Alberta sand dunes???

[Alberta EX]

Are there any sand dunes in Alberta or western Canada that allow ATV riding?? Every one I find is protected, do I have to do a road trip to the USA??, Oregon or Idaho are 12 to 15 hours away, so it would be nice to find something closer to home

Brule Lake, Just outside Hinton, I was there on the last long weekend, excellent riding.

[Alberta EX]

Brule lake, thats close enough, what type of dune riding is there?
Is it trails or big hills or riding along the lakes edge?. I take it there are no riding restrictions out that way. What are the directions from Hinton to get to the lake? Thanks biglazyass!!!

The only way I know is this, if you are going west through Hinton, Take your first right just past the Overlander Lodge, if thats familliar, and follow the road, it is a crappy road so you may want to park near the opening you will come too. The riding is some trail, and mostly dunes. It runs right along side the Athabasca River, nice scenery and lots of challenging hills.

[RipinItUp 400EX]

So I guess the best time to go would be in the summer or fall when the river is low or does it matter? And how far from town is it where you unload?

[blasterfan]

brule is a great place to ride, i was here last summer for a few days and had a great time

my ported blaster didnt have any problems with the hills tho, but there is one were guys on cr500s and **** couldnt make it up lol

[john.E.business]

yea i have heard brule is good and its not to far from spruce grove which is nice i will definetly be checking it out this summer...but i heard for some of the hills you need paddle tires??

[cr250ryder]

don't worry bout a dune tire its makes it better with a dune tire ya... but u shouldn't need it me and my buddies went there last summer a couple times and only one of us had a dune tire and he was on a kx125. i was climbin the monster hill easy on my cr 250 with stock tire but if ya head out there this summer e-mail i'll maybe meet ya out there its only bout an hour from where i live. actually i have some pics of parts of the dunes if ne one is curious.not the best pics but oh well

[john.E.business]

Yea i heard you can do it without but i wouldn't mind throwing on some paddles to try them out... yea i have a couple buddies who went out there one on a cr250 and a kx250 said it was awesome so once my hockey season is over i will be going there...But if it works you can make it out there to would be good to have some friends who know there way around.

[cr250ryder]

ya for sure ... can't wait to take my new bike to the dunes this year