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Canada Topo/Ski Maps
Hi guys. I will go skiing/skimountaineering in Canada in Febraury and
I'm wondering which are the best maps for trekking/skiing in that area. I'm referring to 1:25,000 (1cm=25,000cm) scale or 1:50,000. Thank you very much |
Canada Topo/Ski Maps
Alfred Falk: You need to be more specific as to which area you are interested in. It will be in the area of Banff, Kootenay, Rogers'Pass... Nicola |
Canada Topo/Ski Maps
wrote in message oups.com... Hi guys. I will go skiing/skimountaineering in Canada in Febraury and I'm wondering which are the best maps for trekking/skiing in that area. I'm referring to 1:25,000 (1cm=25,000cm) scale or 1:50,000. Thank you very much Depending upon where you are going, Chrismar may have maps you can use. Their maps are excellent. printed on plastic and almost indestructible - great detail and appropriate to the use that they are for. I have used them extensively for canoeing and also some of the hiking ones - they have several for the mountains in Western Canada. You can check them out at http://www.chrismar.com Bill |
Canada Topo/Ski Maps
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Canada Topo/Ski Maps
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Canada Topo/Ski Maps
wrote in message oups.com... Hi guys. I will go skiing/skimountaineering in Canada in Febraury and I'm wondering which are the best maps for trekking/skiing in that area. I'm referring to 1:25,000 (1cm=25,000cm) scale or 1:50,000. Thank you very much You might find the Backroad Mapbook handy to find trailheads and stuff like that. You can probably order backcountry maps from Parks Canada or some other organization. The Canadian Rockies are extensively travelled in the winter, there might even be a message board pertaining to just that. (other than this one.) |
Canada Topo/Ski Maps
"JS" wrote in message news:irBrh.675985$1T2.165815@pd7urf2no... wrote in message oups.com... Hi guys. I will go skiing/skimountaineering in Canada in Febraury and I'm wondering which are the best maps for trekking/skiing in that area. I'm referring to 1:25,000 (1cm=25,000cm) scale or 1:50,000. Thank you very much You might find the Backroad Mapbook handy to find trailheads and stuff like that. You can probably order backcountry maps from Parks Canada or some other organization. The Canadian Rockies are extensively travelled in the winter, there might even be a message board pertaining to just that. (other than this one.) Oh yeah...... Come prepared with Avalanche rescue gear, we are having a whopper of a snow season. |
Canada Topo/Ski Maps
The backroad mapbooks are nice, but dangerous!
A lot of the Canadian Bush trails in them are old logging trails and forestry access trails that go through swamps (beavers are active up here, a trail can now be under 2' or more of water) and are overgrown to ATV or even single track size. Some can just end at washouts, well lots do because the loggers are no longer maintaining the road. The original trail on the map in the book was a ford, loggers made a culvert crossing, the washout banks are cliffs. This can make the trail still look good but be unused. If you have a breakdown or injury on any of these trails, help might never wander along. We, my teenage son and nephew and I had the bottom drop out of one trail like that and were stuck for 3 days at -25 before figuring no one was coming so we hiked out. At least we were prepared for winter camping. We could hear snowmobiles in the distance but were off on a spur trail.... I would recommend you try to find local snowmobile or ski clubs to find out what trails are active in the area and stick to them. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) JS wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Hi guys. I will go skiing/skimountaineering in Canada in Febraury and I'm wondering which are the best maps for trekking/skiing in that area. I'm referring to 1:25,000 (1cm=25,000cm) scale or 1:50,000. Thank you very much You might find the Backroad Mapbook handy to find trailheads and stuff like that. You can probably order backcountry maps from Parks Canada or some other organization. The Canadian Rockies are extensively travelled in the winter, there might even be a message board pertaining to just that. (other than this one.) |
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