The old Elphinstone Ski Club cabin is still found on Elphinstone Ridge.
Easily Accessible Recreation
Skiing
- The Tetrahedron Ski & Outdoor Club was formerly the Elphinstone Ski Club.
- Their early activities centered around an A-frame cabin on Elphinstone Ridge.
- Elphinstone ridge and peak often keep their snow cover until June.
- The terrain provides skiing and snowshoeing from beginning to advanced levels in a very small area.
- Elphnstone Ridge affords excellent views up and down Georgia Strait and across Dakota Bowl into the back country.
- Easy road access makes Elphinstone a good destination for a family outing.
Walking
- The efforts of Fred Inglis and the Gibsons Landing Heritage Society have resulted in the preservation of historic trails in the forest above Gibsons and the community of Elphinstone. Walkers can enjoy the beauty of Langdale Falls or view the remains of abandoned logging camps.
- Further to the west, a network of trails and old skidder trails gives access to ravines, late-succession plants and mushrooms, and spectacular survivors of Douglas-fir old growth.
- The trails at lower elevations are snow-free for most of the year.
- Forest Walkers arrange monthly excursions into Elphinstone Forest.
Mountain Biking
- There has been an explosion of mountain bike activity on Elphinstone in the past few years.
- A series of mountain bike trails for children has been developed north of Gibsons.
- Elphinstone is becoming a destination for cyclists from off the Sunshine Coast, due to its accessibility and the well-developed network of trails.
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