Woohoo! Thanks everyone for the letters. Concerns from the public and advocacy groups about the full closure of the Nlháxten/Cerise Creek Conservancy have resulted in BC Parks significantly shrinking the area that is closed. See new map below. Notably, the hut will now be open! Please do respect the much smaller closure area or they may feel that they have to expand it again.

Note from BC Parks:
"We are revising the Regional Director order closing Nlhaxten Cerise Creek Park (due to the May landslides) to re-open some popular backcountry ski terrain that is in a part of the Conservancy unaffected by the slide.

· In May 2019, BC Parks closed the Nlhaxten/Cerise Creek Conservancy after two landslides from Joffre Peak heavily impacted the Cerise Creek watershed within the Conservancy.

· BC Parks has reassessed the closure and the closure area has been amended. Public access is not permitted within the immediate slide path as outlined in red on the map posted on the Nlhaxten/Cerise Creek Conservancy website. The remaining areas of the Conservancy are now open to public access.

· The Keith Flavelle Hut (Keith’s Hut) is outside the closure area and open for public access.

· Signage has been posted at the trailheads and on the conservancy website.

· BC Parks will be conducting an assessment of the closure area in Spring 2020."