Sea to Sky Corridor Recreation Trail Strategy

The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts (MTCA) is pleased to present the final Sea to Sky Corridor Recreation Trail Strategy.

With the unprecedented growth in the region, the proximity to the lower mainland, competing stakeholders, and complex land use in the area, a comprehensive strategy to provide guidance on the management of our trail system was needed. MTCA’s Sea to Sky Recreation District, as the land managers responsible for authorizing public recreation on Crown land in the Sea to Sky Corridor, has been working with consultants, local governments, First Nations, and stakeholders to develop this trail strategy.

This Strategy focuses on identifying key actions that if undertaken will support the realization of a “well coordinated, sustainable and environmentally responsive trail network spanning the Corridor, managed for the benefit, health and prosperity of a diverse range of users.”

Highlights of the Strategy include:

• Provides a framework for legal authorization and establishment of the vast majority of previously unauthorized trails on Crown land.
• Recommends a process and organizational structure for ensuring a Corridor-wide coordinated approach to management of the extensive trail network.
• Identification of key program requirements to ensure an environmental responsive trail network.
• Considers threats to sustainability of different portions of the network and identifies opportunities and actions required to ensure a sustainable and economically beneficial network.
• Recommends action for addressing issues related to integrated land use, risk management, trail use conflict as well as funding and resources.
• Outlines and recommends trail construction, maintenance and sign standards and guidelines.
• Is consistent with the Draft Sea to Sky LRMP as well as locally developed trail management plans and strategies.