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The Vancouver Island Spine Trail The Concept Progress to Date Goals/Plans for 2015-2016 The VI Spine Trail Concept Continuous trail from Victoria to Cape Scott A non-motorized trail for a range of users hikers, mountain bikers,

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The Vancouver Island Spine Trail

The Concept Progress to Date Goals/Plans for 2015-2016

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The VI Spine Trail Concept

  • Continuous trail from Victoria to Cape Scott
  • A non-motorized trail for a range of users – hikers, mountain bikers,

equestrians (but not all in all places)

  • Linking existing trails where possible
  • A “wilderness trail”
  • In the sense of few facilities, little support, often remote
  • But recognizing it includes both ‘protected area’ and ‘working forest’
  • A “light trail” – mostly brush cleared, windfalls cut, little excavation
  • Also using old roads (some active) as available
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The VI Spine Trail Concept

  • Overview of the

Proposed trail:

  • 700 km
  • need buy-in from

stakeholders

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The VI Spine Trail Progress

  • Progress to date:
  • in green
  • 400 km
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The VI Spine Trail – 2015-16

  • Goals/Plans for 2015-2016
  • emphasis north of Campbell River
  • across Crown lands
  • First Nations agreement & involvement – Kwakiutl, ‘Namgis & Nanwakolas
  • Working forest – mainly Western Forest Products
  • continue efforts with RD’s in south re access to Private lands
  • Trans-Canada Trail – Malahat section
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The VI Spine Trail – 2015-16

  • Suquash, Kilpala, Holdsworth & Bonanza sections
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The VI Spine Trail – 2015-16

  • Four northern sections:
  • Current thinking shown; could well/probably will change
  • Suquash and Kilpala are first priority
  • Holdsworth & Bonanza are lower priority
  • Contingent on First Nations agreement
  • Contingent on funding – grant applications to BC Hydro, MEC, FMCBC
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The VI Spine Trail – 2015-16

(- colors as indicated on following images)

SECTION Existing Trail shown in green

  • marking & gps

New Trail in yellow

  • location & flagging
  • clearing
  • marking & gps

Road OK as is in red

  • marking & gps

Road needs brushing in orange

  • road brushing
  • marking & gps

Suquash 6.5 7.4 19.7 (?)

  • Kilpala

0.2 2.0 18.2 1.0 Holdsworth

  • 10.5

20.1

  • Bonanza
  • 26.6

5.8

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The VI Spine Trail – 2015-16 - Suquash section

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The VI Spine Trail – 2015-16 - Kilpala section

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Working Forests – Management approach

  • ‘light’ trail as envisaged does not need S. 56 – MFLNRO
  • legal status only needed for more developed trail sections
  • liaison (developing) with forest tenure holders - a ‘co-existence’

approach

  • on-going dialogue & communication (e.g. WFP - web enabled)
  • facilitated by current small cutblocks with internal reserves
  • temporary closures & trail relocation as needed
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What does a “light trail” look like?

  • higher elevation forest
  • semi-open subalpine
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What does a “light trail” look like?

  • marking important for socked-in conditions
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Linking Cumberland to the Beaufort Crest

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Linking Cumberland to the Beaufort Crest

  • Cleared (green line) to 1,000 metre level (this week)
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Linking Cumberland to the Beaufort Crest

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Linking Cumberland to the Beaufort Crest

  • Upper Trent crossing (Dave Silver photo on left)