Chris Ludwig, president of the B.C. Mountaineering Club, says the only feedback he has heard from his 1,200 members is frustration.

"I haven't heard one positive review of this, sadly," he said. He says he supports limiting trail use but has problems with how it's been executed.

Ludwig says hikers are frustrated by the Discover Camping booking portal, citing a cumbersome website that often crashes as passes sell out within minutes of opening. Multiple hikers told CBC News similar concerns.

However, the Ministry of Environment says it hasn't experienced any technical difficulties with the portal.

Ludwig, a veteran hiker, says he's noticed an explosion in Crown land and regional trail use since the pilot program was introduced; trails that he says don't have the infrastructure to both support the high numbers of users and resist environmental damage.

"These park passes are only typically allowing 20 to 30 per cent of what was formerly allowed, so where is that other 70 per cent going?" he said. "They're going into areas ... that are being trashed completely."

Ludwig says the B.C. Mountaineering Club maintains many different hiking trails on Crown land and the damage to the trails is having a huge impact on his volunteer trail builders who are struggling to keep up.

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