Despite several stakeholder initiatives to resolve the zoning of a large area in the vicinity of Cloudburst Mountain, Tricouni Mountain, Cypress Mountain, Seagram’s Lake, and Brew Mountain, the “unresolved” designation put forward in 2009 by the Sea-to-Sky Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) persists. So long as this remains the case, the zoning of the area will effectively occur on the basis of individual tenure and access management [...]
Backcountry skiers at Cypress Although not such an issue this year with the lack of snow on the south coast, our Recreation and Conservation Committee sent in a letter today to Vicki Haberl, BC Parks Planning Section Head for the South Coast Region, in response to BC Parks' Discussion Paper on Parking Capacity as it relates to the private ski hill operations in Mt Seymour and [...]
The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) Council directed municipal staff to convene the Trails Planning Working Group (TPWG) to help with the planning of non-motorized hiking and mountain biking trails within and adjacent to RMOW boundaries. The FMCBC has been receiving regular updates from this working group through our Southwest BC Recreation and Conservation Committee members. Learn more by reading their September newsletter below. TPWG Newsletter September 2014
Snowmobiles in the 21 Mile Creek area. Specifically, the drainage and west slopes of Mt Sproatt. Photo credit: Wolf Eilers Click here to complete the 21 Mile Creek Survey The 21 Mile Creek drainage is a non-motorized zone and snowmobiling is prohibited. The Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC is conducting a user survey to measure the frequency of illegal snowmobile use in 21 Mile Creek. [...]
At a series of meetings on July 26th and 29th, 2013 with BC Parks a permanent resolution materialised for the volunteers wanting to do trail work within the parks.
