Exciting news, hikers! The Camp Huissi KVR Work Camp Trail is now open! We’ve cleared the path and removed all obstacles for your hiking pleasure. They installed signs at both entrances to the Camp Huissi trail and deposited crush at the toe ends of trestles 1-9, ensuring a smooth and safe transition from the rail bed to the trestle deck. …
FOSS undertook a major upgrade to Race Classic in the summer of 2023 in order to facilitate access for FOSS crews and equipment to trails on the western side of Myra Bellevue Provincial Park. Previously, access had been difficult to impossible because of the trail configuration, making travel there dangerous for volunteer crews. The project initially involved modification to …
Wild Horse Canyon Trail (WHC Trail) had been neglected for years and was severely overgrown. With generous funding from PACE (Rene Unser) and the commitment from our FOSS Trail Maintenance crew, we decided to take on 17K of upgrade from Lakeshore Rd to Good Creek/Commando Bay. In Fall 2021, a proof-of-concept 4 day aggressive treatment of the trail was done, …
In 2021, FOSS applied for, and received, a grant for $10,000 from The Central Okanagan Foundation to upgrade Lost Lake Trail. The trail was overgrown, suffered from significant erosion, and had ongoing water issues. First, the trail was cleared and brushed to better define the trail itself. Approximately 4.5K of the trail was regraded by excavator to allow water to …
In 2017, 2 bridges in Priest Creek Linear Park became nonfunctional when the creek relocated during extensive flooding in the area. The bridges were high quality, backcountry bridges with 10 inch steel I-beam construction and were located in a cedar forest with 100 foot canopy. FOSS was contracted by BC Parks to relocate these bridges and work commenced in Spring …