Name: St. Mark's Summit, Date Changed
Start: 2025-11-29T09:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-29T15:00:00-08:00
Location: Cypress Mountain, Parking Lot

**About the Hike:**
**St. Marks’s Summit Cypress, Micro Spikes**
**This is a moderately challenging intermediate hike (2.9 Difficulty)**
Cypress Provincial Park
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/st-marks-summit-trail

Hiking boots and micro spikes are mandatory for this steep trail. Bring at least 2L of fluids to drink. Dress in layers. Bring food, hiking essentials, and your smile.

*\*Before pressing attend please be certain you'll attend. In the case of 3 "No-Shows" or 3 "Not Going", attendees may be removed from the group. For the same reason, please exercise common sense and common courtesy when using Event Chat.*

*\*If you are on the wait list and are not confirmed, please do not attend. We limit group size for some hikes for safety and logistical reasons.*

**Difficulty, Distance, and Elevation:**
This is an intermediate hike: 10.9 km round trip, and 598 m elevation gain, with some steep sections and loose surface to the top. You may be exposed to the elements with little to no cover.

**Meeting At:** Meetup 9 am at the main Lodge, by the ticket selling booth, at Cypress mountain, to get your free BAC-access tag
**Parking:** Cypress Parking Lot.
**Transit Access:** N/A. You are to arrange your own carpool.
Please bring extra footwear, in case of crossing muddy sections, as a courtesy to the driver.
Carpool Fee: Please pay your driver standard fee of $8.00 per hour driving fee.
Car pool List:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mFHWH5W1TwwJUOa_ZRwqE9T4HBgU9CVH4kYDOmaLvhA/edit?gid=0#gid=0

**Recommended Hiking Clothing, Footwear and Gear:**

1. Hiking Boots and Micro Spikes
2. Small Daypack or Hiking backpack + 2 Bottles of Water (1 Liter, or more if needed) + Lunch + Snacks
3. Sweater or a Hoodie
4. Sunglasses and a Hat, Sunscreen if required (all optional)
5. Light Jacket (optional)
6. Rain Jacket (optional: if the sky is overcast or raining)
7.

**LEGAL INFORMATION, LIABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:**
We are a group of volunteers. We are NOT a professional organization or pro trail guides and/or pro event organizers. We will however, look out for each other. The organizer and any/all assistant organizers and other attendees are in no way responsible and liable for your personal safety and health state, before, during and at anytime after this event. Risks of attending hiking events include, but are not limited to: getting lost; slipping and falling; snow and ice; extreme cold; extreme heat; dangerous animals; falling trees or brush; falling rocks or landslides; flooding; bridge failure; and falling in fast moving water.
As a condition of your participation in the event, you assume all risk of personal injury, death or property loss resulting from any cause whatsoever including NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF ANY DUTY OF CARE ON THE PART OF THE HOST. You agree that the host shall not be liable for any personal injury, death or property loss and release the host from all liability and waive all claims with respect thereto.
Negligence includes failure on the part of the host to take reasonable steps to safeguard or protect you from or warn you of the risks, dangers and hazards referred to above. You assume all cost of your own rescue or evacuation.
By RSVP'ing "Yes", for this event, you acknowledge that you fully understand and accept the aforementioned conditions and following event attendance conditions and, you are solely responsible for your own health, safety and well-being before, during and at anytime after the event as stated previously.
All attendees shall forever hold harmless the organizers and other attendees and unconditionally waive any liabilities resulting from attending and/or participating in this event.

Alan Rezazadeh

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