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walknabout
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 01-2015
| | Posted on Monday, January 26, 2015 - 10:26 am: | 
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just planning our next wintertrekk and would like to attempt the Ishpatina Ridge and the surrounding area. Just wondering if and how far is Portelance Rd plowed in winter. |
richtheo
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Post Number: 5
Registered: 01-2015
| | Posted on Monday, January 26, 2015 - 12:31 pm: |
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You might want to contact Lure of the North. They had an expedition there last week.
http://lureofthenorth.com/product/expeditions/ishp atina/
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walknabout
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Post Number: 5
Registered: 01-2015
| | Posted on Monday, January 26, 2015 - 1:30 pm: |
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Thanks, I saw some amazing, post ice storm pics from their trek, but I'm pretty sure they approached it from the north. We're planning on doing it from the south. |
brian
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Post Number: 1669
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 8:48 am: |
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Contact Vermilion Forest Management.
http://www.sudburyforest.com/
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walknabout
Member
Post Number: 6
Registered: 01-2015
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 9:55 am: |
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thanks! |
grncnu
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Post Number: 363
Registered: 08-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 9:14 pm: |
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Let us know what they say, please- I'd be interested to know about that. |
walknabout
Member
Post Number: 7
Registered: 01-2015
| | Posted on Monday, February 2, 2015 - 12:04 pm: |
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Here's the scoop from VFM: The road is plowed up to Stobie Lake cut off, Stobie Rd is plowed about 10km in.
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walknabout
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Post Number: 8
Registered: 01-2015
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 11:41 am: |
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We’re back from our second tour of the area using the Portelance Rd access. Both times we found the road plowed well into Stobie Lake Rd and both times we got a little closer to the summit. This time we camped on Woods Lake and skied up to the elusive ridge trail via Scarecrow Lake. We had some gorgeous mornings and stormy afternoons, perfect balance to enjoy this wild part of our Province.
Base camp
Coming in from the stormy lake
130cm of accumulation in the bush
tough go even with fat skis
Scarecrow Cut just beyond that treeline
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grncnu
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Post Number: 374
Registered: 08-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 9:14 pm: |
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Wow, nice trip.
So by Stobie Road do you mean the road to the Sturgeon that branches off the Gervais Road? I assume you could not drive past the Sturgeon.
When you say the "Ridge Trail" do you mean the trail up to the fire tower- if so how was that on ski's, could you follow it in all the snow? And how far up did you get? |
walknabout
Member
Post Number: 9
Registered: 01-2015
| | Posted on Friday, March 13, 2015 - 2:14 pm: |
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Not too familiar with the area, but sounds right. We parked where Gervais Rd starts heading north again to the river crossing.
We only used the skis to hustle through the lakes, then hopped onto snowshoes for all off lake exploration and even that was tough going. We were at Steep Lake when a system moved in reducing visibility to few hundred feet. We figured it was not worth the effort climbing all the way up if we couldn't enjoy the view. We'll have to plan another trip when we're guaranteed clear skies  |
brian
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Post Number: 1677
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2015 - 9:36 am: |
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Was there any sign of other travellers this winter? |
walknabout
Member
Post Number: 10
Registered: 01-2015
| | Posted on Monday, March 16, 2015 - 10:37 am: |
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None at all. Heck even ours were mostly gone in matter of hours. The main road/trail up to the Sturegeon bridge and few km past it is well traveled and made the haul in a little easier on the machine |
walknabout
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Post Number: 12
Registered: 01-2015
| | Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 12:12 pm: |
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had a chance to check out some of the trails we traveled on in the winter and came upon our winter base camp spot from the pic above...haha
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brian
Moderator
Post Number: 1724
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, October 17, 2015 - 11:04 am: |
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Definitely an all-season site. |
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