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Search For Missing Hiker Suspended

Posted on29. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

Source: CTV News After an intensive 12-day rescue effort, authorities have suspended the search for missing hiker Tyler Wright. The decision was made on Sunday night after a final day of searching rocky West Coast mountain terrain turned up no sign of the 35-year-old. Authorities say outstanding search tasks will still be completed, weather permitting, [...]

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Hiker Shatters Grouse Grind Record

Posted on27. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

When Sebastian Salas first told the staff at the Grouse Mountain chalet that he had run the Grouse Grind in less than 24 minutes Tuesday, they didn’t believe him.

A joke, maybe, from an exhausted hiker.

“(On) the TV up there with best times of the day . . . I didn’t see my time so I started to panic,” he said. “The first thought that went through my mind was: ‘I hope it read (the card) right, because I don’t know if I can do it that fast again.’ “

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Grouse Grind: Now Open 6:15am to 6:00pm

Posted on27. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

The Grouse Grind trail hours are changing:

Effective August 27th
Trail hours will be:

OPENING TIME: 6:15 am
CLOSING TIME: 6:00 pm

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Seymour Valley Trailway Hike Added!

Posted on26. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

The Seymour Valley Trailway is a paved road stretching for 10 km (6.2 mi) through the Seymour Conservation Reserve in North Vancouver. The trail is suitable for hikers, bikers, runners and bladers. At the end of the trail is an old growth forest where the area has never been logged and is left untouched in all it’s glory. If you venture into the forest you will find the Seymour Fish Hatchery. A great family hike made even more enjoyable by the stunning beauty of this much traveled valley.

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More Clues in Search for Missing Hiker

Posted on26. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

Nine days into the search for missing hiker Tyler Wright, new clues that he could still be alive continue to turn up.

The latest signs — a campfire, ski pole tracks and distinctively large footprints — have turned up just west of Bull Creek, near Squamish, B.C.

Thursday, specialized trackers were flown in to figure out if the footprints match up with Wright’s whopping size-16 feet, as well as the tread on his shoes.

On Tuesday, searchers found signs of someone trying to climb up a small cliff.

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Campfires Okay in Parts of Coastal Fire Ctr

Posted on26. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

PARKSVILLE – Effective at noon on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, campfires will be permitted within parts of the Coastal Fire Centre due to a decreased risk of wildfires.

Campfires are permitted within the Regional Districts of Mount Waddington and Central Coast; including the portions of Tweedsmuir Park that are within these regional districts. Although campfires, fireworks and tiki torches are now permitted within these areas, open fires of any other description remain prohibited, including burning barrels.

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New Clues Found in Search for Missing B.C. Hiker

Posted on25. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

The search for Tyler Wright entered its eighth day on Wednesday, after crews discovered more evidence the missing hiker could still be alive.

Searchers are now concentrating on an area called Bull Creek near Squamish, B.C., a day after crews located a 15-metre-long slide path down a rock face. They think Tyler tried to climb up out of the creek bed but slid back down instead.

Size-16 footprints believed to be Tyler’s were found in the creek bed near the slide area, confirming for rescuers that he continued on from there.

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BC Senior Climbs Grind for Pakistan

Posted on25. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

An 80-year-old retired Vancouver professor is raising money for Pakistani flood victims in an unusual way — he’s hiking up the Grouse Grind 20 times.

The gruelling 2.9-kilometer climb up the side of Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver can exhaust a fit person of any age, but Muhammad Iqbal said it’s no problem for him.

“I don’t need paramedics to come with me, no,” Iqbal said. “I am a very fit person, fortunately. I am blessed. I’ve done it so many times.”

Most people over 50 take about an hour to hike up the Grind. It takes Iqbal one hour and 46 minutes, and he plans to make at the climb least another 19 times — three times a week — in his fundraising effort.

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Patroller Saves Collapsed Hiker

Posted on25. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

A Grouse Mountain patroller is being credited with saving a life after a 61-year-old West Vancouver man had a heart attack at the top of the Grouse Grind.

The man collapsed near the resort’s Alpine Chalet at the top of the popular trail just before noon Saturday. By chance, two paramedics from Colorado, a doctor and a nurse from Seattle, and an off-duty firefighter from Surrey were among the visitors nearby. They rushed to the man’s aid, and found him unresponsive. At one point he went into cardiac arrest.

Someone contacted Grouse staff, and minutes later the first-aid trained patroller arrived with a defibrillator, which the patroller used to restart the man’s heart.

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Fishermans Trail Added

Posted on25. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

The Fisherman’s Trail can be found in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve. The hike described in the TrekBC Trail Guide takes you firstly along the Seymour Valley Trailway to Hydraulic Junction. From there, it’s down to Mid Valley via the Hydraulic Connector before meeting Fisherman’s down by the Seymour River. Eventually you will meet the Twin Bridges Trail which brings you back to the start.

There are plenty of picnic areas and pit toilets in the first half of the hike so this is a good one for all the family. There’s always the option to cut the hike short by returning via the Homestead Trail too!

A nice day out for all and it’s maybe even better if you do it on your mountain bike!

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Shoe Marks Lead the Way in Search for Missing Hiker

Posted on24. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

Some muddy size-16 shoe impressions have given friends and family new hope in the search for missing hiker Tyler Wright near Squamish, B.C.

The first of the distinctively large shoe impressions was discovered along the Boise Creek trail near the Bull Bowl last week, and more prints were found Monday afternoon.

“We’ve got trackers who’ve got a lot of experience in following footprints and looking for damaged undergrowth,” search and rescue manager John Willcox told CTV News.

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