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Okletsgo
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 10:09 pm |
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Hi I've been searching around and just not found what I was looking for so I thought I'd ask. I'm looking for a camp ground at or near Nesbit forest, one that I can leave a truck at. I have a wrr but don't like to put long highway miles on it.
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 3:14 pm |
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Joined: Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:36 pm Posts: 1613 Location: Saskatoon
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There are a bunch of spots inside Nisbet Forest where you could camp. Some places might be harder to get to with a truck but I've seen a few sites where people have set up camp that would be accessible with a truck or 4x4.
If you want to stay at a campsite, Fort Carlton is pretty close.
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Foofighter
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 3:45 pm |
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Joined: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:30 pm Posts: 24 Location: Saskatoon
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A friend of mine followed me and a friend into the forest with his Mazda 3 and camped in a clearing with us! There are many spots just off the trails that you could camp at with no problem!
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kiffer
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 3:54 pm |
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Joined: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:48 pm Posts: 1772 Location: S'toon
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There is no official campground in or on the edge of the Nisbet Forest. The closest would be the Valley Regional at Rosthern, but you are looking at a 15 or 20 minute drive from there to the edge of Nisbet.
You can camp "unofficially" in the Nisbet Forest, I believe. Not 100% sure on the legality of it, but right now it is Crown Land that is undefined for any specific use, so I think it is just subject to the rules that apply to general Crown Land in Saskatchewan. That means you might be able to random camp. I have seen guys park their trailers at the edge of the forest in various spots and just camp out there. As Foofighter says, a lot of the forest is easily accessible in a truck (or even a Mazda 3), so you can drive in. Please don't litter and make sure your fire is safe (although it is a pretty wet spring so far so the fire risk right now is pretty low).
There is an unofficial campsite you can reach on your WR - might be tough with a truck but not impossible. It is down near the river where we were on Sunday. I'd have to give you the GPS and a map for you to find it though...
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Okletsgo
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:44 pm |
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Joined: Sun May 27, 2012 6:57 pm Posts: 4
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That's what I was looking for thank you That's been on my list of things to do for a while, sounds like a good place to ride but it's to far away for a day trip for me. Next three day weekend I'll go up and check it out
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kiffer
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 3:05 pm |
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Joined: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:48 pm Posts: 1772 Location: S'toon
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Too far away? Where are you located?
_________________ Chris
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Okletsgo
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 3:09 pm |
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Joined: Sun May 27, 2012 6:57 pm Posts: 4
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The conner of sask that joins to Manitoba and the US. I can make it in one day but if the ride is as good as I've heard I'm thinking a full day and extra fuel is in order.
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kiffer
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 4:20 pm |
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Joined: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:48 pm Posts: 1772 Location: S'toon
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Carlyle? Redvers? Carievale? Oxbow? Just curious. Did you see some of the photos and video we posted from our ride in Nisbet on Sunday? viewtopic.php?f=3&t=454You can easily spend a full day riding in Nisbet. In fact, you could spend a week there and ride new trails every day. If you're coming that far you could consider driving another 3 hours and head up to Narrow Hills, though Nisbet is fun too. You could also consider driving west across the Province and meeting us all at the Cypress Hills in 2 weeks or so.
_________________ Chris
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Okletsgo
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 5:28 pm |
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Joined: Sun May 27, 2012 6:57 pm Posts: 4
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Oxbow area, (farm)
Yeah I saw that ride report, makes me want to go even more. Now I just gotta get the time off to do it. (I should just go, call in sick) I don't remember that much of cypress,was in a mini van, seems to me that's another weekend ride. Do you guys camp over night or do it all in one day?
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kiffer
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 10:47 pm |
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Joined: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:48 pm Posts: 1772 Location: S'toon
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It's at least a 3 day trip for us. It's about a 4 hour drive from Saskatoon to Cypress, so it's too far to do in a day. I'm hoping to leave Saskatoon the evening of the 6th, explore some routes down to Cypress on the 7th and 8th, ride around the Cypress area on the 9th, and ride home on the 10th (with some fun riding thrown in).
I will probably camp at least one night (at the park). There are places to stay in the park in hotels/cabins, and on the way down I'll probably hotel it unless the folks I'm riding with decide they'd prefer to do otherwise.
_________________ Chris
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