What browser are you using John? I found this actually loaded significantly faster than it used to.
Chrome on Win10 PC
I was going to log in to check out if there are features 'hidden' to non-members, but apparently my login credentials are no longer valid. Time to renew, I guess.
Don't jump to conclusions too fast.
I logged on (I'm 'paid up' till well into 2022) and tried to navigate around the site. I still get "Become a Member' pretty much everywhere I go, including in the 'Member map'.
I went to the BCMT website on my Mac and didn't log in, and went to the 'ordinary, non-member' map and it seems to be functionally identical to the "Member Map'. The only difference I could spot is that the 'Measurement tool' is in a different spot (upper right) on the Non-Member map.
When I kept getting those 'Become a Member' banners, I thought I should check my membership status to make sure it hadn't expired. When I hovered the cursor over the 'MY BCMT' tab at the top of the home page, 'LogOut' was the only option that showed. I finally figured out that to see the full menu under that tab, it's necessary to click on the heading.
I did find out that by going through several menus and sub menus, I could get to the option of only viewing some types (picnic, camp, launch, etc) of sites on the map. and then to show that type of site again, another trip through menus and sub menus.
Some 'improvement' over the old website, which presented that option on the map page......
Perhaps most visitors to the BCMTN (now BCMT apparently) site use it in different ways than I do.
I'm sure there was extensive beta testing with experienced paddlers and users of the site....
Definitely it isn't easy (or possible at all in some instances) to do things at the BCMT site now, that I used to regularly do a few years ago.
It's interesting that on the website, under 'Our Work', there's not much emphasis on facilitating paddle trips, or helping paddlers to plan those trips. Supporting the paddling community...??? not so much, apparently.
I guess the best way we can 'Preserve the Coast' is to stay off it?