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ROAD AND TRAIL INFORMATION

1. West Kootenay Hiking Access Group. A Facebook group for trail and road access. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wkhikingaccess

2. Kootenay Mountaineering Club. Access the club publications and information on the club. To join the club, sign up at: https://kootenaymountaineeringclub.ca

3. Kootenay Mountaineering Club Members Only. Good for access information and trip reports.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/898626490338590

4. West Kootenay Outdoors Group. A Facebook group for trip information in the WK.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Kootsmc

5. Service Road Atlas. Shows a map to see all roads in a given area. It allows one to add their bulletins, a road page to download road waypoints and view the last known road conditions.
https://backroadstatus.com/?view=49.983020/-122.124023/8

5. BC government Ministry of Lands, Forests, and Natural Resources.
Shows Recreation site and FSR access using a map. Tells the minimum required vehicle type necessary for the particular road. http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/ftp/dkl/external/!publish/RoadInfo/WebPageFSRConditionList.xlsx

6. BC Parks. Updated trail reports in the summer and notes about road access. See the “Hiking” section of each park.
• Valhalla Provincial Park
• Kokanee Provincial Park

7. Snow. The snow line changes with each year.
• Copernicus Satellite Browser shows recent imagery but needs sunny days
• Webcams for Whitewater and Red Mountain

8. Avalanche risk: http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/latest/kootenay-boundary

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I would like to think of myself as a full time traveler. I have been retired since 2006 and in that time have traveled every winter for four to seven months. The months that I am "home", are often also spent on the road, hiking or kayaking. I hope to present a website that describes my travel along with my hiking and sea kayaking experiences.