Spatsizi - LEH August 2018
Hello,
got a Mountain Goat tag and a LEH one for Sheep for Spatsizi this August. Wonder if anybody did the hunt there and could share some experience in regard to:
- how to best access via car and foot the Klappan Railgrade or McEwan Trail
- would you be able to take an inflatable kayak/boat to travel on the Klappan towards the Eaglnest?
- Best area to find mature goat and sheeps, ie. do you need to go East only for goats - Dawson Area?
- Fishing experience, is there a Salmon run?
- nighttime temperatures in August?
- anything else good to know about that area? e.g. should we expect a First Nations blockade of the Ealue Road again?
Looking forward to some valuable insights!
Re: Spatsizi - LEH August 2018
You have a mountain goat tag when the draws haven't even been run yet?
Re: Spatsizi - LEH August 2018
My understanding it’s a fly in hunt from those I know who have had the sheep draw
Re: Spatsizi - LEH August 2018
Crap...I forgot that the sheep draw there runs early.... I missed out :cry: I flew in to that area last year. august 17 or 18 we caught snow. maybe -4 at night at 6000 ft
Re: Spatsizi - LEH August 2018
Hi,
You got a goat tag? Spatsizi is entirely LEH and not sure that the draws have even come out yet. So if you have a regular season goat tag, it isn't valid for Spatsizi.
You can access the grade/McEwan Trail via Ealue Lake Road, long hike in on the McEwan trail though. Using a Kayak or Boat to travel upriver to Eaglenest would be quite a trip and it is a long way from the Klappan Bridge (23km or so). No salmon that far up. From what I recall the trout fishing was fairly good at the lakes. Night time temps can vary, but even if its in the high 20's during the day it gets cold at night, as Rotorwash said, -4 is not uncommon
Fly in is the best. Alpine Lakes Air
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Originally Posted by
tthiele
Hello,
got a Mountain Goat tag and a LEH one for Sheep for Spatsizi this August. Wonder if anybody did the hunt there and could share some experience in regard to:
- how to best access via car and foot the Klappan Railgrade or McEwan Trail
- would you be able to take an inflatable kayak/boat to travel on the Klappan towards the Eaglnest?
- Best area to find mature goat and sheeps, ie. do you need to go East only for goats - Dawson Area?
- Fishing experience, is there a Salmon run?
- nighttime temperatures in August?
- anything else good to know about that area? e.g. should we expect a First Nations blockade of the Ealue Road again?
Looking forward to some valuable insights!
Re: Spatsizi - LEH August 2018
Using the HBC search function for "spatsizi" turns up no less than 317 threads, many that cover info you're looking for. A good place to start. Good luck.
SB
Quote:
Originally Posted by
tthiele
Hello,
got a Mountain Goat tag and a LEH one for Sheep for Spatsizi this August. Wonder if anybody did the hunt there and could share some experience in regard to:
- how to best access via car and foot the Klappan Railgrade or McEwan Trail
- would you be able to take an inflatable kayak/boat to travel on the Klappan towards the Eaglnest?
- Best area to find mature goat and sheeps, ie. do you need to go East only for goats - Dawson Area?
- Fishing experience, is there a Salmon run?
- nighttime temperatures in August?
- anything else good to know about that area? e.g. should we expect a First Nations blockade of the Ealue Road again?
Looking forward to some valuable insights!
Re: Spatsizi - LEH August 2018
If you search those 317 threads, you'' find that about 90% of the guys drawn did not even go.
Re: Spatsizi - LEH August 2018
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Originally Posted by
puddlejumper
Hi,
You got a goat tag? Spatsizi is entirely LEH and not sure that the draws have even come out yet. So if you have a regular season goat tag, it isn't valid for Spatsizi.
You can access the grade/McEwan Trail via Ealue Lake Road, long hike in on the McEwan trail though. Using a Kayak or Boat to travel upriver to Eaglenest would be quite a trip and it is a long way from the Klappan Bridge (23km or so). No salmon that far up. From what I recall the trout fishing was fairly good at the lakes. Night time temps can vary, but even if its in the high 20's during the day it gets cold at night, as Rotorwash said, -4 is not uncommon
Fly in is the best. Alpine Lakes Air
Spatsizi park is not entirely LEH for mountain Goat.
Re: Spatsizi - LEH August 2018
Thats true....forgot about the Dawson area!
Re: Spatsizi - LEH August 2018
Yes, I got a normal mountain goat tag for the Dawson Area, see Synopsis page 69. Map F26 ....The Dawson area (shaded) is general open season for
Mountain Goat (situated in MU 6-19, 6-20).
Thanks for the feedback...probably will try my luck and drive up the Klappan Road and then hike 3-4 days until Cold Fish Lake to set a base camp. From there, mountain goat should be possible to hunt in the Dawson area and sheep..., well maybe around the Eagles-nest?
Anybody else heading up there this summer/fall?