Hanyar Howe Sound Crest

Hanyar Howe Sound Crest (wanda aka fi rage mata suna HSCT) tana da tsayin  tana da tsayin kilomita 20.4.  hanyar hawan daji da ke kusa da Vancouver, British Columbia, Kanada. Hanyar tana cikin Cypress Provincial Park kuma yawanci ana tafiya ne a matsayin tafiya ɗaya ko fiye da kwanaki daga kudu zuwa arewa, ko kuma a matsayin hanyar isa ga kololuwa a kan hanyar kamar Mount Brunswick . Tana samun sunanta ne saboda tana bin gindin tsaunukan North Shore waɗanda ke sama da Howe Sound, babban fjord mai zurfin ruwan gishiri wanda ke daidai da hanyar zuwa yamma. Ana iya isa gare ta a kudu daga Cypress Mountain Ski Area da kuma a arewa daga Sea zuwa Sky Highway a Porteau Road, ko ta hanyoyi da yawa da suka haɗu waɗanda suka fara a Lions Bay .

Ƙungiyoyin waje na gida kamar BCMC tare da haɗin gwiwar BC Parks ne ke kula da hanyar. 

Duk da ɗan gajeren nisan da yake da shi, ana samun kiraye-kiraye da dama na neman mutane da ceto a wannan hanyar da kuma ƙololuwar da ke kusa da ita kowace shekara. Akwai sassan da ke fuskantar hatsarin kamuwa da cutar, kuma raunuka da mutuwa ba sabon abu ba ne.      Yawanci ana tafiya tsakanin Yuli da Oktoba saboda yawan haɗarin zaftarewar ƙasa da kuma haɗarin da ke ƙaruwa a lokacin hunturu, wanda ke ci gaba har zuwa bazara.

 Bayanin hanya 
Hanya ta fara ne daga kudu a yankin Cypress Mountain na kankara tare da zaɓin hanyoyi biyu waɗanda duka suka hau gangaren yamma na Dutsen Strachan. HSCT East ta fi kai tsaye, amma HSCT West tana ba da zaɓi na juyawa zuwa Bowen Lookout kimanin  cikin hanyar. Duk hanyoyin biyu sun haɗu ne kawai bayan mahadar Bowen Lookout, suna bin hanyar tsakuwa mai kyau zuwa Strachan Meadows kafin su hau sama don isa ga Dutsen Saint Mark (  ), sanannen wuri ne ga masu yawon shakatawa na rana. Hanyar, wacce ba a sake kula da ita a hukumance ba bayan wannan lokacin, sai ta gangara da ƙarfi kafin ta hau dutsen da ba dole ba (  ) sannan su ratsa ƙasa mai duwatsu zuwa gindin West Lion . A wannan lokacin, hanyar ta fi ƙarfi da fasaha, sau da yawa tana kama da tafiya mai nisa fiye da tafiya mai faɗi da wurare da dama da aka haɗa da igiya ko sassan da aka haɗa da sarka. Bayan sun ratsa wani gangaren da aka fallasa a ƙarƙashin West Lion, hanyar ta hau kan Thomas Peak (  ) a cikin layin tsakanin Zakuna kafin su sauko filin talus zuwa Enchantment Pass. 'Yan kilomita masu zuwa za su biyo bayan ƙasa mai faɗi sama da ƙasa duka James Peak (  ) da kuma David Peak (  ) kafin a sauko daga Harvey Pass zuwa Magnesia Meadows, wani sanannen wurin sansani a bayan gari.  bi gangaren kudu da yamma na Dutsen Brunswick zuwa mafi tsayin wurin da ake bi a kan hanyar (  ), tare da zaɓin hawa  kololuwa, kafin saukowa daga Hat Pass zuwa mafakar gaggawa ta Brunswick da jerin tafkunan tsaunuka (Tafkin Brunswick, Tafkin Hanover, da Tafkin Deeks). Da isa ga logjam a ƙarshen arewa na Tafkin Deeks, tsawonsa ya kai  gangaren daji zuwa Babbar Hanya ta 99 a Porteau Cove.  

 Tarihi 
Hanyar Howe Sound Crest tana cikin yankunan gargajiya na mutanen Squamish da Tsleil-Waututh waɗanda galibi suna amfani da tsaunuka don farautar awakin dutse . An rubuta shaidar amfani da Al'ummai na Farko a kan hanyar, gami da tabo masu shekaru 350-400 da suka cire haushi a kan tsoffin bishiyoyin cedar masu launin rawaya a saman Tafkin Yew.  Zakuna, shahararrun kololuwar da ke kan hanyar, an san su da harshen Squamish a matsayin Ch'ich'iyúy Elxwíkn, ma'ana 'yan'uwa mata tagwaye, kuma sun sami hawan farko da aka sani ta hanyar ƙungiyar farauta wacce Babban Shugaban Squamish Joe Capilano ya jagoranta a 1889. 

An gina wata hanya daga Porteau Cove zuwa Deeks Lake a farkon karni na 20 don yin hidima ga madatsar ruwa ta ruwa wadda ke samar da wutar lantarki ga Porteau Cove. Daga baya an inganta wannan hanyar zuwa hanyar sare duwatsu a shekarun 1960. An ambaci hanyar hawa dutse daga Deeks Lake zuwa yankin Dutsen Brunswick tun daga shekarar 1928. Daliban UBC da membobin Varsity Outdoors Club ne suka kula da hanyar kudu daga Dutsen Cypress zuwa Lions, wacce aka fi sani da Skyline Ridge Trail, a shekarun 1960 da 1970. An ƙirƙiri Cypress Provincial Park a shekarar 1975 don kare yankin daga sare bishiyoyi masu tsabta . An faɗaɗa wurin shakatawa a arewa tare da abin da yanzu ake kira Howe Sound Crest Trail zuwa Deeks Lake a shekarar 1982. Tallafin gwamnatin tarayya ya shafe hanyar a shekarar 1983 daga Deeks Lake zuwa Harvey, da kuma daga Harvey zuwa Lions a ƙarshen shekarun 1980. 

Tashar arewa ta hanyar da ke tsakanin Porteau Cove da Deeks Lake ba ta cikin wurin shakatawa na lardin ba, amma tana kan ƙasar BC Rail ce, wani kamfani mai suna Crown Corporation . A shekara ta 2001, an mayar da wannan fili zuwa Squamish Nation . Akwai shirye-shiryen haɓaka ƙasar zuwa garin gidaje 1,400 waɗanda ba su taɓa cimma nasara ba. A shekara ta 2017, kamfanin haɓaka ƙasa Concord Pacific ya mallaki ƙasar. A shekara ta 2018, wani wurin hakar ma'adinai a Kallanhe Creek ya toshe hanyar da ke zuwa Deeks Lake kuma dole ne a sake hanyar da ke kan Bertram Creek don kiyaye hanyoyin shiga. "Park History". Friends of Cypress Provincial Park. Retrieved April 28, 2023.

Kungiyoyin 'yan kasuwa na waje sun soki mai kula da wurin shakatawa na Cypress Mountain da takaita hanyoyin shiga wuraren shakatawa na lokacin hunturu kamar hanyar Howe Sound Crest Trail wadda ke ratsawa ta yankin kankara. 

 Fadada Nan Gaba 
Akwai dogon burin ƙungiyoyin waje na gida kamar BCMC su faɗaɗa hanyar zuwa arewa zuwa Squamish, British Columbia. An riga an yi aikin hanya mai zurfi don haɗa hanyoyin a Shannon Creek da Sea zuwa Sky Gondola zuwa Mountain Lake kusa da ƙungiyar Sky Pilot wacce a halin yanzu ake shiga daga Furry Creek Forest Service Road.  Ayyukan nan gaba za su haɗa hanyar Howe Sound Crest Trail da ke akwai daga Deeks Lake da kuma kusa da Deeks Peak zuwa Furry Creek FSR, kodayake babu wani aiki na hukuma da aka fara.

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