Saturday, November 28, 2015

Vanderwater Exploration

 Due to a road trip to Belleville saw a opportunity on November 14th to ride and explore some where new in Eastern Ontario.  Just north of Belleville is the  Vanderwater Conservation Area near the town of Thomasburg.



Tried looking up any info through Google but there isn't much info on the area. So the only option is to explore. The map online may or may not be accurate but gave a rough idea of the some of the supposed tracks.





It was chilly in the parking lot at the trailhead. Paved road way may or may not be a good sign.


Just after starting spotted local wildlife. A Porcupine busy eating grass and didn't even flinch when I went by so close.




The trails are more double track the singletrack which is more like what we rode 20 years ago.








But looking to the sides of the double track you can see the potential of the area if it was decided to add more trail.


A wee bit of leaf covered downhill.


Future off the grid housing?


Found a little technical singletrack on the way back to the truck.





About an hour and a half  of riding later with the sun setting it was time to pack it in. Vanderwater is nothing  exciting if your looking for singletrack. But still it was a exploration of a new area which is always good.