Between 2004 and 2007, his council worked with CASBC (including its Squamish representatives), the FMCBC and the other groups to formalise a Smoke Bluffs Park, comprising the FMCBC parcels and the District lands above.  A fresh management plan was drafted between 2015 and 2017. Subsequently the Bluffs bylaw came before council for change on two separate occasions in 2017 and 2019. These events and their significance are described in section 6, below.  Unconnected to any Smoke...

Smoke Bluffs Youtube Videos and Long Video Transcript    For Reference Links Click Here: Reference Links for Selling Smoke Bluffs Article For FMCBC Response Letter Click Here: FMCBC Response - Smoke Bluff Lands 15 Dec 2020Executive Summary The Federation of Mountain Clubs of British Columbia (“FMCBC”) may be considering selling the three land parcels it owns in the Smoke Bluffs Park (the “Park”) to the District of Squamish (the “District”). It has owned those...

The Smoke Bluffs land parcel in Squamish was purchased in the 1980's via the major fundraising efforts of volunteers within the climbing and mountaineering community. The lands were given to the FMCBC to care for and to protect as a community asset in perpetuity. They believed the FMCBC could always be trusted and never imagined these lands might one day be sold for purposes of an organization's operating capital during budget difficulties.  As a community, we witnessed the exact same...

Is the FMCBC selling the Smoke Bluffs and Burgers and Fries because of their budget woes? Credible sources have informed us that the FMCBC is moving to sell the Smoke Bluffs land parcel to the District of Squamish and that in-camera discussions may already have occurred. The Smoke Bluff lands were purchased with monies generated from the hard fundraising efforts of volunteers within the mountain clubs and rock climbing communities/societies in the 1980's. Many of these dedicated volunteers...

I don't fully understand the politics and background of this issue; specifically the issue of having a SORCA as a member representative on the Smoke Bluffs Committee. Perhaps there are some members of Backcountry BC who can provide me with more information and a better understanding of the issue in the comment section below. -x- No voting SORCA member for Smoke Bluffs Committee   The committee asked council to add a voting member of SORCA In a divided vote, council decided...