[MCR] Whistler /Blackcomb backcountry access

Whistler/Blackcomb has installed transceiver checkers at the Garibaldi Park Boundaries on both the Blackcomb Glacier and Top of Flute.  The Spearhead Hut Committee with BC parks and W/B have also installed a people counter in the same unit.  It would be great if everyone going into the backcountry from those areas travel past the checker/counter box.  The statistics gathered are super useful with backcountry use.  Also it is a great message to unprepared people if they see one place where everyone enters the backcountry.  A gate so to speak.  That way unprepared people may think twice about entering the backcountry without a transceiver, shovel and probe.  This is a great step in role modeling a backcountry responsibility code.  Tracks leaving the ski area in numerous places can be miss-leading for skiers and riders who don’t realize that they may be leaving the resort.  When you approach the box it will display a Red X, when your transceiver is detected a Green O will display.  Thanks for helping out.

 

See you in the hills, Chris.

 

Chris Lawrence

Spearhead Hut Committee
ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide
CAA Professional member
chris.lawrence@xxxxxxx
604 892-4686 mob

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