Muskrat Trail-Blackwater Valley Trails Located in the Cariboo, Central & Northeast

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Muskrat Trail-Blackwater Valley Trails

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Trail is part of a network of trails called Blackwater Valley, please read the trail listing for the network. See the Beautiful trail along Pantage Lake. this is a historical trail and offers a variety of terrain. Next year we will have a bridge in place so the trail will join the Telegraph trail via the Muskrat trail to the 11B. On the geo-ref map on Avenza the trail is called Musquash (native language)
Quesnel BC, Prince George NC
Part of the Blackwater River Valley trail network
4-5 hours once completed. Currently 3 hours
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At 1.5 km on the Blackwater Spruce Road, there is a legal easement to your right and left just off the cattle guard. there is water there for your horse to drink. The easement would allow 2 rigs Just past the 2 km mark is a gravel pit with lots of room to park as well(7-8 rigs). the trail network may be access from either the gravel pit or by riding on the Blackwater Spruce Rd to the 11-B road ( 300 meters further)
Contact the Chapter Chair of the Back Country Horsemen of BC North Cariboo Chapter through the BCHBC website www.bchorsemen.org to setup camping at a members location
This trail is part of the Blackwater Valley trail network. This area is remote. You maybe lucky to see a bear, whitetail deer,coyote or sandhill cranes. Logging truck traffic may be encountered on the Blackwater Road during weekdays on your travel to this network. There is no cell phone coverage, no mortorized vehicles are on the trails. The area is heavily hunted during hunting season and high visibility precautions must be taken, fly season can be heavy. There is a map of the trail area in Avenza to be used on your Smartphone.
Note: Also check under Upload/Download tab to see if there are more maps available. If the map below shows red lines, these indicate ridable trails which can be downloaded to your GPS (see Upload/Download tab)
From Quesnel travel west across the Fraser River, turn right and head towards Nazko, just past Rockies convenience store turn right onto the Blackwater Road. Travel down the Blackwater Road - pavement transitions to gravel ( 45 km of gravel and you may encounter logging trucks as the area is an active haul road), at the 60 km marker take the next turn to your left ( Blackwater Spruce RD).

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