Trails BC News www.trailsbc.ca Contents 2 International Trails Day 3 Kettle Falls International Rail Trail 4 West Kootenay Report 5 President s Message and Renewal Reminder 6 Newest Rail Trail is Open 7 Okanagan- Boundary Trail Highlights 8 Cowichan Valley Trail 10 Trails BC Southwest Region 12 Trout Creek Trestles Complete ISSN 1705-4559 Published by: Trails BC #803, 1018 Cambie St. Vancouver, BC V6B 6J6 Editorial Committee Sue Burnham Léon Lebrun Harold Sellers Murphy Shewchuk Newsletter of the Trails Society of British Columbia Volume 16, No. 1 Princeton s Bridge of Dreams Officially Opened April 15, 2010 A landmark is defined as a building or site with historical significance. The Bridge of Dreams is a landmark in Princeton that has been a long time coming. Through the dedication of an enthusiastic group of volunteers, the community has pulled off an outstanding feat. Where once a metal train bridge had been constructed and then later deconstructed, concrete pillars stood as mute reminders of the bridge. Please gather round as I tell a tale of vision and imagination, the saga of steel rails and iron men. Vermilion Trail Society (VTS) Vice-President Richard Hudson opened the Bridge of Dreams ceremony on April 15, 2010. It was a historical moment the first time a bridge linked two rail lines across the Tulameen River and it was again. The last obstacle before the rail system could be used was the crossing of the Tulameen River here at Princeton, Hudson stated. Judy Short The concept of a Southern British Columbia railway was finalized at this site the appropriately named Bridge of Dreams. On April 15, 1915, the first train chugged its way into Princeton from Penticton. Now, some twenty years after the rail line abandoned the tracks, a bridge once again became a link across the Tulameen River. The Kettle Valley Rail Trail is part of the biggest trail in the March 2011 world, the Trans Canada Trail. It connects three seas, ten provinces and three territories. The Vermilion Trail Society had worked feverishly to take the dream of a bridge across the Tulameen River from a wish to a reality. With Judy Short as president, VTS began writing grant applications and waiting for answers. Short took each maybe and turned it into a yes. Close to a million dollars later, VTS hired Richmond based construction company StructureCraft to design and build the bridge. Its use of wood has wowed admirers from all over the world. The Bridge of Dreams has been built to do the same. Ninety-five years after the first train whistle sounded in Princeton, the Bridge of Dreams has come to stay. Dierra Maynard Editor, Similkameen Spotlight
Page 2 Trails BC News International Trails Day / Weekend June 4 / 5, 2011 Join the Lower Mainland groups on International Trails Day or register to travel any section of the Trans Canada Trail in British Columbia. On International Trails Day, the first weekend in June, Trails BC Southwest will be offering an opportunity for people to cycle one of the Five Golden Ring trails which were introduced in 2010, or to travel a new loop which will take in Crescent Beach, White Rock, Peach Arch Park, Campbell Valley Regional Park, Redwood Park and the Semiahmoo Trail. You may register to do the trail on your own, or you may consider travelling with a guide. If you are familiar with one of the trails and would consider acting as a guide, please be in touch with Leon Lebrun, Southwest Regional Director. The loop trails are approximately 60 km in length and a description of each can be found on the Southwest website at: http// www.trailsbc.ca/ southwest_region/ sw_home.asp. When you register you will receive a Google Earth track by email. This track will enable you to look at the whole course in detail, and to print a copy to take along. You may also ask for tracks for trails that you may wish to do at another time. A blog site http:// trailsdaycycleride2011blogspot.com has been created to allow participants to receive updates, to communicate with fellow travellers and to share their trail experiences. Those who do not live in the Lower Mainland can also register to travel a stretch of the Trans Canada Trail anywhere in the Province. It doesn t matter if you want to walk cycle or ride a horse. Celebrate Trails Day by getting out there and being active! Looking ahead During the last weekend of September Trails BC is hoping to host a major Trans Canada Trail Challenge Event to celebrate the opening of the Kinsol Trestle in the Cowichan Valley. On Vancouver Island. Check our website for updates or become a friend on Facebook http:// www.facebook.com/trailsbc. Léon Lebrun Legendary White Rock. Trails BC News is also available on-line at www.trailsbc.ca
Volume 16, No. 1 Page 3 BC Railway could become part of an International Trail An exciting opportunity to develop an international non-motorized trail from Republic Washington, through Grand Forks BC then crossing the border a second time near Christina Lake to terminate near Kettle Falls is slowly starting to take shape with the recent announcement on the abandonment of the Canadian section of the rail line. Quoting an article in the September 23rd edition of the Boundary Sentinel The hammer dropped this week as OmniTrax Inc. posted notice of rail abandonment for the Kettle Falls International line from Kettle Falls to Danville. The death knell gives six months until the last car travels the line. The notice was not a total surprise to politicians and the businesses involved with the efforts to keep the line open Whitaker was quoted as saying that The rail banking option would open the possibility for a one-of-a-kind 80-mile international horseshoe-shaped route linking 10 communities, including Kettle Falls Trails BC will be following these developments closely and will provide updates as they become available. Al Skucas Eighty mile international horseshoe shaped loop linking 10 communities. The group promoting the trail concept on the American side of the border is the Ferry County Trail Partners ( http:// www.ferrycountyrailtrail.com) The section of line between Republic to the Canadian border has already been abandoned. A referendum was held last year in Ferry County on the nature of the trail, and the citizens of the county voted for a non-motorized rail trail. In an October article in the Spokane Review, Ferry County Trail Partners President Bob Trails BC Memberships can be processed at www.trailsbc.ca
Page 4 Trails BC News West Kootenay A Region For Trail Lovers West Kootenay Trail groups continue to develop and maintain an extensive network of trails through many different types of terrain, some easy, some challenging. Improvements on the Columbia and Western Rail Trail include the building of amenities for trail travellers picnic tables, primitive camp sites and outhouses. A major project on this leg of the Trans Canada Trail was the installation of the Lafferty Creek Bridge above Christina Lake. Katim Enterprises installed the metal structure which replaced the bypass constructed by Harry Killough after the 2006 washout. On the Columbia Trail which follows the east side the Columbia River between Ooteshenia and the City of Trail, the Castlegar Friends of Parks and Trails, the Back Country Horsemen and the Kootenay Columbia Trails Society continue to work together to create a trail that will support hikers, cyclists and horsemen. At the northern end, work has been done to locate and clear an early 20th century graveyard which is well worth the easy hike or cycle required to reach it. Benches and picnic sites are being installed on this trail as well, and with each building season, more kilometres of trail are improved. Members of the CFPT are also responsible for several other trails in the Castlegar area. These as well as the Columbia New Lafferty Creek Bridge east of Christina. Trail can be previewed on their web site www.friendsoftrails.org A Google search of trail groups in the Rossland area leads one to several sites which provide lots of information regarding hiking and cycling opportunities here. The address www.rosslandtrails.ca/ is the site of the Kootenay Columbia Trails Society who are stewards of the Seven Summits Trail as well as several other exciting trails in the Rossland Range. Considerations is being given to re-routing the TCT from Columbia Gardens Road through the Beaver Valley to Fruitvale, and from there to Salmo along Highway 3b. Although much of this section will require highway travel, it is several kilometres shorter than the original Waneta/Nelway/Salmo route, it offers trail travellers access to many more amenities, and it will be cooler travelling on those hot summer days! The Slocan Valley Rail Trail continues to be well used. Trekking, biking and horse back riding in the summer, and cross country skiing in the winter are enjoyed by locals as well as those who travel to the area specifically for the rail/trail experience. The beauty of this valley is difficult to surpass, and thee are lots of small cafes and coffee stops available to meet the needs of trail users. More information and maps can be found at www.slocanvalleyrailtrail.ca The City of Nelson has recently established their city route for the Trans Canada Trail. Between Mountain Station on the Great Northern rail bed and the Big Orange Bridge on the Kootenay Lake, travellers will be directed along a 4.3 km route which offers great views, access to downtown with its amenities and buildings of historic interest, and a beautiful and restful pathway through Lakeside Park There are many more hiking and biking trails located in the Nelson area -- physical fitness is clearly a goal of many of the citizenry! Huge thanks are due to the volunteers who are working to develop and maintain trails in the West Kootenay and the rest of the Province. As a result of their efforts, dozens of miles of wilderness have been made accessible to the rest of us, and our ability to enjoy the outdoors greatly facilitated. Kudos to all! Sue Burnham
Volume 16, No. 1 Page 5 President s Message and Renewal Reminder In the pages of this newsletter you can take note of some of the positive trail developments related to the Trans Canada Trail and other trails in the Province. The largest and most exciting of these was the rebuilding of the Kinsol Trestle on Vancouver Island. When completed this spring this $7 million project will be one of the highlights of the TCT. You can follow the construction of the trestle on a webcam at http:// www.earthcam.com/ Facebook clients/britishcolumbia/ KinsolTrestle/ In October Environment Minister Jim Prentice, announced that Federal Funding of $10,000,000 over two years would be made available for the Trans Canada Trail. The funds will be administered by Parks Canada, which has assumed the responsibility from Heritage Canada. This will allow TCT partners and affiliated groups to continue to develop and improve the TCT. Trails BC has also been active in promoting greenways trails. We attended the ORC sponsored forum in October that tried to move forward with a plan to resolve trail conflict issues in the Chilliwack River Valley. Trails BC representatives attended a national trails leadership forum that was held in Banff in November and brought together a representation of trail leaders from across the country. A positive start was made to work towards the establishment of an entity that could represent all trails, trails organizations, and users at the national level. In January we had three representatives who attended Horse Council BC s BC Equestrian Trails Roundtable. This forum allowed us to better appreciate the needs of the equestrian trail riding community. We are in the process of updating our website and have engaged a very enthusiastic web designer in creating a more contemporary website with interactive mapping and more media content. We hope to bring the site online before the summer trail season. Please remember that all the work going into such projects is done by volunteers. Without us, it would be impossible to make the Trans Canada Trail a reality. The Trails BC Facebook page has proven to be a very popular site with our page having more than 2400 fans -- more than any other Canadian trail organization. Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/trailsbc Trails BC is planning to hold our annual AGM in conjunction with the opening of the Kinsol trestle. While the final date has not been set, it is likely to be in May, and the AGM will be held in Duncan. More to follow. We hope we can count on your continued support and a renewal of your Trails BC membership. Individual memberships are $25.00 and group memberships $100. You may renew on our web site http:// www.trailsbc.ca/membership.html or by cheque to #803 1018 Cambie Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 6J6 Happy trails to all! Al Skucas Trails BC President Kinsol Trestle construction from the EarthCam webcam on March 5, 2011. Trails BC AGM expected to coincide with the opening of the Kinsol Trestle.
Page 6 Trails BC News Canada s Newest Rail Trail is Open Cranbrook to Kimberley Rail- Trail attracting out-of-province cyclists. Canada s newest Rails to Trails was formally opened on Sept 23rd, 2010, but even before then, this picturesque nonmotorized trail, a 25 km paved stretch between Kimberley and Cranbrook was widely used by locals and tourists alike. Although cyclists are the main beneficiary of the trail, many walkers especially those close to Cranbrook and Kimberley are using the trail. Rollerbladers, seldom seen in Eastern BC, have discovered are using the trail in increasing numbers. Equestrians have not been forgotten; they can travel a separate trail located on a dirt access road within the same right of way. Cranbrook has not been noted as an active cycling community but this is changing. The excellent surface and the gentle elevation that is indicative of all rail trails make the route appealing to seniors as well as to young families, and both are coming out in increasing numbers. The trail is also attracting tourists many cars with Alberta license plates were observed at the trailhead parking lots this past summer. A downloadable GPS track of the trail is at http://www.everytrail.com/ view_trip.php?trip_id=635037 Background to the Trail... With the closing of the Sullivan Mine in Kimberley in 2001, the need for a rail line to Kimberley was no longer necessary. CP Rail, the owners of the rail line, graciously donated the rail grade to cities of Cranbrook and Kimberley, and title transfer was finally completed in August of this year. Working together, the two communities recognized the best future use of the rail bed was to convert it to a rail/trail. The first step in the conversion was to remove the contaminated ballast from the surface of the rail bed, and in the spring of 2009 CP Rail completed the process of removing the ballast and transporting it to the Teck tailing pond in Kimberly. Shortly after, construction of the trail was begun, and it was finished in June 2010 with the construction of the bridge across the St. Mary s River. It is expected that the trail will be formally designated as part of the Trans Canada Trail by the end of the year. Funding for the trail came in the form of $1.8 million from the Rural Municipal Infrastructure Fund (split between the Province and Federal Governments), and $400.000 each from the communities of Kimberly and Cranbrook. Currently the trail is managed by a Trail Management Committee consisting of city staff from the two cities. A public advisory committee has recently been formed with representation from the communities and the Regional District of East Kootenay. This committee will eventually evolve into a society with increased responsibilities in the management and the stewardship of the trail. This successful trail highlights the benefits that a world class trail can bring to a community. Local residents are becoming fitter and more active, and increasing numbers of tourists mean that there will be an economic benefit to the region as well. Al Skucas
Volume 16, No. 1 Page 7 Okanagan-Boundary Trail Highlights Infrastructure Stimulus Trail Projects A total of just over $2 million in joint provincial and federal funding through Infrastructure Stimulus Funds were committed to complete and enhance sections of the Trans Canada Trail through Southern British Columbia. The funding supported a number of development and enhancement projects that the Ministry of Natural Resource Operations identified as priorities with the assistance of trail stewardship groups along the length of the Trail. Highlights of the projects completed were the reopening of a portion of the Adra Tunnel as well as the construction of a pedestrian bridge spanning a 39 metre washout on the Columbia & Western Rail Trail that occurred in 2006. Installation of shotcrete and rock bolts completed. Substantial quantities of fallen rock were removed from beyond the furthest shotcreted section. Nearly all the fallen rock as far as one can see around the curve past the fence has been removed. Floor of tunnel was levelled and cleaned. Leigh-Ann Johnson, Katim Seven tunnels along the Columbia & Western Rail Trail between Castlegar and Midway were also mitigated. Works included engineered prescriptions, scaling, shotcrete and rock removal ensuring that these tunnels are safe for trail users to travel through. Other projects included trail surfacing along the Slocan Valley Rail Trail and portions of the Kettle Valley Rail trail in both Summerland and Princeton. Adra Tunnel Rehabilitation. The Adra Tunnel is located on the former KVR grade approximately 30 km northeast of downtown Penticton. Work has been underway to reopen the tunnel, but is not yet complete. Here are a few highlights: Grand Forks Trail. City of Grand Forks 2010 Trails and Sidewalk Upgrades Project This project is worth $2,100,000 and is cost shared by the Federal, Provincial and Municipal Governments. The TCT contributed $50,000. The Trans Canada Trail that runs from Highway 3 to Kettle River Drive has now been upgraded, with a two metre wide paved surface. Lighting was installed for safety and 10 benches were placed along the trail. An existing CPR tool shed is being rebuilt as a kiosk. Additional information is available at http:// www.gftrails.ca. Volunteers Needed! If you would like to help Trails BC, email trailsbc@trailsbc.ca or telephone (604) 737-3188.
Page 8 Trails BC News Cowichan Valley Trail, Vancouver Island Visit www.trailsbc.ca to find us on Facebook. Excerpt from Across the Abyss - Kinsol Trestle painting by: Paul Grignon. The Cowichan Valley could be called one of the hotspots for the Trans Canada Trail in British Columbia. A great deal of work has been underway there during the past couple of years. Kinsol Trestle - view from webcam. The Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) has an ambitious goal to complete their portion of the Trans Canada Trail as it transports users between the ocean near downtown Victoria and the ferry terminal in Nanaimo. Two projects key to achieving this goal are nearing completion. The first is the former CNR bridge over the Koksilah River. Known as the Kinsol Trestle, its restoration commenced in 2010 after a successful fundraising drive. The $6,881,173 project received $500,000 from the Trans Canada Trail. Previously, due to the unsafe condition of the trestle, a long and difficult bypass trail had to be used. This May the project will be completed and a new 2.4 km section of rail trail will open. You can follow progress of the restoration online, thanks to a webcam at www.earthcam.com/clients/ britishcolumbia/kinsoltrestle/ The second project is another former rail grade - the remnant of an E&N spur line - from Lake Cowichan to Duncan and. This 26 km section of rail trail has already had drainage and culvert improvements, the application of sub base gravel and construction of a 37 metre long bridge over Bings Creek. Contracts have been let to apply the final compacted fine gravel surface this Spring. The Trans Canada Trail contributed $400,000 to this work. From Duncan a trail route follows the Catalyst Waterline right-of-way north to Mays Road at the Trans Canada Highway. Comprised of 3.5 km of gravel trail on the utility ROW and 3.0 km roadside path on Somenos Road, the trail also includes a second bridge over Bings Creek. Much of this project has been completed and the remainder is scheduled for later in 2011. Temporary roadside pathways will connect to Chemainus Road, south of the town of Chemainus. CVRD plans to use another rail trail connection for approximately 6 km, parallel to Chemainus Road. The timing for this link is still to be determined. Bings Creek Bridge, near Duncan.
Volume 16, No. 1 Page 9 Lake Cowichan Trailhead kiosk. From Chemainus to Ladysmith rail trails and roadside pathways will hopefully be completed in 2011. Through the town of Ladysmith park trails and roadside pathways have been selected. From Ladysmith to the border with the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) a gravel trail and bridge over Bush Creek have been completed. The final piece to the district boundary is still being planned, but will likely use some old roads. The CVRD-RDN boundary is very close to the Haslam Creek Suspension Bridge, where TCT has existed for a number of years. The Regional District of Nanaimo is coordinating their trail projects with CVRD and this year will build a new trailhead and access on Timberlands Road, just west of the Nanaimo airport. All of these trails sections will add to the popular Cowichan Valley Trail, which has connected Shawnigan Lake and Lake Cowichan for many years and has been very popular with trail users. The Cowichan Valley Trail accommodates cyclists, hikers/walkers and equestrians. Trails BC commends the Cowichan Valley Regional District for their enthusiasm in building this critical trail connection. Brian Farquhar and Dan Brown at the regional district have shown great dedication to the initiative. --- Harold Sellers
Page 10 Trails BC News Trails BC Southwest Region Highlights Our key role with the newly launched project, Experience the Fraser, will give the Trans Canada Trail greater prominence and form the backbone to this project. So far one model project has been completed in Mission and another in Langley. Almost all of the Coal Harbour seawall path is complete and part of the Trans Canada Trail. Vancouver and West Vancouver that are not a part of the TCT. City of Vancouver - Almost all of the Coal Harbour seawall path is complete and is part of the TCT. Once the Seaplane Terminal moves the path will be easy to follow around the new ConvenRecently, we have been actively intion Centre onto the Seawall path. Again volved with a newly formed group to this is a great improvement to the TCT create the Great Blue Heron Trail. An allowing for greater continuity and more initiator of this project is the Tsawwassen features. First Nation. The first project involves Now that the Olympics are over, so is the constructing a high standard pathway path along False Creek from Cambie along the Ferry Causeway. It is hoped Street Bridge to Science World, an added that this will become part of our wish to feature fronting the Olympic Village on create an alternative TCT route between the waterfront. Victoria and Langley taking in the Lochside Trail, and existing trails Burnaby - Burnaby has improved its through a variety of parks and greentrail network around Burnaby Mountain ways. This will allow Saanich, Delta and to the point that it is now possible to Surrey to become part of the TCT trail nearly be completely off-road if one system. It will also allow for great conchooses to use this alternate route rather nections to Richmond and New Westthan head over Burnaby Mountain. Gominster. This trunk trail has potential to ing over Burnaby Mountain, while being offer all kinds of opportunities along its a great feature, is proving to be quite route for the off-road trail user, including challenging for some of our users. the Golf Islands. Tri-Cities - Trail enhancements have North Shore - Progress on the Spirit been made around the new Pitt River Trail shows promise to create great enbridge including having the trail go hancements to the Trans Canada Trail. At this time the pedestrian overpass over the railway at Mackay Creek will cause the TCT to divert from Mosquito Creek to take in new features along the waterfront heading towards Waterfront Park or Lonsdale Quay. At some point it should also connect with the new seawall pathway along the Mission Bridge Construction at Mackay Creek. Reserve. Other new sections have been completed in North
Volume 16, No. 1 Page 11 around a newly created Marshland, a result of habitat gional District to create an alternate TCT route for compensation due to all the construction in the area. cyclists giving them the choice to avoid Paleface Pass. This routing is necessary to create an all-season Pitt Meadows - The trail around the new Pitt River route and Paleface Pass is proving too challenging for Bridge is now complete and signed. At this junction, most cyclists. However, many cyclists will still want trail users are able to take a TCT spur trail to Haney to use the TCT along the Chilliwack River Valley to Centre and Kanaka Creek Park or take the Main Trail Chilliwack Lake. that takes the trail user along the Pitt River Greenway to the Golden Ears Bridge. Chilliwack River Valley - It is becoming quite well known that ATVers have completely wrecked portions of the trail along this Valley. The Ministry of Natural Resources Operations, Recreational Sites and Trails Branch has undertaken to re-establish these trails and to limit access to motorized vehicles. We have formed a group of recreational users for this Valley to find ways of providing recreation for all while minimizing conflict among trail users. Coquihalla - We had hoped that, by now, we would have completed the bridge project over the Coquihalla River north of Othello. The project will be shovel ready New connection to Derby Reach. by March 31, 2011. This means that the engineering for a suspension bridge will be completed and the environmental work done awaiting certification. We will require approxilangley - In an effort to create an off-road trail from mately $500,000 to build this feature. The bridge is the Golden Ears Bridge, over three kilometres of trail essential to close a gap in the trail that presently forchas now been completed from the corner of 208th es users on the Coquihalla Highway for about eight Street and Allison Crescent to Derby Reach Park, a kilometres. project that is also a model for the Experience the Fraser Project. Sea-to-Sky Trail - Great progress is being made on the TCT/Sea-to-Sky Trail from Squamish to Whistler. Abbotsford - There is presently a project underway Large sections of this 65-km trail are now complete to connect the Trans Canada Trail from Clayburn to a such as the trail between Whistler and Brandywine section of the Discovery Trail that is being built to a high standard paved trail. The object is to re-route the Falls. More challenging sections such as the CheakaTCT so that it will no longer need to use the danger- mus Canyon are nearly complete. Plans are afoot to ous Upper Sumas Mountain Road. We are still work- extend this trail to Pemberton as well in the coming ing with the various jurisdictions to establish a more years. In the present plans, D Arcy will be the end adventurous trail for hikers and equestrians over the point of the trail. From Horseshoe Bay to Squamish, West Flank of Sumas Mountain. we are looking at the possibility of a water route. Léon Lebrun Chilliwack - We are presently working with the Municipality of Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley Re-
Trails BC News March, 2011 The Trails BC 2011 Annual General Meeting will be held in conjunction with the opening of the Kinsol Trestle. TRAILS SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA #803-1018 Cambie St. Vancouver, B.C. V6B 6J6 Phone: (604) 737-3188 trailsbc@trailsbc.ca www.trailsbc.ca Kinsol Trestle Construction Join us in Duncan on Friday June 10 th and find out about the exciting trail developments taking place on Vancouver Island. Further details will be released shortly. Contact Trails BC directors or e-mail trailsbc@trailsbc.ca for more information. Trout Creek Trestle Decking Complete... Trout Creek Crossing # 4. You re in for a welcome surprise if you visit the Summerland portion of the Trans Canada Trail. All four Trout Creek bridges are now completed, which means no more detours or balancing on logs. There s a smooth compacted trail from the KVR station to Faulder for just over five kilometres. Westward from Faulder was the stretch of many tears: a long sandy portion of rail bed that doomed most cyclists to walking their bikes while cursing mightily. That s all fixed now with a good hard surface all the way to the forestry campground, another 20 km away. There are about 15 km more to surface westward towards Osprey Lake. Another new rec site has been built at Crump. Six new picnic tables and two biffies have been added en route plus more picnic tables and a biffy at Crump. We re gradually adding historical signs at our two new kiosks. A big project by director Ron Sherk was weed removal and the planting of native grasses along the trail s edge. Lisa Scott, our regional district weed specialist, was a good resource for this work. We hope that the native grasses will take over and crowd out undesirable weeds. Marilyn Hansen Summerland Trans Canada Trail Society. Your Trails BC Membership Supports Non- Motorized Trail Users Trails BC has appreciated your support in the past and now needs it more than ever. We ask for your support as we continue to advocate for walkers, cyclists and equestrians! Membership Rates: Individual: $25 - Group Member: $100 - Business Associate: $100 Membership application forms are available on-line at www.trailsbc.ca or from the office. Cheers everyone. May we all enjoy many happy hours on B.C. trails this season.