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on their stove into which they poured endless gallons of water and pounds of coffee and egg shells. Theirs was Swedish coffee at its best (well, at its strongest, anyway). Skiers crowded gratefully into the lodge. The coffee warmed their insides and the big fireplace that used to be there warmed their outsides. The old building is still in use and you can walk to it now in 15-20 minutes. The trail starts at the far end of the cross-country parking lot at Cypress B o w l . Skiers on Hollyburn in the '30s didn't achieve the speeds which are reached today. In the early years of the decade their skis were planks, sometimes homemade. They were clamped to ordinary leather hiking boots. Control of the skis was limited, but confidence of the skiers was not, so although they got sprained ankles, they had fun getting them. In the '30s. fun on Hollyburn Ridge came much cheaper than it does today. Y o u needed no special ski boots, skis were inexpensive. N o fees to pay. You could sleep in a bunkhouse (and risked getting tossed out in the snow if you snored). Weekends saw the greatest activity on the Ridge. On Fridays, Vancouver skiers would take their skis and packs to work. Then as soon as the whistle blew, they would run to the West Van Ferry dock at the foot of Columbia Street and climb aboard one of the little ships. The fare was ten cents and that included everything you could pack. You can't buy an ocean cruise today for ten cents. After the cruise they would hike to the trailhead or take the bus up to it. B i g changes have taken place on Hollyburn Ridge since the early '30s. Now. with Cypress B o w l in business, you get to the ski slopes as easily as to a golf course: but us old-timers like to remember the days when the rough-tough 22nd Street Trail was our pathway to a lot of great times on Hollyburn Ridge. ~~ The "old-timers" each summer on have a reunion a musical play adapted by John Lazarus from the works of Lewis Carroll with music by Bill Henderson N O V E M B E R 22 D E C E M B E R 21 Hollyburn people are to Mountain encouraged donate Museum. people to which to bring memorabilia Lodge than to the Hollyburn Last attended year the more 687-1644 200 reunion.