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Malamute

Submitted By: Blitzo on Oct 22, 2006
Administrator: Peter Spindloe
Latitude: 49.6839  Longitude: -123.1552 
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Caboose.
Photo by Blitzo.


Description 

This cliff is along the train track, south of the Logging, Maintenance Yard.
"Clean Crack" and "Caboose" are two of the classics here.


Getting There 

Park at Apron Parking, cross the highway. Walk through the yard (Private property) to the railroad tracks. Follow these south to the cliff.



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Caboose.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

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The logged area on the Malamute, looking south from where the old trail meets the new cut.

The logged area on the Malamute, looking south fro...

The trail is gone, but you can cross the cut entirely on fallen logs.

The trail is gone, but you can cross the cut entir...

This is the final log in the "new" trail that doesn't touch the ground once.

This is the final log in the "new" trail that does...

We crossed the logged area on the Malamute to scope the scale of the damage. This photo is looking back at what we crossed by walking along criss-crossed logs.

We crossed the logged area on the Malamute to scop...


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By Peter Spindloe
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From: North Vancouver, BC
Apr 15, 2007

Everybody: Please read the note about access issues. Also, please note that the more standard approach is to park at the Grand Wall parking lot, cross the road and take the trail over the top of the Malamute. However, just a few weeks ago (March, 2007) much of the top of the Malamute was logged! It's quite a sad sight. More details on this later. I don't have any current information about access to the top of the Malamute in light of this.

By ScottH
Sep 6, 2007

As of 9/1/07, the majority of felled trees have been cleared from the top of the Malamute. It is straightforward to hike through the clear cut using the trail that begins from the parking lot at the chief. For updates on access at the Malamute, refer to this page maintained by the Squamish Access Society:

http://www.squamishaccess.ca/News/Malamute.html

The logging was illegal and will carry a fine of $1,000-$10,000 per tree. At 1,400+ trees, that adds up pretty quick.