MUKIWA - Off Road Trips

4x4ing at the Fraser River

A few weeks ago a bunch of friends and I went down to the fraser river for the day... Its an area frequented by many off roaders includding quads trucks, dune buggys, dirt bikes etc.

Mt Cheam in the background


My sister on the roof trying taking a pic


Lots of scratches after today




My two toyota friends... I didn't take to the water cuz I haven't raised the breather on my rear diff yet


We had followed this one trail which had a dead end and was very muddy so I turned around and told everyone it wasn't worth going down but my friend decided to try it and this is what happened...
He had been stuck for over an hour when we finnaly got him out thats why he was so happy
And yes this was a clear trail in a designated 4x4 area so we aren't tearing thrugh an area we aren't suposed to be in.

One of my favorites


I grabbed an old untreated power pole from work which we chopped up for fire wood...burns great


Here is a map:

West Harrison FSR and Sloquet Hotsprings

On the weekend my wife and I decided to take a trip up West Harrison and find the Sloquet Hotsprings. It was overcast and there was a hint of rain but I was happy as I wanted the springs to myself and I was scared they would be full of people on the weekend. So we got on the freeway at 9 in the morning (a miracle) and were on dirt by 10:30. Ten mins up the gravel road I got a scare as there was a road closed sign and an excavator ripping up the road for repairs... but I found out they were going to let traffic thru at 11 sweet!
Finally we were back on track and first in a line of 15 off road rigs as a toyota club was also hitting up West Harrison. I soon realised how fortunate I was to be the first in line as the road was super dusty.


I didn't realise how long this road was and had estimated around 2 hours but in reality it took 4 1/2. It wouldnt have been bad if we had made a round trip out of it but we came back on the same long road lol. We did stop quite a bit along the way at all the waterfalls, dozzens of small side roads, and a grouse.





and good photo spots as I love taking pics of the X.




We also saw half a dozzen deer and a huge black bear which took to the woods before we could get the camera on.
Finaly we made it to the springs and to our suprise there was no one there!! It was a 50m walk in from the camp site and you could feel the air getting warm as we got close. We came down some stairs and right there was a waterfall spilling down the bank with water hot enough to make coffee!



The stream fed three pools which had been dammed up with rocks and plastic and got cooler as they went towards the river.



This was the hottest pool, you could only stay in here for a minute or two as it was scaulding hot


They fed into the creek which was ripping by full of spring runoff



After sitting in the natural hot tub for a few hours we hiked back up to the Xterra and broke out some hot dogs and boiled the coffee.



My wife thought I was such a geek taking pics of everything lol I told her my brothers and sisters on clubX need to see every thing and they love pictures.

We took our time and then started back home which seemed much longer than I remembered. It was a sweet trip well worth the long drive.. I might go back in the winter time if the road is passable as that would be amazing.

Well thats it for today but I've got stuff planned for the whole summer.. so many places so little time!!

Map to Sloquet: (Page 24 of the Vancouver, Coast Moutains Backroad Mapbook)

Last weekend we went for a trip into the Kelowna area about 4 hours away to check it out and do some camping. It was awsome! We found some really sweet lakes and are going back at the end of July. Ill post up some pics and maybe another vid if I get around to making it.

Got to love packing



A flooded river near Princeton













Left to Right: Me, My wife Hannah, Stephanie, Mark (Sister and Brother)








Definately worth the drive... on the way home we planned our next trip to the area! Cant wait!!