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Posted by: sparkster
Hey, I live in Medicine Hat and am moving up to edmonton. I have never heard of these sand dunes near hinton. How far of a drive are they from edmonton and were could I get more info about them. I am use to making the 10 hour journey to st. Anthony dunes in Idaho. Somehting coser would be nice.
Thanks
Posted by: sparkster
Actaully, any info about any dunes in Alberta wouls be great
Posted by: Lococoin
i know this post is old as hell but thought id post anyway.
go over to Edmontons Best Quadding club and post. Theres lots of guys to ride with, maps of areas. etc etc.
Posted by: DuneRider650
Hey i live about 1 and a half hours away from edmonton, there are some sand hills out here about 30 min away from Barhead not the best by any means but they are here. If you want some awsome dunes i ussually take some trips up to Hinton at a place called Brule lake damn some wicked sand DUNES up there beside a lake some wicked machines to. i cant think of anymore riding spots by edmonton at the moment but i do no some more just cant remember..... ill post em here when i remember
Posted by: DuneRider650
Well how far are u willing to travel for riding spots.. because i dont think there is really any good riding spots close to edmonton
Posted by: DuneRider650
well, i dont no of any race tracks in edmonton, but about 2 and a half 3 hours away up at swan hills there is a local track that u can use all you want and there is allot of trails up there also. If you want to go to some huge sand dunes there located passed Hinton about 30-45min past hinton at a place called Brule lake there kinda hard to find the first time but once you find the road off the highway its all good. Another place i go riding is at Rocky mountain house its prob 3 hours for you i guess and there is tons and tons of trails out there logging trails old train-tracks that run for ever and ever... There are allot of trails out here also at Goose Lake, logging roads that go for miles and miles and miles, lots of bush trails that go down to rivers, out to lakes etc. There are some sand dunes out here also prob for you they would be about hour and a half....maybe 2 i dont think so tho, called Vega Sand Hills. If you need some good information on how to get to these let me no
Posted by: DuneRider650
There is supposed to be a good mx track for quads at Rocky Mountain House also, i have not been there but they hold races there and its supposed to be good
Posted by: DuneRider650
yea no problem..................... if you cant find em ill try and get good directions for some of em
Posted by: DuneRider650
well the hinton sand dunes will seem small to you prob if you used to st.anthony but hell they are sure good for alberta thats for sure. From Edmonton they would prob be about.......4 hours i guess, not really to sure but i would think about 4 hours its not hard to see once you pass Hinton and your going on the highway towards the jasper border the road is located on the left side of the road and has a big sign about.... get permission to access this road... you dont have to nobody does......... just before the turn off there is a camp ground sign. You will see the big colorfull sign and thats where u turn off...........If you want to pay some money or camp in a diff camp ground there is a lodge down the road from that turn off. You can either camp there or sleep in the lodge things, not sure how much, and there is access to the dunes beside the lake from that camp site there. The lodge is prob allot easier to find for somone who doesnt no the area good and allot easier to find the trails to go out to the dunes there also. The other sand hills when i say sand HILLS they are no dunes thats for sure, its vega sand hills and its prob about an hour and half 2 hours from edmonton its mostly just sand trails and some hills its fun but nothing there even comes close to being hard for my DS.
Posted by: bansherider25
Hi I just moved to edmonton and i have purchased an 04 LE banshee i am i need of good places to ride as I m new to the place I haven't found many places to ride. I have noticed the piggys are way more strict up here then where i used to live up in the Yukon If anyone knows of any good places to ride it would be much apreciated
thx
Posted by: bansherider25
i will travel pretty far like preferable no longer then 5 hours
Posted by: bansherider25
also i dunno if u do any mx but if you know of any good mx tracks that dont kick the 4 weelers out that would be wicked i used to race mx all the time on my 125 so i wanna try it on a 4 weeler
Posted by: bansherider25
wicked it shouldn't be to hard to find but if I cant find m i will let u no
thanks
Posted by: bansherider25
Hey do any of you guys know the rules / regulations like is it allegal to ride on your own property or like in the ditch or what is allegal? Any infos apreciated
Posted by: DHV21
I don't know much of any trails or tracks you can ride on near Edmonton but if you travel west, there are suppose to be allot of nice trails all along the Foresrty Trunk Road.
I'm from Ponoka (about an hour south of Edmonton) and I ussally go out out west of Rocky Mountian House. Lots of nice ridding out there. Tons of trails. There is a track there to but I never been there so I don't know if quads are aloud on it. My uncle was telling me once that there are also supposly some sand dunes near there as well but I never check it out yet. I have a 4x4 so it probbally won't be as fun as a sport quad would be on the sand.
As for rules and regulations.
- On your own land you don't need anything but if you take your quad off your own land then you need a registration and insurance.
- Your aloud on crown land as long as it isn't a national or provincel park.
- You can't drive on pulic roads or in the ditch along the roads. ( I got caught once by a cop when driving in a ditch along a highway. Luckly I only got a warnning. ) I live on a farm so I drive down the county roads all the time. Not legal but I do it anyways. Rarely do I ever see a cops here but on the highway your more likely to get caught.
- For other private property you just need the owners permisson but you don't need registration and insurance.
Posted by: Torbinx
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Originally posted by: Lococoin
i know this post is old as hell but thought id post anyway.
go over to Edmontons Best Quadding club and post. Theres lots of guys to ride with, maps of areas. etc etc.
nice find
