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Mount Seymour Resort Development Proposal – What Every Park User Needs to Know
Mount Seymour Resort has unveiled a proposal to evolve from a local ski hill into a “premier mountain resort destination in Metro Vancouver”. The plan would more than triple skiable terrain, add year-around attractions (e.g. Via Ferrata, skywalk & suspension bridge, zip lines, gondola & more) and overnight accomodation. This development would expand the resort’s Controlled Recreation Area and have a significant impact on hikers, snowshoers and backcountry skiers in the area. BC Parks is [...]
Mount Robson Berg Lake Update – blog by Mike Nash
The new backpacking season in Mount Robson park is well underway, with several interesting highlights during a recent four-day visit at the end of May. We enjoyed remarkably good, if unseasonably cool hiking weather. Despite driving to Tête Jaune in torrential driving rain, there was no precipitation nor bugs during our four days in the park. We even managed to catch part of the FMCBC AGM from the cell-signal equipped Mount Terry Fox Viewpoint on [...]
New multi-use active transportation trails being developed in the Southern Gulf Islands
I misspent my youth on Vancouver Island. In the late 1970’s and early 1980s, I was an undergraduate student at SFU. In my spare time, I’d jump on my bike and explore Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands with different groups of friends. Eager to share my bicycle touring discoveries with others, I wrote a first guidebook to the region (published by Douglas & McIntyre, while I was away at grad school). Now that I’m [...]
ATVs on Rail Trails – blog by Simon Priest
Our group recently rode a 50-kilometre circuit between Nanoose Bay and Coombs on Vancouver Island. A combination of rail trails, greenways, mountain bike routes, and back roads, we enjoyed lunch at the world famous “Goats-on-the-roof” country store by the local market. All-in-all, this was a great spring trip with good weather, but with one exception. The sole rail trail between Coombs and Parksville Stations (that parallels beside the defunct E&N spur to Port Alberni) had [...]
The future of heli-skiing in the Spearhead Range is up for review — your voice matters!
The Spearhead Range in Garibaldi Provincial Park is one of British Columbia’s most iconic backcountry ski touring destinations. Each winter, it draws local and international skiers to experience its glaciers, alpine terrain, and world-class traverses. What many users may not realize is that commercial heli-skiing is currently permitted in the Spearhead Range under a Park Use Permit held by Whistler Heli-Skiing. This permit is set to expire in November 2026, and its future is now under [...]
The Ancient Forest that’s redefined what’s possible
By Maria Osipova, an Individual Member of the FMCBC. She's an avid hiker, outdoor enthusiast, and co-founder of TrailQwest, helping to share the stories behind British Columbia’s trails. There are places where time moves differently. Where the air tastes of cedar and earth, where moss grows thick as carpet on trunks wider than a man is tall. Ancient Forest/Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park—one of the world's last stands of inland temperate rainforest, [...]