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I have been meaning to do this No'th of the Border Run for a couple years now, anyone game to join me?
The Swisha Loop seems to be light to moderate level of off-road challenge, some moderate navigational challenge, and, depending on time of year, some moderate wading. It is remote so all food, supplies and additional fuel will need to be brought in with you.
Starting location is about 30 minutes north of Ottawa in western Quebec, which is about 4 hours from Burlington Vt. The concept movement plan is developing like this:
To me "Overlanding" is all about border crossings, exchanging money, new languages and new cultures and exploring new lands; and Quebec offers all that (and with a lot less narcos than south of the US boarder) . The wilderness of Quebec is vast, and I'm thinking this trip could be good primer for future trip(s) that could take a group deeper into the Canadian hinterlands.
For those who have never been to Quebec, the language barrier is not what is rumored down here. Like most non-english first language lands, trying wins you a lot of good will. I've been up to Quebec a few dozen times in my life and my 3 years of High School French gets me by; most importantly it starts a conversation and mosts everyone gives up and goes to engrish.
If you have interest in joining in on this trip please PM me and give me a brief overview of your experience with this sort of adventure
http://www.graveltravel.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25:ridamox&catid=1
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zzklz_swisha-loop-2014_auto
The Swisha Loop seems to be light to moderate level of off-road challenge, some moderate navigational challenge, and, depending on time of year, some moderate wading. It is remote so all food, supplies and additional fuel will need to be brought in with you.
Starting location is about 30 minutes north of Ottawa in western Quebec, which is about 4 hours from Burlington Vt. The concept movement plan is developing like this:
- September 2016: CONFIRMED Friday Sep 16th to Monday Sep 19th
- 6 Truck group (to keep it manageable)
- Meet up in northern VT near boarder Thursday evening Sep 15th (most likely Highgate VT)
- Cross into Canada Friday morning (you will need a passport or US passport card)
- F/S/Sn nights camping up on the Swisha loop
- Cross back into US on Monday afternoon, everyone high 5ives and then goes on their own way
To me "Overlanding" is all about border crossings, exchanging money, new languages and new cultures and exploring new lands; and Quebec offers all that (and with a lot less narcos than south of the US boarder) . The wilderness of Quebec is vast, and I'm thinking this trip could be good primer for future trip(s) that could take a group deeper into the Canadian hinterlands.
For those who have never been to Quebec, the language barrier is not what is rumored down here. Like most non-english first language lands, trying wins you a lot of good will. I've been up to Quebec a few dozen times in my life and my 3 years of High School French gets me by; most importantly it starts a conversation and mosts everyone gives up and goes to engrish.
If you have interest in joining in on this trip please PM me and give me a brief overview of your experience with this sort of adventure
http://www.graveltravel.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25:ridamox&catid=1
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zzklz_swisha-loop-2014_auto
Last edited by MtnClimber on Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:47 pm; edited 11 times in total (Reason for editing : speeling)
