      • Motorcycle to Tuk Video
    • ►Running (13)
  • Links

    • ADV Rider
    • Alberta Parks
    • Canadian Death Race 125
    • Golden Ultra
    • Grizzly Ultra 50
    • Iron Legs Ultra
    • Mongol Rally
    • Sinister 7 Ultra
  • Recent Posts

    • Pharaoh Loop via Healy Pass
    • Kananaskis to Sunshine Village Trail Run – 100km
    • 2019 Okanagan Marathon – Boston or Bust
    • Golden Ultra 2019 – 60km Sweat
    • 2019 Iron Legs Ultra 100km
  • Archives

    • December 2020 (1)
    • September 2020 (1)
    • February 2020 (2)
    • November 2019 (1)
    • October 2019 (1)
    • September 2019 (1)
    • July 2019 (1)
    • April 2019 (1)
    • September 2018 (4)
    • December 2017 (1)
    • January 2017 (1)
    • August 2015 (1)
    • April 2014 (4)
    • March 2014 (9)
    • February 2014 (12)
    • August 2012 (1)
    • July 2012 (11)
    • June 2012 (16)
Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Parament by Automattic.