The NCC website indicates that both P5 (penguin) and P15 (the snowshoe parking lot on the Cross Loop Road) are closed for the season.
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And the ‘hang glider’ parking lot… Is it closed forever? Tell us NCC, How might one reach the Shrine, Shrine boulders and Western cliffs?
I see in this document (circa Nov 2009 and presaging the Ecosystems Conservation Plan) “It is proposed that the parking lot and access pathway to the hang-gliding departure site be eliminated.”
Does anyone know which parking area, a 1-kilometre access pathway and a departure zone for the Hang Gliding they are referring to.
OOPs there – I’ll bet that it is the Mountain Road Parking lot at the 90 degree turn which gives access to the escarpment routes to Western Hut and the Champlain Lookout
Yep, that’s the one. One might now access the climbing areas from the Champlain lookout causing even greater damage to the fragile escarpment.(Find Turtle sky lake off of Champlain trail and follow Yellow dot trail down)
Normally, I’m ready to give the NCC the benefit of the doubt, but here the NCC gets failing grades for lack of transparency & planning.
The lot is assumed ‘closed’ , BTW, as the ditch culvert has been removed.