End to the "unabated decommissioning of resource roads in bc"

[Old Phart]

According to my logger brother-in-law it is expensive to decommision a logging road. The loggers do not want to do it but are required to so by the provincial Forestry Dept. Everyone wins if the decommissioning is stopped, even Gordo.

[tomcycle]

Got a little more information for you

Seems the government and the forestry guys realise that decomisioning fsr are expensive and hurt the local economies. I believe ATVBC has been actively after the government on what impact this will have with motorised recreation. Truthfully this has been brought to the attention of government some 18 months ago by ATVBC. BCORMA has also been in talks with Forestry on decommisioning of FSRs. This may be a glimmer of hope for off road recreation.

BCORMA and ATVBC are aware of the Premiers Speech and will be front and centre if something develops from this.



Tom

[aheath73]

On the topic of road closures...

I was driving up the Sea to Sky highway today and noticed that the entrance to the Cuilliton South FSR has been blocked. Not sure if this road goes anywhere (besides heading towards Garibaldi Provincial Park), as I've never gone up there to see where it goes. I thought they were logging up there this summer, but I guess they were "unabatedly decommissioning the BC resource road..." Maybe the freeze on this practice will start next year!!

I was planning on nosing around up there this summer, but my riding season ended August 17th when I fractured a bone in my right foot! See...that's what you get for hiking and backpacking...should have been riding my DR.......

[Dizo]

On the topic of road closures...

I was driving up the Sea to Sky highway today and noticed that the entrance to the Cuilliton South FSR has been blocked. Not sure if this road goes anywhere (besides heading towards Garibaldi Provincial Park), as I've never gone up there to see where it goes. I thought they were logging up there this summer, but I guess they were "unabatedly decommissioning the BC resource road..." Maybe the freeze on this practice will start next year!!

I was planning on nosing around up there this summer, but my riding season ended August 17th when I fractured a bone in my right foot! See...that's what you get for hiking and backpacking...should have been riding my DR.......

Cuilliton South FSR [pulls out backroads mapbook to figure out which road you're talking about] doesn't really go anywhere aside from up to the park. Its condition has been steadily going downhill and it wasn't really good for anything but bikes anymore. I haven't tried to get by since they've blocked it, but they almost always (in Squamish at least) leave it so that bikes can get by, or bikes make it so that they can get by any blockades they put up. 'They' were logging on the north side of the Cheekye river off the road past Cat Lake, and have finished up by now. Some of the roads off of the Brohm Ridge FSR get really close to that Cuilliton South FSR according to my maps, and I wouldn't be surprised if one of them had a trail leading to it. I'll check that out in the next few days if the snow doesn't creep any lower, but otherwise we'll have to wait until next year to do any exploring 'round there as the snow is a real killer this time of year.