Manning Park trail conditions 2015

Smilkameen trail in good shape, hard packed with probably about a dozen trees down.

Windy Joe trail in good shape, hard packed and a little icy down low, softer snow up top. Probably about 2 dozen trees down.

One of the resort staff told us that they had a wind storm that took down a bunch of trees a couple of weeks ago (same time that Chilliwack and Hope had the freezing rain).

Edit: If you go and have the time, a medium size hand saw could take out some of the blowdown, but most will take a chainsaw.

And yes, mountain biking is allowed on some of the trails in Manning.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/ecmanning/#Cycling

Going to a wedding at Manning in August and debating taking the bike.

I'll probably only be able to sneak away for 2-3 hours tops at a time because of the kids, any rides worthwhile in this timeframe? We are staying at a cabin in the resort so something reasonably close to maximize ride time is important.

Only one we've done is West Similkameen to Windy Joe, both summer [HTML_REMOVED] winter.
W. Similkameen is single track but Windy Joe is an old access road to a fire look out.
Nice views from up there, and a fun descent.

Not sure about the other legal trails, research would be required:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/ecmanning/#Cycling

Thanks. I've started digging into the government website. I'll probably bring it along and try do a bit of exploring. Worst case is a fast run down an access road!

Worst case is a fast run down an access road!

I don't think anyone has driven that road in a very long time, I think the bridge over the river is out.

It is turning into a double track with mostly hiker use.

Some winter pics of W. Similkameen [HTML_REMOVED] Windy Joe here:
http://www.themountainbikelife.com/2015/02/when-life-hands-you-pineapples-make-pina-coladas.html

I don't think our summer riding pics are posted anywhere.

Thanks for the link to your site. Going to spend some time looking.

Thanks for the link to your site. Going to spend some time looking.

That is actually Mudpuppy's site, InaCycle writes for the site.

Looks to me like the icon for the South Gibson trail is actually on Skyline?
I've run this trail a few times but never seen anyone riding it. Would be spectacular ride as the views are amazing.