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This is the Blackcomb Glacier Provincial Park boundary from Open Street Map. The waypoint density is thickened to 100 meters.
Blackcomb Glacier Provincial Park was created from lands that were deleted from Garibaldi Provincial Park. The idea was to make it easier to give away Blackcomb Glacier park lands to Whistler-Blackcomb since it could not be viewed as a deletion from Garibaldi Park.Click Here for Gmap Rendering
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The map below shows mountain goat winter range in Garibaldi Park.
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The ARC-INFO SHAPE files were obtained from BC Parks.
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Skookum Power Project Development Plan
SkookumDevelopmentPlanAugust2011.pdf
Skookum Power Project, Waterpower Project Development Plan, Run of River Power Inc., August 3, 2011. 87 pp.
This is the Development Plan for the Skookum independent power project (IPP).
Selected quotes
page 85,
While the Sea to Sky LRMP and Co-ordinated Access Management Plan discuss limiting access to Garibaldi Provincial Park crown agencies have not installed any...
Garibaldi At Squamish Assessment Report
GASAssessmentReportByEnvironmentalAssessmentOffice2010May17.pdf
Prepared by the Environmental Assessment Office, May 17, 2010 and considered by the Minister of Environment, Honourable Mary Polak when approving the issuance of the Environmental Assessment Certificate in January 2016.
Selected quotes
Page 70
The 2003 Application predicts a maximum of 240 hectares, or about 5%, of the high and moderately high winter...
Management Plan for the Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) in British Columbia
MountainGoatManagementPlan_Final_28May2010.pdf
Mountain Goat Management Team. 2010. Management Plan for the Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) in British Columbia. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Victoria, BC. 87 pp.
Monitoring the Effectiveness of Mountain Goat Habitat Management
MonitoringMountainGoatHabitatManagement.pdfMonitoring the...
Garibaldi Park 1990 Master Plan
GaribaldiPark1990MasterPlan.pdf
Garibaldi Park 1990 Master Plan, BC Parks, 1990.
This should need no introduction. This is the plan that expired in 1995 and we want updated for 2020.
Selected Quotes
Page 2
The purpose of this master plan is to guide the expansion of backcountry recreational opportunities and the protection of the Lower Mainland's most important wilderness.
Page 19
Hiking/Backpacking Objectives: To encourage...
What does the BC Government's own research say about Mountain Goats?
The following is a link to their own Management Plan for Mountain Goats in British Columbia.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/recovery/management_plans/MtGoat_MP_Final_28May2010.pdf
What does this document have to say about BC Park's management of Mountain Goats in Garibaldi Park and the impacts of both hikers and industry?
See Page 30,
"The direct impact of many outdoor recreation pursuits on...
These are the combined deletions from the Garibaldi Provincial Park boundary extant in 1966 that were transferred to Whistler and Blackcomb ski areas or to Blackcomb Glacier Provincial Park.
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Since Whistler Mountain opened for skiing in 1966 there have been 6 or 7 transfers of land from Garibaldi Park to Whistler and Blackcomb. The total transfer areas are about 1450 Ha to Whistler and 1650 Ha to...
Garibaldi Park Whistler-Blackcomb Deletions since 1966 (Maps)
Posted by Paul Kubik, 10 years ago
in Garibaldi Park Whistler-Blackcomb Deletions since 1966 (Maps).11862 hits
These are the combined deletions from the Garibaldi Provincial Park boundary extant in 1966 that were transferred to Whistler and Blackcomb ski areas or to Blackcomb Glacier Provincial Park.
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Since Whistler Mountain opened for skiing in 1966 there have been 6 or 7 transfers of land from Garibaldi Park to Whistler and Blackcomb. The total transfer areas are about 1450 Ha to Whistler and 1650 Ha to...
The BC government publishes the boundaries of approved deer and moose winter range as part of the Forest and Range Practices Act.
Garibaldi At Squamish will be destroying one square kilometer of critical deer winter range. No compensatory habitat can be added since winter range requires low elevation old growth, which can take 350 years to establish. For all intents and purposes, the critical habitat is lost forever. GAS gets the deer winter range for about $5,000 per acre according to...
It is our position that BC Parks and the BC Provincial Government have failed Garibaldi Park and the non-mechanized user in a most spectacular fashion. The following list supports this view (supporting Documentation available to download on this site).
When BC Parks was silent:
Six boundary adjustment "giveaways" for Whistler Blackcomb (3100 Hectares, or an astonishing 31 Square Km). These giveaways occurred under ALL types of elected governments including Social Credit, NDP...
A related story - backgrounder on Stawamus Chief Provincial Park, by Anders Ourom, July 2014
This story arose from a blog post on SquamishClimbing.com at the link: Logging planned above Squaw (Slhanay)/Olesen Creek
The logging of Olesen Creek is behind Stawamus Chief and Squaw (Slhanay) and was of concern to climbers and other recreationists.
Anders Ourom provided the following perspective:
There may be other aspects to this question that should be considered. It may be in the best...
Backcountry BC (BBC) is a group of like-minded individuals whose aim is to protect access to the province's backcountry and advocate for new non-mechanized trails by lobbying government. To facilitate the interaction between its members, BBC operates a website that allows members to create unique personal profiles online in order to find and communicate with old and new friends. By using the BBC Website you agree to the Terms of Use, whether or not you are a registered user.
BBC is a general...
The BC government publishes the boundaries of approved mountain goat winter range as part of the Forest and Range Practices Act.
The map below shows approved mountain goat winter range in Garibaldi Park and surroundings bounded by Sea to Sky Highway. Approved means as set out in the Order - Ungulate Winter Range #U2-002.
The GPX were generated from ARC INFO shape files at 100 meter spacing.Click Here for Gmap Rendering (use this option if map below fails to display)
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May 18, 2016
Response from Jim Standen, Assistant Deputy Minister re: Dispute over public access through Whistler Blackcomb CRA to Singing Pass trailhead
Jim Standen's reply to the letter of April 21, 2016 (see below)
Thank you for your email of April 21, 2016, addressed to the Honourable Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, regarding over public access to the Singing Pass trailhead. As Assistant Deputy Minister for BC Parks, I am pleased to...
Exploring Garibaldi Park, Volume 2, 1977
Article from Exploring Garibaldi Park: Volume 2. Author is Dan Bowers. Published in 1977. Describes the Mamquam Lake Trail from Elfin Lakes.
MamquamLakeTrail-DanBowers1977.pdf
Photo: Pyramid Mountain above Mamquam Lake
A Guide to Ski Touring in the Lower Coast Range, 1983
Article from A Guide to Ski Touring in the Lower Coast Range. Authors are Bruce Blackwell, Alan Dibb, Jay Page and Paul Phillips. Published in 1983. Describes the...
Stop Work Order and Trespass Notice
DarlingLakeTrailStopWorkOrder.pdf
On August 26, 2015, the BCMC was served with a Stop Work Order and Trespass Notice delivered by registered mail and issued by Murray Watt, Compliance and Enforcement Officer of Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.
2020 Commentary
The trespass notice contains what we consider major factual errors. Our position:
The alleged impact on sensitive ecological...
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This is the Garibaldi Provincial Park boundary from Open Street Map. The waypoint density is thickened to 200 meters.
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Skookum RA1 zoning - non-motorized boundary.
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Monster in the Woods
Trail Daze 2015
Trail work by Heathens Mountaineering Club at Crest Creek Crags Vancouver Island B.C.
Trail Daze 2015
Trail work by Heathens Mountaineering Club at Crest Creek Crags Vancouver Island B.C.
Do you concur with the mission statement of the Outdoor Recreation Council?
Promoting access to and responsible use of BC's public lands and waters for public outdoor recreation
We do.
We restored access to the heritage Darling Lake Trail in 2015. It is an existing trail in a lawfully recognized backcountry recreation corridor. It would seem uncontroversial and beneficial to public outdoor recreation. Instead, our efforts stirred a hornet’s nest starting with BC Parks,...
All through the 1960s through 1980s the public were able to drive to the Singing Pass trailhead at the Garibaldi Provincial Park boundary up Fitzsimmons Creek. The right to do so was assured by Ken Kiernan, Minister of Parks and Recreation as early as 1968 and enshrined as a legal right in the 1982 Master Development Agreement between Whistler Mountain and the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing. The right has never been extinguished. It is in the public interest and the public...
Heritage trail approaching the Mamquam Icefield and Mamquam Mountain from logging roads in Skookum Creek.
In spring and summer of 2015, the volunteer trailbuilders from the outdoor hiking and climbing clubs of Southwestern British Columbia held several large work parties and reestablished the trail. A scant few weeks later resource officers from the Enforcement Branch of Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations descended on the trail. Stop work orders were posted....
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