Over the past week, organizations such as BC Nature and the Friends of Cypress Provincial Park sent in letters to BC Parks expressing concern regarding the BC Parks' Draft Ski Resort Policy which will affect ski resort operations within Mount Seymour, Cypress and Manning Provincial Parks. Today the FMCBC sent in a letter with our comments on sections of the policy which are of concern to our members [...]
The proposed Bill 4 will result in significant harm to BC Parks Bill 4: Park Amendment Act has already gone through its second reading and will be debated in BC Legislature soon so it's a good idea to get your comments and letters in sooner rather than later. The passing of Bill 4 would allow industry to carry out “research” in BC parks related to industrial [...]
The FMCBC Southwest BC Recreation and Conservation Committee submitted a letter this month to the BC Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to provide some comments and express some concerns regarding the partially implemented legislation governing the registration, licensing and operation of Off Road Vehicles (ORV's) in BC. Drafting the legislation began over 10 years ago and the committee is not impressed with the ORV Management [...]
Background For the 2012-2013 season, Whistler Olympic Park and Callaghan Country are operating together as Ski Callaghan Callaghan Country runs the western trails the go towards Callaghan Lake. Whistler Olympic Park runs the eastern trails in the Madeley Creek valley. For an overview of several backcountry trips in the Callaghan Valley, see the VOC Wiki ski guide. Fees Backcountry user fees for 2011-2012 are: $10 per car for [...]
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.
