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JIM RUTTER, executive director of the Federation of Mountain Clubs of B.C., traces the

route the trail into the upper Lynn Creek area will take.
yet, but it could become a major recreational area.

The area isn’t open to the public

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UPPER LYNN

Pushing fora
gem of a park

PICTURE A major recreational area, with fa-
cilities ranging from picnic tables to mountain-
side shelters in impressively rugged country, from

beaches for swimming to expert-level hiking trails —

through spectacular back country. And all per-
ched on the edge of the urban area.

Jim Rutter, the executive
director of the Federation of
Mountain Clubs of B.C. has
been picturing such a park
for more than a year now.
He’s being doing more than
just dreaming, however, as
he turns his eyes on the Lynn
Creek area and = sees its
potential for a full range of
recreational uses.

As well as working with
such agencies as the Greater
Vancouver Regional Parks
District, Rutter and his
association has provided the
impetus that has put a
12-member crew into. the
area to construct the first
trail.

‘‘They’re a great bunch of
guys,’ Rutter says.
‘“‘They’re enthusiastic about
this.”’

That ‘‘great bunch of
guys’’, working four, 10-
hour workdays for the next
20 weeks, will provide a trail
that leads from the foot of
the Lynn Creek watershed
area into the area where
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spi into a valley between
towering peaks.

The trail won’t open the
area up to the public. It will
remain closed, as it has been
for a number of years, for at
least a year and a half more.

But it will allow experts in
a number of fields access to
the area to ascertain the
possibilities for a wilderness
park area in the upper
reaches of Lynn Creek.

‘“‘We came up with the
suggestion that what was
needed was an initial access
trail so that groups of ex-
perts go get into that country
to look at everything from
the geology to the recreation
potential,’’ Ruttet says.

Rutter, who has been the
Federation of Mountain
Club’s executive director
since last fall, says the work
is the first step toward tuller
development ot the area.

There has been con-
siderable pressure mounted

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to have the Lynn Creek
watershed developed as a
major park since it was
abandoned as a source of
water for the District of
North Vancouver.

‘*] had just come on staff
(with the federation) when |
heard about the possibility
of the Upper Lynn becoming
a park,’’ Rutter says.
Because of the expertise the
federation has available, the
group moved quickly to
meet with the GVRD’s parks

branch to discuss the
possibilities.
‘““We’ve been working

closely with them ever since,
gathering information and
making recommendations,”’
Rutter says.

As well as the potential
for the major wilderness
park in the steep, wild areas
of the Upper Lynn, the area
being considered offers the
opportunity for a full range
of outdoor-related activities.

Possibilities discussed so
far range from a number of
day-use areas closer to the
urban area (at such places as
Rice Lake) to the possibility
of a dedicated trail bike
‘“tpark’’ on the north skope
of Mount Fromme. Says
Rutter, the possibilities are
endless.

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