ONE WAY traffic resumes on Goat and Stillwater mainlines

ONE WAY traffic will resume on both Goat Main and Stillwater Main this Thursday, March 17th.

Goat - up Loop to Tinhat Junction
Stillwater - down Tinhat Junction to Marshalling Yard

Adam Culos - Stillwater - Western Forest Products

Stillwater Main closure Saturday and Sunday - use alternate route

Stillwater Main will be closed between Dixon Road and M1 (4 mile) on Saturday March 5 and Sunday March 6 from 7am to 6pm due to hogging work being carried out along the mainline. During this period all traffic should divert up the loop onto Goat main and then from Goat main back to Stillwater main on M1 to avoid delays while chip trucks are being loaded.

Ken MacKenzie, Stillwater, WFP

Mt Troubridge from Rainy Day Main

Troubridge summit coordinates: N 49.48.739 / W 124.10.118

Troubridge cabin cooridnates: N 49.48.727 / W 124.10.646

3 of us spent the night up at Troubridge on Feb 22. Went up from Rainy Day side and it took 5 hrs up and 3 hrs down. Didn't need snow shoes until about half way up. We took some dishes up, but there is still lots more at the bottom, so please bring more up.

As you get towards the top of the summit lots of the trail markers are buried in snow and from the summit to the cabin, there was a 5 minute stretch with all the markers buried, which I have since reflagged in pink or green. There is a nice packed trail to follow for now, but if there is more snow up there, make sure you have a GPS and know where you are going, as it would be easy to get lost. The SCT trail North from the summit is completely buried and no tracks at all, and only the bypass to the cabin is flagged.

Fairview Bay Access

Hi

I was on the fairview trail yesterday and thought you may be interested to know that danger blasting signs have been posted just after the towers just after you go up hill on the sct . I continued on the trail as i couldn't hear any activity above me . The trail was fine but i watched to see if any rock blast had reached the trail and it looks like it hasn't. There may be activity there though at other times that could stop access to fairview bay. You never know with signs. Often they get put up and know one removes them when they are done.
I thought i should let you know what i see as i noticed that you found the bridge taken out along the pole line road. I found that one day in december when i was out and the daylight was short and i was looking for a quicker way back . I turned around and took the trail back . Fortunately i cary a headlamp all the time.
The next time i was in a hurry i just stomped through and changed my socks and shoes when i got to the car. Hopefully the creek will be smaller in the summer.

Susan

Little Sliammon Lake Trail

We had received word that there was some blowdown in the trail buffer of the cutblock south of Little Sliammon Lake and around the eastern shore to the bluffs.

Ron's trusted chainsaw took care of that.

The lake was still frozen, but the ice was thin and covered with a crust of snow, so no skating here.

If you are aware of any trees blown down on the Sunshine Coast Trail (SCT) please send us an email or give us a call. Thanks. (prpaws.bc@shaw.ca , or 604-483-9565)

Fairview Bay Access via Pole Line from Saltery Bay

A big surprise gaped at us this weekend as we drove out of Saltery Bay up onto the BC Hydro pole line road intending to head east toward its end where the wires cross over Jervis Inlet to Nelson Island. This rugged road has provided access to the Fairview Bay Trail that allowed you to chop off one of the two hours of hiking, so all you had left was the section from the towers just above Ahlstrom Point to Fairview Bay.

Just as we got onto the pole line where the road levels out we were stopped dead in our tracks. Where once there had been road there were now bolders blocking the way, and the next ten metres of road were gone, dug up, and Saltery Creek was roaring through a deep wide trench. The bridge was gone.

As at this time we have no information as to whether this deactivation is permanent, or the bridge will be reinstalled. The upshot is that the option of having a shorter hike is not there now, and you must access Fairview Bay from the beginning of the trail down in Saltery Bay at the mouth of Saltery Creek.

This adds an hour of delightful hiking along Rose Beach, up the Elevator section of trail, down the other side of the pass to Pirate Cove, and along the beach toward the fish farm and back uphill where you will catch the last ten minutes of the dead end pole line road to the Towers.

From there you continue your hike for a second hour on the trail to Fairview Bay and points beyond, Rainy Day Lake, Mount Troubridge and the rest of the Sunshine Coast Trail all the way to Desolation Sound.