Squamish Access Society

There will be a commercial film shoot in the Chief boulders just after the Thanksgiving long weekend of Oct 6-8th 2007. The area affected is generally the Kacodemon area, with the “room” (of The Singularity, Silent Menace and Dream Catcher fame) and the area near ATD most affected.

The current time-frame for filming is Tuesday the 9th, when climbers will be asked to limit their activities in the area. Set-up work may take place as early as the afternoon of Monday the 8th, however it is our understanding that this will not interfere with climbing. It is also our understanding that climbing access may only be impacted in a minor way during take-down (either Wednesday the 10th, or Thursday the 11th.) The draws on Silent Menace, Dream Catcher and Permanent Waves will be taken off on the late evening of the 8th and replaced (same draws on same hangers with same orientation) on the evening of the 9th or early morning of the 10th. A climber will be hired to do this.

Despite the presence of a large crew and dozens of trucks, it is important to note that access to other areas of the boulders or the Grand Wall will not be affected.

Check out the following two documents provided by the film crew:

» the notice (45 KB PDF)that will be posted on-site by the filming crew, and;
» a letter (35 KB PDF) outlining the specifics of the type of scenarios being filmed.

“Zone 2″ on the notice refers to the main bouldering corridor, however the only closures will be in the immediate vicinity of the Kacodemon.

Click here (31 KB PDF)to see the filming grid which was drawn up by the SAS after the fall-out of the filming of Pathfinder in 2005. It is meant to provide guidance to Parks as to the acceptable timing of filming in the Parks in the Squamish area. While the optimum suggested time frame of November 1st or after was not met in this instance, Parks requested and the Filming Company agreed to moving the dates from October 1 to after the holiday long weekend.