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 [...]
Meeting participants enjoyed an afternoon hike on the Spion Kop Trails in Lake Country. The FMCBC hosted a Southern Interior Regional Meeting on Saturday, October 17th at the UBC Okanagan Campus in Kelowna. We had a great turn out with all of our Southern Interior clubs being represented either in person or by conference call. Our meeting started off with a presentation by Doreen Olson of [...]
A small team of FMCBC representatives sat down with some of the proponents of the proposed Garibaldi at Squamish (GAS) resort in Vancouver on September 23. The four-season resort on Brohm Ridge is to include infrastructure for downhill skiing, mountain biking, and zip lining, as well as 22,000 beds. The proposed development has had little real public input so far, and according to the attendees, it was a rare and [...]
The following updates are on recent parking restrictions implemented by the commercial ski hills operating within Mount Seymour Provincial Park and Cypress Provincial Park. Information on BC Parks' Ski Hill Policy is also included as discussions have been ongoing with regards to maintaining public access to these parks. August, 2015 Summer Parking at Mt. Seymour Provincial Park For the past few summers, the very top end of the [...]
August 2015 The BCMC trail starts just east of the Grouse Grind and heads up to the top of the Gondola on a slightly more gentle route. With the increasing popularity of the Grouse Grind, more people are using the BCMC trail to escape the crowds on the Grind or to go downhill, as the Grind is ascent only. In the past two years, erosion has become very [...]
