The FMCBC 21 mile creek user survey is continuing this year for another season.  If you find yourself skiing or snowboarding in the sproatt or rainbow areas please fill out the survey at http://www.mountainclubs.org/21mile  Completing the survey only takes 1 minute.  The survey is used to track the non-compliance of snowmobiles with the Twentyone Mile Creek non-motorized area.

This year RSTBC is actually implementing some enforcement to try to keep snowmobiles out of the watershed. The 21 mile creek user survey will be critical for monitoring the effectiveness of this enforcement. If the increased enforcement doesn't keep the snowmobilers out this year the government is talking about a full closure of the whole Sproatt massif. So make sure to get out there this season and note where the snowmobiles are riding and report it in the survey.

Whistler Olympic Park is continuing with the parking only fee ($10 per car) that they introduced last year. Combine that with the recent improvements on the Hanging Lake trail and access is better than ever. With the most difficult part rerouted, the Hanging Lake trail is now certified intermediate friendly. And there is a great variety of ski terrain to choose from beyond Hanging Lake. Now all we need is some snow!

I know there have been a lot of trips to Hanging Lake, Gin, Rainbow and Sproatt this year, but we only have 6 responses to the survey. If you've been there, please fill out the survey even if you didn't see any snowmobiles. This data is being used to gauge snowmobiler compliance and without responses we have no data. So please fill it out, even for a trip that you did months ago.

-Scott

Bump,This survey is still active.  If you've been skiing or snowshoeing in 21 mile creek please fill out the survey.  I saw a report of snowmobilers in the watershed last weekend, so this issue is not yet resolved and more data helps us to prove it.

Bump.

I just checked the results and we only have 4 data points from this year. If you've been to Rainbow Lake or Gin Peak please fill our the survey before summer rolls around and you forgot what happened. We need data on as many days as possible.

After some improvement, it looks like the snowmobilers are regularly poaching the watershed again this year. This survey is the only tool we have to make our case for a full closure of the Rainbow & Sproatt mountains to snowmobiles.