- Trail:
- Bottletop (Mount Seymour)
- Status:
- Closed / Red
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Issue status:
- Condition:
- Variable - some wet spots, or some dusty spots but overall good conditions
- Reporter Primary Activity:
- Mountain Bike
Description:
bottom of Bottletop is currently closed due to a land slide
The Twin Bridges bridge has been removed. There are no short term and probably no long term options for a new major crossing at this location. Bridges are expensive, the area is unstable and this is simply not important in the big picture.
The Fisherman's Trail will be decommissioned between Twin Bridges and Mystery Creek Trail. There are many trees along the edge of the trail that are currently underwater and many are already falling down due to erosion of the new, higher river bank. As the trees and their soil securing root systems fall, they will take Fisherman's Trail with them. Metro Vancouver is being proactive to decommission the trail for public safety and liability considerations.
Even though it has been signed, flagged, and taped off, people are removing the tape and riding Bottle Top. By riding the trail you are risking having the trail permanently closed by Metro Vancouver, Do you want Bottle Top to be permanently closed? I don't.
If people stay off this closed trail, then there may be an opportunity to work with the NSMBA and Metro Vancouver to reroute the bottom section of the trail to meet up with the Mystery Creek trail at Fisherman's, which will remain open.
Bottom line: Don't ride Bottle Top, or we will loose it permanently.