Road to Chek

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Road to Chek

Post by rolfr » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:30 pm

Anyone been up to Chek lately? Is the road clear?
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Post by bradley3297 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:58 pm

it was 2 weeks ago. pretty bad shape though. not sure if snow hit it since then.
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Post by corn_dog » Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:23 pm

There was some sort of van/RV thing that has been partially blocking the road that you can see from the highway the last couple of times I have drove by. Not sure what is with it?

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Post by Peter » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:49 pm

It's in bad shape, we (casbc) have been bugging motsa and forests about it and as of yet they aren't willing to put any money into it. It is however, on their radar..........
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Post by kirk » Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:55 pm

I was up there today, no snow anywhere really.

A few pics of the road...

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mK ... directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ja ... directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/80 ... directlink

...rough shape, any idea of the cost to fix it?
I was at the volunteer day to fix that section last summer, but our efforts only lasted a couple of weeks. There was talk of paving the steeper sections someday, but nobody was sure exactly the cost, somebody estimated $40K.
It would be a great long term improvement.
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Post by dirty » Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:35 am

Sport climbers... and their PAVED roads...

sheesh! :roll:
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Post by Aaron » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:49 pm

dirty wrote:Sport climbers... and their PAVED roads...

sheesh! :roll:
I would love to be able to roll my eyes right along with you dirty. But the Squamish trad climbing community will forever be stained by the $10,000 laid down for the cleaning for Crap Crags. On a dollar to pitch ratio $40,000 for a paved road would be a hell of a deal!
WTF?
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Post by slartibartfast » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:54 pm

Oh yeah? And have you even climbed Crap Crags recently?
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Post by Dru » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:28 am

That road doesn't need to be paved, a couple of French drains and other drainage control structures installed when it is rebuilt will do the job.
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Post by Dooley » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:48 am

and people in their 2 wheel drive vehicles parking at the bottom and walking up using their feet instead of using the skinny pedal.
When in doubt....run it out!!!!
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Post by J Mace » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:08 am

I cant believe you guys are bugging forestry about making a forestry road nice for cars so you dont have to walk for 10 minutes.

Those pics make it look pretty tame for a fsr
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Post by Peter » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:35 pm

you ever been there on a busy weekend? there's no room down there, as well, that spot is notorious for break-ins.....
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Post by Dooley » Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:52 am

Peter wrote:you ever been there on a busy weekend? there's no room down there, as well, that spot is notorious for break-ins.....
Nope, dont go there on weekends.

If it is notorius for break-ins then people should prepare for that before going there i.e. nothing left in the vehicle.
When in doubt....run it out!!!!
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Post by Aaron » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:35 am

slartibartfast wrote:Oh yeah? And have you even climbed Crap Crags recently?
What's that got to do with the price of rice in China? Are you suggesting that the money spent by the UBC Varsity outdoors club was money well spent?
WTF?
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Post by J Mace » Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:57 pm

Are you suggesting that the money spent by the UBC Varsity outdoors club was money well spent?
you should ask the folks lined up at the base in Summer
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