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Chairlift Saga -- continued from page 4 Investigators were never able to determine the fire's cause. Insurance paid only a small part of the $300,000 Hollyburn Aerial Trams had invested in the Hi-View Lodge and the chairlift. The financial backers were left with little money and broken dreams. For the next ten years, Hollyburners would have to use a network of rough roads and trails to get to and from the mountain. In the years immediately following the fire, the late 6os, those whose cars were not up to the challenge of the Hollyburn road could make the trip in Fred Burfield's bus from the the chairlift parking lot to the snow line. When Fred discontinued this service due to high costs and low revenue, a growing number of cabin owners began to acquire trucks to get to the Ridge. Motorcycles and an interesting assortment of off-road vehicles were also used to make the trip. As the Cypress Bowl Highway neared completion, it became the favoured route. In 1974, Hollyburners were able to drive along a wellmaintained, paved road to the top of the Ridge, together with thousands of curious Vancouverites. A good, four-season road to Hollyburn was finally open, but a way of life had been lost. the end all photos courtesy of Don Grant and the Hollyburn Heritage Society's archives And We Complain About Today's Road Construction .t ·· .--. -- - ) 1 i Road construction at Robson and Hornby in Vancouver `;_ in 1907 f ... ,- K `I · ,.. . .,. `· · · , · .,. -- ---- pages