The first section of the Howe Sound Crest Trail has now reached completion, and the crew and machinery has completed a section on the approach to St. Marks, past the new bridges that we installed at Strachan Meadows, with the bad switchbacks ahead due to be decommissioned and replaced. However we now are told that the $450,000 that FMCBC and Friends of Cypress raised from VANOC and the [...]
Photo by Andrew Wong. Report by Paul Kubik, BC Mountaineering Club Mountaineers have accessed the northern Tantalus Range from Sigurd Creek since around 1968. John Clarke approached from Madden Creek to the south but the Swiss branch of the BCMC (Gernot Walter, Manfred Putz and Max Lustenberger) along with Clarke recorded some first route ascents and descents from Sigurd Creek. My first foray was in 1981 [...]
By Lisa Quattrocchi Garibaldi Park Management Plan Draft Amendments In early January, the FMCBC submitted these comments: http://wiki.mountainclubs.wpstagecoach.com/trails_projects/garibaldiamend/fmcbc-comments-on-garibaldi-management-plan Additionally, the committee plans to send an example of an avoidance protocol to reduce user conflicts, should heli-skiing be allowed to continue in the park. Mount Sproat Mountain Biking A mixed use trail is being considered up Sproat, near Whistler. Concerns need to be addressed about mountain biking in [...]
Letter Sent to Jennie Aikman, Regional Planner BC Parks PO Box 3010 Cultus Lake, BC, V2R 5H6 Phone: (604) 824-2316 Fax: (604) 858-4905 Email: Jennie.Aikman@gov.bc.ca 2013-01-08 Introduction Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC (FMCBC) – SW Region Recreation and Conservation Committee members have reviewed the recent report from BC Parks: DRAFT Management Plan Amendment for the Spearhead Area - Garibaldi Park. We have prepared the following comments [...]
Whistler Olympic Park is reducing user fees for backcountry users for the 2012-2013 ski season. The new fee will be $10 per vehicle. Backcountry skiers and snowshoers can access the Sproatt, Gin, Hanging Lake, Rainbow Beverley and Puma areas, using the groomed trails to reach the backcountry trailheads. At Callaghan Country, the reduced price ticket for backcountry skiers on Mainline trail is gone. Backcountry skiers must purchase a [...]
