Dear Editor:
Readers of (Walter) Cicha’s Friday (Aug. 21) letter re: gas pump stickers might be thinking that some further disaster in the ongoing destruction of West Van might be in the works: “…the trees being torn down on the slopes of Cypress Mountain to make room for more houses.”
What he was referring to was Hollyburn Ridge, which is the sight that greets us when we come back home over the Lions Gate Bridge — not quite as awful as Westwood Plateau visible from the Port Mann.
Cypress Mountain, as a geographical entity, lies in the Port Moody Forest District, about nine miles from West Van, as the crow flies.
“Cypress Mountain,” which appears so often in print is actually a commercial ski operation doing business in Cypress Provincial Park — the area including Cypress Bowl, and flanked by, west to east, Black, Strachan (pronounced Strawn) and Hollyburn mountains. One shock at a time, please.
Jas Derham-Reid
West Vancouver
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