Thnx for the add. My wife and I are from Victoria. We lived in Vancouver for a few years recently moved to Nanaimo. We have a Nissan Pro4x with a 2.5” lift on 33’s. High clearance front bumper with winch. Noticed there is a lot of gates.... we have a roof top tent and would love to enjoy the backwoods on the island. Can anyone point us in the right direction. Thank you very much for the help!
Welcome! Gates are our eternal enemy, aren’t they?
Your best weapon is the Backroads Mapbook and lots of exploring. You’ll find some routes and directions in past threads on the forum, but generally people don’t share a lot publicly, in order to protect the places we can access.
A few general areas I can point you towards:
Chemainus Main (River Rd and Hwy 1) goes for miles and miles and has a lot of side routes you can explore.
Gordon River Rd at the top of Lake Cowichan goes all the way to Port Renfrew with lots of cool stuff along the way.
And the further north you go, the fewer gates you’ll find. So check out the Sproat Lake area and beyond.
And for some decent wheeling (less good for camping) is Hill 60. Theres about a million posts about it on the forum, so give it a search!
Enjoy!
Appreciate the help!! Safe travels
Good starting points by Alex. I'm in Nanaimo too, you've also got Nanaimo Lakes, Timberlands, or NW Bay Logging Road Gate in Nanoose. Check Mosaic's gate times on their website.
I've seen your truck around town, Looks good! I own a Pro-4x too. I don't share routes or destinations but you'll find plenty on the sub forums here. I pretty much just flip through my Backroads Mapbook until I see something interesting and check the Mosaic access page before I head out.
Thnx Ryno. Mapbook and Mosaic website have helped big time. Been in the backwoods all week loving being back on the island!
Pro4x is amazing eh!
Right on. Yeah! I've been liking mine. It has done me well in stock form but I'm finally changing up the suspension a bit over the next couple weeks.
Jason couple pics of yesterday and the tighter trails were behind peerless,
Hey how do you like that Treeline rtt ? Recommend?
Stuart
Hey 👋 Stuart, what treeline are ya referring too? If you’re asking me for directions or routes I will totally share! Just you’re a lil bit away from me so only stuff I know is mostly around Ladysmith/Duncan/Nanaimo. Anyways all good cheers 🍻
Lol. Sorry I was talking about Jason’s roof top tent on his Nissan Pro-X
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