The Corridor Trail is an environmentally friendly, non-motorized path that links our villages to school, shopping and sport centres. It also provides access to our vast network of trails. Trail number 1 is paved from the Blind Channel bridge to Harris Road. Since the part from Garibaldi Way to Harris Road was completed in February, only that section north to Depot Road remains to be completed 鈥渋n the near future,鈥� according to municipal notices.聽
The Corridor Trail is our municipal contribution to the Sea to Sky Trail from Nexen Beach to D鈥橝rcy. This popular project has seen intermittent progress since its creation in 2005. Political will and constrained community budgets have led to interrupted growth. Increased tourism levels are providing impetus for finishing the sections north of Squamish. The Sea to Sky Trail was added to the Trans Canada trail system in 2009. Corridor Trail is open year-round but only cleared of snow in the busy urban section from Cleveland Avenue to Harris Road. Accessibility for wheelchairs, strollers and prams is a high priority 鈥� no more putting your life on the line by riding along the edge of overly busy Highway 99.
Trail # 111, the Rose Park connector, is the safe link along the western shore of the Mamquam Blind Channel from the highway bridge to the Loggers Lane trails just north of the Squamish Adventure Centre.聽
The heritage of the Corridor Trail goes back thousands of years to the trade routes of the Squamish Nation. Their trade in mountain goat wool and obsidian blades with interior nations was an important source of revenue.聽
The 小蓝视频/federal Gas Tax Fund is specifically designed to fund projects that deliver 鈥渃leaner air, cleaner water and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.鈥� Each year the $22-billion fund makes distributions of cash to selected community projects. Squamish has received funds in 2009, 2012 and 2016 to pave and improve the Corridor Trail. This year鈥檚 funding will go to reducing the flatulence from our municipal sewage treatment plant 鈥� a long-simmering sufferance for many 鈥� but it is planned that future distributions from this fund will be for completing the pavement, improving lighting, adding shelters and placing bike racks along this important commuter trail. These improvements for non-motorized commuting will ease traffic congestion and slowly improve our quality of life. Towns experiencing population growth need to minimize the resulting increase in motorized transportation.聽
Having a well maintained central link like the Corridor Trail is crucial to the long-term success of all trails. Trail maintenance is done by the municipal parks crew and the Brush Back Brigade of the Squamish Trails Society. The brigade, which is small in numbers but active in years, is hard-pressed to keep ahead of the maintenance required by the increasing use of our trails. More volunteers would be appreciated. Trail stewardship develops a personal connection to the land and also helps reduce the tax burden. For info visit twww.squamishtrails.ca/volunteers/brushback.
Corridor Trail
The Corridor Trail is #1 on the municipal list of trails. It is our main commuter link for non-motorized traffic and our contribution to the Sea to Sky Trail. Our 10 kilometres runs from the Stawamus Chief apron to, eventually, Depot Road, mostly alongside Highway 99 and Loggers Lane.聽
Trailhead: At Stawamus Chief parking lot off Highway 99.聽
Use: Paved commuter multi-use, non-motorized.聽
Difficulty: Easy/green.
Elevation: 10 m up to 140 m at Depot Road.聽
Etiquette: Stay on the right, pass on the left.
