tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31684749445605302932023-11-15T23:19:18.582-08:00Current Trail Conditionsfor the trails of the Upper Sunshine Coast (Powell River) British Columbia Canada.Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00446984446294315380noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168474944560530293.post-9809256700194776282019-07-02T07:29:00.002-07:002019-07-02T08:08:26.567-07:00Clearing Pipes Canyon on East Tin Hat Ridge - June 2019Kevin Cote - master of the giant saw - and a number of PAWS Crew (Powell River Parks and Wilderness Society) members spent the day clearing up the last major obstruction of the Sunshine Coast Trail on East Tin Hat Ridge at the end of June 2019. We are happy to announce the SCT is free and clear after the annual winter and spring storms. Of course nature has its own schedule. <br />
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Trees keep falling and weeds keep growing. Please let us know near what KM marker the trail could use some TLC. This one was at about KM 92.5.<br />
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It makes us far more efficient to know where to go to, rather than
heading out looking for work and hauling the heavy tools (chainsaws,
etc.) around and often finding the trail in excellent or good condition. That's a day that could have been used to make any of our many trail infrastructure enhancements. <br />
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So yes, PAWS really appreciates finding out about logs across the trail, off the ground, knee high or higher. At least higher than just lying on the ground, with an easy step over. Still, if there is a cluster of those grounders, let us know too.<br />
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We also like to find out where there are significant salal or other bushes are encroaching into the trail space. So give us a shout, either on our Facebook page, or on this blog, or email. Thank you!<br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Western FP has designed the adjacent cutblock in such a way that the logging will be a minimum of 10 m to 15 m from the trail. The edge of the buffer zone will be windfirmed after the logging is finished so as to give trees in the buffer zone a far better chance of remaining upright during the storms. Powell River Parks and Wilderness Society (PRPAWS - 1992), the builders and guardians of the SCT appreciates this practice very much indeed.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Nicola Gildersleeve from North Vancouver came to Powell River aiming to break the non-stop running record for the Sunshine Coast Trail. She and her pacers Shauna Connaughton and Meghan Molnar set out from the start of the SCT at Sarah Point on Saturday morning, September 6, 2014 at 8 am. They had been dropped off there by the Lund Water Taxi. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the Appleton Canyon parking lot at KM 38, </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shauna, Meghan and Nicola</span> have completed about 20% of the run. They refuel and rest for a few moments while crew chief Peter Watson takes care of having everything at hand that they need to succeed.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From Inland Lake (elev. 100 m) to Eagle River - which comprised the night time portion of the run - Shauna and Meghan were spelled off by two Powell River pacers who had familiarity with the trail through there, and night time running experience. Joseph McLean ran with Nicola up to Confederation Lake (600 m) and down the other side to Fiddlehead Farm (100 m) where Alston Miller took over and guided her up and over Tin Hat Mountain (1,200 m), down to Spring Lake (500 m), on to Elk Lake (900 m), through the Smith Range and down from Walt Hill (1,100 m) where it finally had become day time again. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A view from </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Walt Hill on</span> the SCT looking SE over some of the terrain it traverses. The descent from Walt Hill to Lois Lake is a 1,000 m elevation glide. From there the SCT ascends Mount Troubridge (1300 m) before dropping all the way down again to Saltery Bay on Jervis Inlet.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the support station just above Rainy Day Lake </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Meghan joins </span><span style="font-size: small;">Nicola and Shauna again. Meghan had run with them the day before from Sarah Point to Inland Lake. Here they are running along Rainy Day Lake and are ready to turn up onto Blue Grouse Ridge.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nicola grabs the display board of the SCT trailhead kiosk. Her work is done. </span><span style="font-size: small;">The finish line. She did it... She beat the previous record</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> by a staggering 10 hours. It</span> had been set 10 years earlier by the only other recorded person (Ean Jackson) to have run the SCT non-stop. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nicola is only the second officially recorded person to succeed in running the SCT non-stop. </span></span>Trail conditions have improved over this time, and it is better marked and more worn in, but not 10 hours worth. Nicola ran a blistering pace for such a technical course. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span>It was Ean who encouraged her to do the run because he thought that of all the runners he knew, she was the one who could finish the run, and who could beat his time. A few others had sniffed at taking up the challenge over the years, but it took Nicola to do it. Congratulations, Nicola! What an astounding accomplishment. </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ah yes, almost forgot. We have to take a picture of the time: 33 hours and 50 minutes. 180 km non-stop running the SCT that twists through the temperate jungles, up and down the roller-coastal hills and valleys of the northern Sunshine Coast.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alston came to celebrate Nicola's smashing success. He, and the other pacers and the rest of the crew played an important part. Donna Devine, Nicola's mother, poses with her and crew chief Peter Watson at the SCT trailhead kiosk. Nicola finished her run at 5:50 pm </span><span style="font-size: small;">Sunday afternoon, September 7, 2014. All the ups and downs are behind her. The equivalent of about four and a half butt-kicking Marathons end-on-end. Wow. Now smile at that.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00446984446294315380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168474944560530293.post-88133780494760062402013-07-23T09:03:00.004-07:002013-12-26T19:12:18.437-08:00ALL CLEAR - SCT free to hike from Sarah Point to Saltery Bay<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="userContent">ALL CLEAR<br /> <br />
After nearly 2000 man/woman hours of taking our chainsaws for "strolls"
the volunteers of Powell River Parks and Wilderness Society (PR PAWS)
and friends are happy to report that the winter's blown down trees,
jungly patches of brambles and other obstacles have been removed from
the Sunshine Coast Trail. Hikers can now follow the cleared trail from
end to end. Of course attention still needs to be paid so as not to be
inadvertently drawn off the trail by easy looking options, usually at
road crossings. <br /> <br /> Also around Tin Hat you have to pay attention
because Western Forest Products (WFP) is building new roads in the
general area and will be doing some blasting at various times, necessitating closing
either the Tin Hat East Ridge, or the old Tin Hat road/trail. That means hikers
have to take either the old road/trail if the East Ridge and the East side of Lewis Lake is closed, or
taking the East Ridge option if the old road/trail is closed. </span></span></h5>
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blasted rock can fly several hundred metres. Call Western Forest
Products before setting out to make sure you know which option you must
exercise (1)-604-485-3100, or the WFP road report at (1)-604-485-3132. </span></span></h5>
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shut down so there will be no road building or logging, meaning you
will be able to use one or the other of the options that will take you
aro</span></span><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;"><span class="userContent">und Lewis Lake, either on the east side, or the west side.</span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking northeast from Vomit Vista near Confederation Lake. Powell Lake lies down below in the middle distance, with the Rainbow Range rising behind it, and in the far distance to the right the South Powell Divide still displays a healthy cover of snow in the first week of summer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pat and Ron at a late lunch on VV. Now all the blowdown in this km-long section of trail is bucked, and the SCT is cleared all the way from Sarah Point to the a short stretch on lower Walt Hill where reportedly some intermittent blowdown will slow you down but not stop you from getting through and on to Walt Hill Hut on top. That blowdown is on the maintenance schedule and should be taken care of next week.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A couple of minutes later, just as we were getting ready to resume heading for the comfort of the Crummy we met a solo hiker going up to Confederation. Pedro is hiking the Sunshine Coast Trail solo and was at this point four days into his trek from Sarah Point, aiming to do the whole of the SCT in one go. Now that's rare. </span></td></tr>
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<br />Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00446984446294315380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3168474944560530293.post-55773252438509026082013-06-24T18:03:00.001-07:002013-06-24T18:13:49.574-07:00East Tin Hat, Elephant Lake, March Lake and Elk Lake Updates<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the last 2 weeks we have opened up blowdown areas on East Tin Hat, and Elephant Lake as well as cleaned up the inside route of Elk Lake Loop. We also cleared blowdown on Rainy Day Lake to Fairview Bay Main and sections of the trail in the Smith Range.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Driving on our way to clear trail on Sunday we encountered a doe with its fawn sauntering along the highway to Saltery Bay. They were not shy at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The bear on the other hand turned away from </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> the side of the road where he had been foraging, and headed for the bush.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is Elk Lake hut and it's now easy to get to from March Lake or from Granite Lake where the loop has been cleaned up and the blueberry bushes trimmed back.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ron and Craig are on a mission: Day Two of clearing the rest of the March Lake SCT section. They have a sense they can finish it on this second outing. Two other members of the team were working on the northern section of the trail.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On another Sunday outing, Doug and Kate helped take care of the tangled mess of the East Tin Hat section, and went halfway down to Lewis Main at KM 5, putting up markers that had been far and few between. All better now. You won't get lost there now heading down through Pipes Canyon.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday, Ken and I cleared the Rainy Day Trail section and came across a trail closure warning that had been forgotten by the loggers after they were finished building road down below. It's all open now, and there is no more confusion. The way is free and clear down to Fairview Bay shelter.</span></td></tr>
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