Scaling New Heights
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NTS Whistler 92 J 2
Has anybody noticed that on this map the Wedgemount Lake trail is not marked. Is there a reason for this?
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High on the Mountain Top
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Interest: Mountain biking, hiking, nature photography, astronomy, music...
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The last time the NTS maps were updated was in the 80s. Perhaps that's the reason. If the map datum is NAD27, the publication date is probably 1970's or earlier. If the trail is not visible on the aerial photos that the maps were created from, it wont be on the more recent government maps either.
High on the Mountain Top
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Interest: Mountaineering, Backcountry Skiing, Hiking, Rock Climbing, Photography
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In general, no hiking trails at all are marked on NTS maps.
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Scaling New Heights
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Ive got mostly NTS maps and there are load of trails marked...My map says its current to 1989. Guess they just missed the trail...
High on the Mountain Top
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Westminster, BC, Canada.
Posts: 1,375
Trails or logging roads?
Anyway, a very small percentage (if any) of trails I hike on are actually shown on the NTS maps.
Anyway, a very small percentage (if any) of trails I hike on are actually shown on the NTS maps.
Off the Beaten Path
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Van, bc, Canada.
Interest: hiking, scrambling, biking, running, swimming, snowshoeing, snowboarding, x-country & backcountry skiing,
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ditto what the rest are saying. i think my Manning Park map is the only govnt map that has trails on it.
Super Moderator
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Maybe federal trails, like the popular ones in Banff.
Summit Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Winnemucca, NV
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most trails are not on the maps. at least the do show the logging roads to get to the trails, although with the age of the maps, even that is highly outdated, but between those maps and the wiki/ 103 hikes/ trip reports/ backroads mapbook/ whatever other guidebooks you use, it all comes together nicely
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