Evil Birch

JeffV 2018-04-09 12:56:58 UTC #41

Me too… very interesting.

shadowfox70 2018-04-09 13:26:00 UTC #42

tried exploring it with a bike before! This is what it’s look like on the side of lacewood and bi-hi. Whopper to old entrance ebirch. Can be acces easy by foot but hardly on 2 wheels as it’s the drain part of bayers lake.

gtrguy 2018-04-09 14:03:52 UTC #43

Have biked from EB out to the Collins Road. Mostly doable on a bike but a few sections where it wasn’t really rideable.

Rolls 2018-04-09 14:06:04 UTC #44

Perhaps we could find some go-arounds for the few unrideable sections.

hcht 2018-04-09 14:47:29 UTC #45

there’s also an old path that goes around the quarry, links up with the dam and comes out just above the original bridge. you would have to use upper parking off the bi-hi, nearer to bayers lake off ramp… might involve killing alders.

Rolls 2018-04-09 15:02:34 UTC #46

I don’t think the parking area off the bi-hi is still accessible. DOT rebuilt the highway shoulder last year which made the ditch you have to drive across quite a bit steeper and deeper.

You can still bike along the highway from bayers lake of course, but would be nice to have a safer route.

Chris_Dwyer-perkins 2018-04-09 15:10:05 UTC #47

Ideally we need to move away from using the shoulder of the bi-hi as it’s very high traffic and it’s also restricted to bike use from Lower Sackville to Bayer Rd. Maybe something can be done off the shoulder now that they cut it back but I think you still end in the upper part of the quarry so we would need to find a solution to that as well.

bent6543 2018-04-09 23:39:49 UTC #48

Don’t forget it is illegal to operate a bicycle in a Wilderness Protected Area where that connection trail is located. Luckily it is not illegal to bring a bicycle with you on a walk in a wilderness protected area

JeffV 2018-04-09 23:51:15 UTC #49

Lol

hcht 2018-04-10 18:25:29 UTC #50

the trail that goes around the quarry starts at the upper end. park at home depot, ride down to first parking area on the bi hi and bam there’s a trail. albeit it needs to be cut back…

Chris_Dwyer-perkins 2018-04-10 18:43:53 UTC #51

Right what I’m talking about is trying to get off the shoulder of the bi-hi to get to it. I have used the one your talking about a few times.

hcht 2018-04-10 18:56:51 UTC #52

the top parking is almost on the off ramp going into bayer’s lake…

Cheshiremark 2018-04-12 02:41:46 UTC #53

@Rolls @JeffV I’ve hiked various routes around that circuit. There some bushwhacking to make it from the end of green Mile and connect up with the trails around ash lake/fox/hobsons/etc (to get to Collins rd). I wouldn’t recommend attempting it with a bike in tow. Much easier to get from Collins rd in to the lollypop at the end of evil birch. Can follow established trail all except maybe 100-200m of bushwhacking. I wouldn’t call the trails terribly rideable though.

Cheshiremark 2018-04-12 02:47:40 UTC #54

@shadowfox70 Yes, there’s a flagged route (green paint and, I think, green flagging tape) that you can follow from lacewood just on the Bayer’s lake side of the bi-hi. It will get you in to the back of the quarry but it’s not well worn and would be mostly hike-a-bike. There only real obstacle is that creek in your photo, but it not usually hard to find an easy place to cross.

bent6543 2018-04-12 10:54:54 UTC #55

I’d be taking tips from @hcht on this one.