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The Sea to Sky Corridor is threated everyday by earthquakes, debris flows, and volcanoes. These geographical factors must be respected as they threaten both the wildlife and human population of the area. Considering the growth in the area, more mitigation is needed to account for the geographical threats to the area. |
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The Sea to Sky corridor is known as a trecherous path form Vancouver to Whistler. It is notorious for sudden changes in weather that can come out of nowhere. The corridor is contained by steep mountain sides that can yeild mass mud flows after terrential rains and massive rock falls due to unstaible terrain. Because the corridor is only a few kilometers from the San Andreas fault, earthquakes also threaten the Sea to Sky corridor. Earthquakes of magnitude greater than 8 on the Richter Scale have been recorded within 200 kilometers of the corridor. Volcanoes such as Mt. Meager and Mt. Garibaldi also threaten the corridor as they could release toxic gas and spew lava flows if they were to erupt. |
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Sources Base Map: adapted from http://www.shim.bc.ca/atlases/Riversheds/riversheds_public.cfm Images: http://geoscape.nrcan.gc.ca |
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