BC Park Trail Improvements

In coordination with the SAS, in 2009 BC Parks completed work on the trail at the base of the Chief.  It is now far easier to navigate the stretch between Rutabega (especially just below the black Dyke area) all the way north to Seasoned in the Sun (where the drainage approach has been replaced with a series of switchbacks).  The SAS would like to thank BC parks and the now completed Sea to Sky Highway Improvement Project for engaging climbers on this front and we look forward to further cooperation with the province and the municipality of Squamish following the roadmap of the Squamish Climbing Strategy Report. The improvement of trails for climbers under the combined initiative of SAS, SSHIP and Parks includes:

• the new Apron Connector trail between the apron parking lot and the old highway road bed
• improved delineation of north wall trails
• improved condition of Apron Descent Trail
• improved condition of trail to Shannon Falls and Gobsmacking crags
• improved Chief base trail