Special Features - Chilliwack Outdoors and Recreation 2016

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Taking aim at a little outdoor fun

at Sniperz Paintball

“Better take cover big fella!”A man in blue overalls receives this sage advice from Kevin Mulrooney as he lum-bers across the Sniperz Paintball field, and pays the price for ignoring it. Moments

later he is seen walking off the course, hands in the air and paint splatter on his arm.

The game continues, with Mulrooney standing in the very middle of the field.

Depending on your generation, he is either Yoda, Mr. Miyagi or Sensei Woo. He is the zen-like master of these eight acres just off of Chilliwack Lake Road on the backside of Promontory. Where

a curious onlooker sees only chaos — young men darting from here to there, seeking shelter from doz-ens of paintballs that whiz by their heads — Mulrooney sees order.

In his mind, he’s breaking down this game like a Grandmaster might analyze chess.

The group on the field, from a local trade school, is starting the ‘Elk Game,’ where one group will try to reach a cut-out of a deer at one end of the field while another group, entrenched in a base, defends the location.

“So guys, remember for this one that you really want to get to the flanks,” he says, stopping to dispense more advice. “There’s a big cedar tree up there, so whoever has wheels, get right up to the pink line so they don’t come around behind

you. Try and get into these first buildings and cover the right side. It’s not a lot of fun if they get behind you.”

The group is playing on the ‘City’ field.

Once the action starts, masks peer out from openings in the shed-like structures that dot the landscape. One player takes cover behind the hollowed out shell of a small aircraft. Another creeps along bush-line, head on a swivel.

Within seconds, the pop-pop-pop of the paintball guns breaks the silence.

The fella on the bush-line is easy pickings. Too exposed, he’s eating paint (not literally, they have masks) within seconds.

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“Staying under cover is a big part of the game, and this young man over here has the right idea because he isn’t standing wide open shooting at the bad guys,” Mulrooney says, pointing at a player tucked in behind a sheet of plywood. “If you get hit, you shouldn’t get hit on your butt on your back. You should get hit on your mask or your gun or your hands, because that’s all that should be exposed. If you do it right, the chances of getting hit are considerably less.”

Mulrooney comes back to a chess-board analogy as he watches the match unfold.

One team methodically dissects the other team, and Mulrooney diagnoses their problem.

“The calm person who looks at the game like a chessboard will usually be successful,” he says, drawing on 30-plus years of paintball experience. “If you calmly make your moves and think about them before you make them, you’ll usually be more success-ful.”

“Working together is essential,” he adds. “If I face a group of players who are playing together as a unit, I’m not going to beat them. But if they’re separate, that’s different.”

Because paintball relies so heavily on teamwork, it’s a natural draw as a team-building exercise.

Chilliwack Chiefs head coach Jason

Tatarnic had his Chilliwack Chiefs out last month.

“In 21 years here we’ve had school groups and youth groups,” says Mulrooney, whose business operates on land provided by the Soowahlie First Nation. “We’ve had police and military groups and we also have some very good com-petitive paintball players and teams who’ve come out of Chilliwack.”

Sniperz Paintball has several courses to tackle, including a com-petitive course and a ‘Trench’ course.

“The Trench course is on the hill at the back and it’s always fun for the birthday person or the man who’s get-ting married to be hunted on the hill,” Mulrooney laughs. “Friends like to hunt friends, sometimes, for special occasions.”

Kids 10 and up can play.

The Sniperz Paintball guns are adjustable, and Mulrooney will reduce the velocity of the rounds for the young ones.

The children can play purely for fun, or pursue the competitive path.

Sniperz Paintball is part of the United Paintball League and Mulrooney has allied with Langley’s Panther Paintball to promote the Fraser Valley Paintball League.

“There are a couple teams in Canada who are professional, includ-ing the Edmonton Impact,” he says.

“They were the first team in Canada to win the World Cup of Paintball, and I feel honoured that a few of the players on that roster grew up at Sniperz.”

“Chilliwack is known to produce excellent paintball players and people talk about something special in the air or water out here.”

Among the notable names Sniperz has sent on to big things, represent-ing a fraction of the overall list; Johnny Thompson, Alex Stixma, Kyle Koslowski, Owen Bowman, Samuel

Neve, Sheldon Hemingway and Brad McGimpsey.

Mulrooney himself has been a provincial champion in the past and spent last weekend in Edmonton. He lent his talents to the Vancouver Island Supernaturals, helping them to a third place finish, out of 42 teams, at the Canadian National Speedball Championships.

Young children trying the sport for the first time now may one day be the next wave of elite talent flowing into the pro and semi-pro ranks.

“It’s a really good sport for kids, a good hobby who keeps them occupied and off the street,” Mulrooney says with a smile. “It’s competitive and fun and you never know who’s going to be real good at it.”

“The smallest little girl can be the sniper in paintball.”

Book an event or get more Sniperz Paintball info by calling 604-792-8799 and find several videos online by searching Sniperz Paintball on YouTube.

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The mid-morning view looking left from the top of Salmon Ridge. ERIC WELSH/ PROGRESS

Eric WelshThe Progress

A five minute walk from just about any spot in Promontory gives you access to a sneaky-good set of trails.

Well-maintained and easily identifiable, some of the them are only a couple hundred yards long, accessible from one street and coming out on another.

But for the dog walker looking to explore, there are longer trails that are worth a look.

The Bridlewood Trail starts at Teskey Road, and from there you can take several forks lead-ing to several different destinations.

The main path covers 1.3 kilometres and 110 metres of elevation, leading down to Chilliwack Lake Road.

Turn left at the bottom, walk another kilome-tre or so and find yourself at Sniperz Paintball (see related story p21). Go right and you’re not far off from the Cultus Lake Bridge and the start of the Rotary Trail.

Another fork takes you to Salmon Ridge (see photo above) where the reward is a breathtak-ing view of misty snow-dusted peaks and the Chilliwack-Vedder River, with Chilliwack Lake Road snaking off into the distance.

The end is challenging, with a steep set of stairs leading to an exit at Tournier Place. This trail is 1.2 kilometres long and listed as mod-erate difficulty with an elevation gain of 100 metres.

A full map of Promontory trails can be found at chilliwack.ca under the Parks, Recreation and Culture tab.

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Take a walk on the wild side


Jessica PetersThe Progress

These days, it’s the smallest screens that are capturing the biggest picture.

Images of Chilliwack’s gorgeous lakes, trails, hillsides, waterfalls and even caves have been captured by the most adventurous among us, and shared on social media for all to see.

The constant stream of beautiful photographs on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube seemed to have replaced those old-fashioned slide-show gatherings of yesteryear. The images are easily accessible, fun to share, and inspiring for all.

It’s a new way of communicating that Tourism Chilliwack has mastered, in their efforts to showcase this area to outside visitors. And they’re hoping more residents will get on board with a popular hashtag, #sharechilliwack.

“Just over a year ago, we launched our #sharechilliwack campaign as a way to engage our community in sharing what they love most about Chilliwack with their friends, families and followers on social media,” says Vanessa Oddy, destination marketing manager. “We understand that people trust the opinions of their peers. The

#sharechilliwack cam-paign allowed us to tap into the power of conver-sation and build real con-nections with real people about our amazing commu-nity through experiences.”

So if you search your social media for that hashtag, you’ll find more than 10,000 images in Instagram alone. Some were taken by professionals, others are from new pho-tographers learning how to document their adventures online. It all combines to give potential visitors more eye candy than could ever fit on a standard website or within the pages of a traditional tourism pub-lication.

The online campaign has been a success for Tourism Chilliwack and also for the community as a whole.

“Tourism Chilliwack’s #sharechilli-wack campaign has been hugely impactful in showcasing the best of what our community has to offer from many different angles and lenses,” Oddy says. “Social media does not only help draw people to our commu-

nity but helps keep people here longer through showcasing a diversity of experiences.”

And when tourists stay longer, busi-nesses benefit. The government has seen the value in destination market-ing, too.

“Tourism Chilliwack is working in partnership with many other commu-nities to leverage our marketing bud-get, by applying for Destination BC’s cooperative marketing fund,” Oddy

says. “In 2015, Tourism Chilliwack was able to leverage $34,000 into $400,000 worth of marketing cam-paigns to help promote Chilliwack and the diversity of experiences it has to offer.”

But they haven’t thrown out traditional means of marketing, either. They’ll be at the Vancouver Outdoor Show in March, presenting Chilliwack as a great place not only to visit, but to hike, bike and even fly.

For Oddy, an avid hiker and a trails builder and advocate, getting up into the air is something she has yet to try out.

“I have never tried paragliding,” she says. “It is something that intrigues me, especially after seeing the foot-age from our recent #sharechilliwack video! Although I have a slight fear of “the edge” and taking that final leap of faith, I think I would enjoy the bird’s eye view.”

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Michael Woods began mountain bik-ing as a teenager. Through 20 years of starting a family and building a career, he never grew tired of two-wheeled transportation.

But these days, he prefers to pedal on the pavement.

“Road cycling is a more efficient use of your time,” he said. “You can ride to work in the morning and go for a long ride after work, and still be home for dinner.”

“And it’s solid riding.”

He still hits the rougher trail terrain with his kids on camping trips, but long road rides prepare him for the endurance based cycling events like the Ride to Conquer Cancer (200 km), and the Gran Fondos (>122 km) across the province.

As Woods cycled around the streets of Chilliwack for transportation, training or recreation, he’d frequently see other men and women enjoying an afternoon or weekend ride, but they were always on their own.

“There weren’t any structured, orga-nized clubs out there,” Woods said. Groups of friends might ride together for a day, but there wasn’t a formal club with a greater goal in place.

In the summer of 2014, Woods decid-ed to take it upon himself to change that.

He talked to some local bike shops for ideas, scrambled some sponsors togeth-er, registered through Cycling B.C., and

started spreading the word about the newly founded Odlum Brown Cycling Club.

The club’s membership con-tinues to grow year to year as more people get into gear.

Scheduled Odlum Brown Cycling Club rides begin in March (running Thursdays and Saturdays) and continue through the fall. The rides are less frequent and weather-dependent during the darker, winter months.

The enjoyment you get out of every ride depends on what you put into it, but there are a few factors that make for smooth cycling.

Woods says he’s always look-ing for different scenery, whether its a new farm country road, or simply taking a familiar route and riding it backwards.

Riders always have fun when there’s a challenge. Like trying to “hold the wheel,” meaning keep up with, the fast-est rider in the group, or pushing your limits to beat a personal best ascending a steep hill.

But casual rides are great too, Woods said. Particularly on the weekends, there’s a great chance to have a good chat with the rider next to you as the group strolls around a lake.

“Road cycling is very much a team sport,” Woods explained. The riders in the front of the pack “break wind,”

meaning that they work 30 per cent harder than those who are just inches behind them.

On club rides, cyclists will rotate posi-tions every few minutes. “It means that everyone stays strong, and everyone stays fresh,” Woods explained.

“We’re a supportive, diverse group of riders,” he pointed out. “We welcome everybody with open arms.”

The diversity of gender, age and skill level is all part of the fun. In fact, “our fastest rider is in his mid 50s,” Woods laughed.

When a new member joins the club,

existing members help them to feel comfortable and confident on the ride, and they’ll do what’s necessary to ensure no one gets “dropped,” meaning left behind.

The club will continue to grow this summer as more members of the Chilliwack community get hooked on the joys of cycling.

“Riding out there in the fresh air, it’s a great way to clear your head,” Woods said. When you’re determined to finish a 50 km ride in a set period of time, or to beat your personal best up to the Ryder Lake fire hall, you’re not worry-ing about the stresses of work.

Plus, the long rides are a great way to improve your physical fitness and get to know like-minded people.

Odlum Brown cyclists keep track of their rides on Strava.com.

Visit obcyclingclub.ca to learn more about the club or to become a member.

More cycling opportunities

Additional cycling clubs nearby include the Fraser Valley Road Cycling Club (fraservalleyroadcycling.com) and leisurely, destination or multi-day group rides are also scheduled through the Chilliwack Outdoor Club (chilliwack-outdoorclub.com).

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New work along the Vedder Trail west of Lickman road is the latest evidence ofongoing trail improvements in Chilliwack. GREG KNILL/ PROGRESS

Jennifer FeinbergThe Progress

Ask anyone the secret of Chilliwack’s quality of life and many will point to the spec-tacular walking trails.

City of Chilliwack is forging ahead with the development of a Trail Network Plan, a comprehensive guide to the citywide network of trails.

It’s currently in draft form, but the plan is expected to come before council shortly, before heading to public hear-ing.

As the community grows, so does the demand for recre-ational amenities, especially non-motorized trails that con-nect people to public places, and even link up with regional trail systems.

“I think our values are changing as a society,” said Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz. “We relish the opportu-nities to get out and experience nature. We’ve also come to realize how important it is to our well being.”

The Trail Network Plan or TNP was devised as a supplement to the 2016 Green Space Plan, one of the strate-gies highlighted in the 2040 Official Community Plan, with a vision of greener communi-ties with green connections, called “greenways.”

The aim of the TNP is two-fold: interconnect the existing trails, and acquire new ones to expand the network of trails and fill in the gaps.

“For example we want to loop the Vedder Rotary trail. We want to complete the south side trail and loop it onto and over the bridge,” said the mayor.

There are challenges in some cases, like dealing with private land ownership, or working with DFO.

And sometimes Chilliwack has to squirrel funds away to complete property acquisi-tions.

But there’s no doubt, in terms of outdoor recreation, that walking in particular in Chilliwack has become the most popular form of exer-cise, especially for mental and physical relaxation.

City parks and trails are the most widely used recreational features, part of both the urban and rural landscapes of the community.

There are 85 km of main-tained trails and pathways around the city, and about 100 km if you include the local dikes.

The upsurge in interest reflects society’s concern for the environment.

“It’s about having respect for the earth and our souls,” said Gaetz. “Do you think this would have happened 20 years ago? I don’t think so.”

It helps substantially that volunteers are coming forward from the community to help create, brush out and build new trails.

“We’re seeing a whole new movement in that direc-tion, with groups like the Chilliwack Park Society.”

It’s usually people who hike on a regular basis, love the outdoors, and want to help add to the existing trail network.

“They are the ones that say, give me a shovel or a rake. Let’s move some logs. This is something new in our com-munity, with buy-in and tak-ing ownership of recreational amenities in an organized way. People see the value and they’re starting to engage.”

There are trail creation partnerships with groups like Rotary, which have been involved in projects like the Vedder Rotary Trail,

Peach Creek, Browne Creek Wetlands and the Hope River Trail.

New segments of trails, to add to the network, will be accomplished through the land development process and by way of new land and right-of-way acquisitions, according to the staff report.

The Fraser Valley Regional District is engaged in similar process creating an Outdoor Recreation Master Plan.

“We wanted to look at the whole picture, and see if there were any easy wins,” said Gaetz. “Where were the exist-ing trails that could be con-nected, and we started to work on that with Experience the Fraser.”

It’s been identified as a strategic priority to inventory and promote the recreational opportunities within the FVRD for the master plan.

“Mainly we’ll act as facili-tators, because most of the land we don’t own. Often it’s Crown land.”

A consultant will ID partner-ships with existing outdoor recreational users, organiza-tions and businesses; develop an inventory of recreation amenities with potential improvements and future opportunities and create a prioritization of potential projects.

“The focus of the Plan is to provide a cohesive region-wide inventory of users, businesses, organizations, amenities and opportunities,” according to FVRD docu-ments.

It’s a timely idea.

“It’s just time. People have a need for green space,” said Gaetz. “We ache to get out in nature and it restores us. We are so blessed in this region to be surrounded by mountains and lakes and rivers.”

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The 6th Chilliwack Scouts are holding a Family Day Pancake Breakfast from 9 a.m. til 12:00 noon at the United Church Hall (45835 Spadina Ave). Breakfast is $5 per per-son. Proceeds support Scouting adventures for 6th Chilliwack Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers (youth ages 5-18).The hall entrance is off Yale.

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Day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cheam Leisure Centre (45501 Market Way) and the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre (9145 Corbould St). There will be free swim, fam-ily zumba class, dodgeball and kickball, roller skating, scavenger hunts and more. For the schedule, visit them on Facebook or call 604-824-0231 (Cheam) or 604-793-7946 (Chilliwack).

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