Sunshine Coast Mountain Adventures General Location Map

Sunshine Coast Mountain Adventures Ltd. (SCMA) wishes to become a seasonal adventure tour- ism operator in the Lower Sunshine Coast. We believe there is an opportunity to fill a void in the tourism sectors of Sechelt, Gibsons and the Lower Mainland.
This project utilizes a phased approach to a multi-activity operation including heli-hiking, heli mountain biking, and heli-accessed Via Ferrata. Being located just a short ferry ride north of Vancouver, SCMA would like to offer adventure tourism options to the many tourists already coming to the Lower Mainland and Lower Sunshine Coast. We feel our product will be truly unique and will draw more people to the area in the shoulder seasons and summer months.

SCMA will develop and run these projects out of existing infrastructure already used by our partners. This includes an operational base and head office out of Airspan Helicopters main hang- er in Wilson Creek, and a store front at Off The Edge Adventure Sports in Sechelt. There will be an option for heli pickup and off in Coal Harbour, Vancouver.
SCMA wishes to use four adventure zones. Two of these zones, Mt. Crucil and Buck Mountain, surround the town of Sechelt. The other two zones, Sechelt Lake Howe Sound and Clowhom Phantom, are located within the Sunshine Coast Regional District and Squamish Regional Dis- trict, respectively. Although we refer to the tenure as ?zones? the actual tenure covers only the area 500m each side of the proposed trails and excludes road permit areas, private lands, Parks, etc. (see Appendix 3 for zone maps).
Sechelt Lake Howe Sound Zone (6516 ha), runs to the height of land surrounding Mt. Wrottesley, Mt.Varley and Mt. Donaldson. This zone is generally bounded by Woodfibre Creek to the north, Howe Sound on the east, Rainy River and Tetrahedron Park to the south, and Salmon Inlet and Clowhom Lake to the west.
Clowhom Phantom Zone (10,790 ha) covers the height of land surrounding Tzoonie Mt., Phan- tom Mt., Yuan Peak, and Chickwat Peak. This zone is generally bounded by Clowhom Lake and Salmon Inlet to the east, Sechelt Inlet to the south, Jervis Inlet to the west, and Vancouver River and the Squamish Regional District boundary to the north.
Mt.Crucil Zone (1156 ha) covers part of the south face of Mt. Crucil, borders the SCRD water- shed and Coast Gravity Park to the north east, and Porpoise Bay and Hidden Grove to the south the west boundary follows trails along an unnamed ridge.
Buck Mountain Zone (787 ha) general includes Buck Mtn. and the drainage of Carlson Creek. It is bordered by BC Hydro transmission lines to the northwest, Sechelt Inlet and District of Sechelt to the north east, BC Hydro transmission lines to the south there is no general point of reference that marks the boundary near the western edge of the trails.
The maps included in Appendix 3 show the detailed tenure outlines, individual trail maps are attached with the project application. The total size of this proposed tenure area is 19,250 ha. The proposed tenure includes all the unique terrain needed for the intended offerings, including high elevations, glaciated peaks, rolling sparsely treed ridges with alpine lakes, craggy rocky out- croppings, and forested valleys. Great effort has been made to limit the application to this specif- ic, essential terrain.

Access to the tenure area will be via helicopter, motor vehicle shuttles, mountain bike or foot. Staging areas and base areas are easily accessed around the SCRD on existing roads and highways. All helicopter staging areas will be owned or leased by Airspan Helicopters or SCMA.