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This page has important travel and safety information and current bulletins. Please read if you are a new visitor to Tetrahedron Provincial Park, especially when there's snow on the ground.
Want to know what conditions are like in Tetrahedron Park or on the access road (Sechelt-Gray FSR), or if folks are planning overnight stays in the cabins? There is a Facebook Page and a Facebook Group. The club is encouraging Tetrahedron Park users to visit and/or join the Facebook Group (you don't have to be a TOC member and it's a public group so you can see the postings without joining) and this is where the most current info can be found. By joining the FB group you can easily share or ask for info, post photos, communicate with the group or specific members, post outdoor gear for sale, propose trips or events. Current Bulletins about the Park, Road, Trails, or Cabins
***PLOWING OF PARK ACCESS ROAD*** The Tetrahedron Outdoor Club and the volunteer road plower are asking people who use the Tetrahedron Park access road (Sechelt-Gray FSR), especially the plowed section, to please use chains on the way up.
Also, the road may not be plowed for your return trip, so if you intend to travel to the Park you should be prepared to dig yourself out of your parking space and make your way safely down an UNPLOWED road. If you get stuck there is NO CELL COVERAGE anywhere near the parking lot. ***DRIVING TO AND PARKING AT THE LOT OR ON THE ROAD***
Check links above for current information about the road. Steele Creek (past Edwards on the way to Steele or McNair cabins) is without a bridge but is usually crossable in the winter. The Chapman Creek bridge (Edwards Cabin to McNair cabin) is damaged but can be crossed with care. TRAVEL SAFETY, CONDITIONS, WEATHER
IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN TETRAHEDRON PROVINCIAL PARK YOU SHOULD CARRY A GOOD MAP OF THE AREA, which can be found on the maps page of this website.
THERE IS NO RELIABLE CELL PHONE SERVICE IN TETRAHEDRON PROVINCIAL PARK. There is unreliable service at and above Mt. Steele cabin, and service near the bottom of Sechelt-Gray FSR. Helicopter rescue to this area is highly dependent on weather and visibility. Any emergency rescue would mostly likely be a GROUND RESCUE by volunteers of Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue and MANY hours away. YES! AVALANCHE HAZARDS EXIST IN TETRAHEDRON PROVINCIAL PARK! IF YOU INTEND TO TRAVEL TO EDWARDS OR MT. STEELE CABINS you should know what the current avalanche conditions are and make appropriate decisions. For current avalanche info go to the Canadian Avalanche Association's website and consult both the South Coast and Sea-to-Sky bulletins.
For likely freezing levels, snow, rain, and general conditions forecasts at similar elevations check out the Cypress Mountain 6-day Forecast and the Grouse Mountain webcam (at around 1000m):
WINTER ACCESS TO TETRAHEDRON PROVINCIAL PARK A generous volunteer plows the road when time and conditions permit. Sechelt-Gray FSR is a gravel Forest Service Road, 11 km long and climbing to ~2500 ft (800m) from sea-level. In the winter IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOUR VEHICLE HAS 4WD, OR IS A HIGHER-CLEARANCE AWD, AND YOU HAVE CHAINS AND KNOW HOW TO USE THEM. A SHOVEL COULD ALSO BE CRITICAL. The road is often icy and rutted, and is narrow and steep in places. What looks like a shoulder may just be a ditch filled with snow. GENERAL INFO ABOUT THE PARK AND LINKS TO GPS DATA BC Parks website Maps page |
Fundraising
The Tetrahedron Outdoor Club presents an annual screening of the Best of the Banff Mountain Film Festival in November as the main club fundraiser. A huge THANK YOU to this year's local sponsors!! Alpha Adventures Outdoor Adventure Store Coast Reporter Coast TV Experienced Equipment Gibsons Building Supplies Haley GM HollisWealth IGA Marketplace (Gibsons & Sechelt) PaceSetter Athletic Sunshine Coast Community Forest Sunshine Coast Credit Union SCRD Sustainability Services Sunshine Kayaking Trail Bay Source for Sports The Hangar Climbing Lounge Tetrahedron Outdoor Club Thanks the SCRD, Town of Gibson, and the SIGD for Road Maintenance Funding
The TOC acknowledges and appreciates the funding grants received in 2015 from the Sunshine Coast Regional District, Town of Gibsons, and Sechelt Indian Government District, which allowed us to carry out road maintenance on the Sechelt-Gray Forest Service Road. Funding is used for road grading, brushing, and other maintenance work to continue to provide safe access to Mount Richardson and Tetrahedron Provincial Park. (These grants are not used for snow ploughing, or for work within the Park.) Who We Are...The club came into existence in the early 1970's, originally as The Tetrahedron Ski Club. The founding members were mostly employees of Howe Sound Pulp and Paper and began skiing the freshly logged slopes near the mill and later on Mt. Elphinstone. Four log cabins and a network of trails in what eventually would become Tetrahedron Provincial Park were built by mostly volunteer labour in 1987 through a partnership that included the club, local forest industry, and the Ministry of Forests. Today, the club continues to maintain the cabins and trails under a stewardship agreement with BC Parks. The generous work of countless volunteers allows the public to enjoy the vast playground of the Tetrahedron.
Club ExecutivePresident:
Directors: Marilyn Downey Danny Fleischhacker Michel Frenette George Smith Phil Gaulin Gerry Marcotte Bryce Rudland Jay Caple-Frenette Administrator: Natasha Gellatly Cabin Stewards
Batchelor Cabin - Gerry and Ellen Marcotte
Edwards Cabin - Victor Bonaguro and George Smith Mt. Steele Cabin - Sam Preston and Bryce Rudland McNair Cabin - Danny Fleischhacker, Melissa Rayfield, Steve Brewis All executive members, cabin stewards, and the administrator can be reached via email. |