The PVTA will soon be going to the local government boards looking for funding. We need your help. This is public funding, so it’s your money. If you like what the PVTA has done with the funding we have received over the last few years. (Stimulus, Nimby, Middle Earth, Skelula7, Chain, Gravatrout, Cloudbase 9) [...]
Minutes of Special Meeting October 24, 2011
Pemberton Valley Trails Association Minutes of Special Meeting October 24, 2011 Location: Cottonwood Recreation Centre The purpose of the meeting was to determine major projects / key areas of interest that the PVTA should be focusing on in 2012. Suggestions: – smooth out and widen NIMBY climbing trail – reroute sections of Mackenzie Cruise to [...]
PVTA Meeting Minutes October 12, 2011
Pemberton Valley Trails Association Minutes of Regular Meeting October 12, 2011 Location: Cottonwood Recreation Centre Attendance: Chris Allen, Hu Naylor, Jan Naylor, Sebastian Wild, John Chilton, Brigit Sirota Goldammer, Allison MacDonald, Stephen Desjardins. Call to Order: 7:10 pm Chris Allen Chaired September 14th Meeting Minutes approved. New Business: Hillside Development: the PVTA needs to put [...]
2 new corners on Chain link Descent
On October 19th, two of the tight difficult switchbacks on the the Trappers descent portion of the Chainlink got a major rework. The tools (2 mattocks 1 shovel) were then moved down to the next corner that needs attention. Beautiful Chain Lake Shreddin the Green Pow When you see these tools please don’t be afraid [...]
Fall Volunteer Trail Day – November 5th
With the snow fast approaching now is a great time to fix up the trails. On Saturday November 5th, the PVTA will be hosting a Volunteer Trail Day. Come out and work on some of the fantastic trails around Pemberton. We will focusing on 3 trails: – The Grey Zone – help to finish up [...]
PVTA Meeting Minutes September 14, 2011
Pemberton Valley Trails Association Minutes of Regular Meeting September 14, 2011 Location: Cottonwood Recreation Centre Attendance: Chris Allen, Hu Naylor, Hillary Downing, Rudy Benes, Sebastian Wild, John Chilton, Brigit Sirota Goldammer, Allison MacDonald, Corrine Stolz-Orava, Nigel Protter, Lisa Pedrini, Russ Wood, Stephen Desjardins. Call to Order: 7:05 pm Hu Naylor Chaired New Business: Raven’s Crest: [...]
Skelu’la7, Chain Link connection
Having recently ridden a few of the big Mt. Currie area epics, (Wild Bill, Jack The Ripper, Resurrectum) I wanted to re-visit the Trappers descent on the Chain Link. Despite 6 or 7 switchbacks that need re-shaping (this is an old horse trail being refitted for Bikes) and a few steep tech sections, this [...]
Wild Bill update
If you were at the PVTA fun’raiser back in July you’ll know that there is a movement for the PVTA to expand it’s boundaries out to the Duffy Lake Road. This road gives us such great access to the mountains, all we need is more trails. The first step in that movement has begun as [...]
Jack the Ripper, Memorial Ride. Sunday Sept. 18th
The Trail now known as Jack the Ripper actually started about 10 years ago. Local trail legends and visionaries Sandy, Potsy, and Jeff were the first to see the vision of a trail from the Cell Tower down the beautiful open ridge to the bottom of Reid Rd. Back then it was known as Titties [...]
Chain Linked
The Chain Link Trail, from Little Owl Lake, past the Chain Lakes and on to the Birkenhead River Road, is finally linked. This crazy project has been in the works for about 8 years now. With generous funding from the PVTA and PWA the link of these trail systems has finally been made. The Chain, Fowl, [...]
