A photo depicting the signage at Cypress' (old) Black Mountain Lodge Brown Bag Room. All backcountry users are mandated to carry a yellow Backcountry Access tag/waiver, which gives them Legal Visitor status and enables them to cross the CRA (although it says in the small print on the tag that they should carefully avoid colliding with any snowboarders!) Photo credit: Alex Wallace Parking capacity at Mt. [...]
The following letter is from Andy Smith, Strathcona Area Supervisor for BC Parks, West Coast Region: January 21, 2016 FMCBC Members, RE: Unauthorized Use of Snowmobiles in Strathcona Provincial Park This is a long standing issue that we have had to deal with for many years and at one point, spending thousands and thousands of dollars each year, along with considerable time, flying and patrolling the park to [...]
Photo by Tim Penney of the CDMC We have been receiving reports of recent snowmobile activity within the boundaries of Strathcona Provincial Park. Thank you to members of our Island clubs for alerting us to this issue. We have developed a new survey which can be used to report any motorized activity observed within any provincial park. If you have observed active motorized recreation or evidence [...]
Last month, a group of 28 people representing nearly as many recreation and tourism organizations met in West Kelowna for the Forestry in BC's Recreation Areas Conference. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the impact that current forestry practices are having on various recreational users. FMCBC President Bob St. John, PTAB Representative Andrew Drouin, and BCMC Director Ben Singleton-Polster were in attendance and submitted some highlights from the [...]
After more than a year and a half of consultations, drafts, reviews and deliberations, BC Parks has approved its Ski Resort Policy for Cypress, Seymour and Manning Parks - the three resorts in BC located within the provincial parks system. Development of the Ski Resort Policy was undertaken to provide guidance on aspects of ski resort and permit management not addressed through other policies or legislation. It provides direction for the management [...]
