Mount Seymour
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Mount Seymour is a ski area located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The ski hill is located in Mount Seymour Provincial Park. The area has four lifts, the Mystery Peak, Brockton, and Lodge double chairlifts, and the Goldie Lake Ropetow. A fifth double chairlift, the Ridge Chair was destroyed in a windstorm in 1998, and is currently still standing, alibeit gradually rotting away. Another beginner lift, the Enquist Ropetow was removed in the early 1990s.
Mount Seymour opened for skiing in 1937 under the ownership of Harold Enquist, with a cafeteria and ski rental. A few years later, in 1949, the Government of British Columbia bought the ski area. The Government did not have the experience to run a ski area, so, they issued Mr. Enquist the first Park Use Permit to operate the area. When the permit expired in 1951, the government found a concessionaire, who was put in charge of running the lifts, ski school and cafeteria. The government retained overall ownership until 1984, when it privatized its operation as part of a cost cutting measure.
The area offers 330 metres of vertical drop and 1700 centimetres of annual snowfall. Skiing and snowboarding is available on 21 marked trails and many unmarked routes. The longest trial is 1.6 km long and over half the trails have night lighting. Additional terrain parks exist for freestyle and halfpipe activities. Terrain has also been developed for snowtubing and tobogganing.
Guided and unguided snowshoeing takes place on a separate 10 km network of maintained trails. Backcountry access for snowshoeing and camping is permitted.
External link
- Mount Seymour (http://www.mountseymour.com)