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Back to the MountainLarson Hill (Coquihalla area)October 3-8/04 Written and photographed by Paul Mitchell In the middle of September, the LMATV Club had its Poker Ride starting from Larson Hill. Bruce and I went up early to do some riding, while most of the remaining participants arrived on the Saturday. We met up with some forum members from Quads.ca for the first time, and six of us decided on my initiative to do a night run to Thynne Mountain. That was the first mistake, as the further up the mountain we got, the colder it was, and the clouds blowing by made us feel like we were in a blender. The shadows cast by the driving lights made it look like we had ghost riders for company. The second mistake was letting Greg lead, as he had hand warmers and was okay while the rest of us only had summer gloves on. We did get to the top, and of course could not see 50 feet in front of our noses. Bruce and I decided that we would return next time to see the view. It was now three weeks later and the weather was great, so off we went with Bambam who had joined us at Davis Lake for a couple of days. The photos taken at the summit show a 360-degree view at 2025m elevation. The small lake has a thin wall at the far end and would drain in minutes over a cliff if breached. From Davis Lake, head south on the pipeline and then to Brookmere on the Forest Service Road, then up the Thynne Mountain FSR to the Meritt Snowmobile Club clubhouse (watch for the MSC signs), and follow the trail to the summit. 
 For our return trip, we took the Poker Ride trail as it ended at our camp at Boss Lake. Somewhere along the way, both Bruce and Bambam speared their right-side CV boots and spit them wide open. The next day Bambam had to get back to work so after a little Red Green duct-tape job we decided to go to east and explore the trails. We headed past Shea Lake, took the first right and headed up the hill. After about 5 kms, we took a left and found ourselves on a nice-looking old skidder trail that had tire tracks on it, so we figured that it must go somewhere. A few more kms and we came upon seven grouse on the trail, and on the count of three both of us fired. The feathers settled and not one bird was in sight! Luckily they weren't too smart, and we picked six out of the trees, just finishing as two guys on dirtbikes arrived and told us about the return route. They said as long as we ended up in a meadow with two old wrecked cars we had it made. It was a beautiful round trip of about 35 miles, going through meadows and old forest, although we did take a wrong turn and went down a 200-foot drop-off (very exciting!). The clearing with the old cars looked like it might have been an old mill site. 
It's a great area to explore, and we rode many side trails on Wednesday. We did not get lost, but as Bruce says, at times we did not quite know were we heck we were! |
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