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 [...]
Varsity Outdoor Club's Brew Hut - Photo by Clemens Adolphs We sent a letter to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations this week opposing Powder Mountain Catskiing's tenure expansion application into areas near the Varsity Outdoor Club's Brew Hut. Similar letters were sent by the UBC Varsity Outdoor Club and the Alpine Club of Canada Whistler Section. FMCBC's letter lists several reasons why [...]
BC Parks and the Katzie First Nation are working on a management plan for Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. The FMCBC took part in their stakeholders workshop, plus we sent in a letter during their Initial Public Input Comment Period describing what our members would like to see included in the plan. The initial comment period is now closed, but there will be another opportunity for the public to [...]
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
by Jack Bryceland In October of 2010 the Outdoor Recreation Council (ORC) held a workshop titled ‘Working Together: Finding Solutions to Regional and Community Trail Issues’. Over the two-day period there were examples of problems and there were examples of solutions; both local and international. If I can suggest that there was one simple take-away from that workshop, it would be this: The various recreational user groups need [...]
