My name is Mary Hof and I live in Cowichan Bay. I am a member of the Outdoor Club of[…]
Southwest BC Recreation and Conservation Committee Report
Over the past several months, the SWBC Recreation and Conservation Committee has worked on a range of matters. The following[…]
Have some room to spare?
Many of the FMCBC’s documents and records are in digital format and are stored online for easy access. But, it[…]
Thanks Jodi for Your Many Years of Work for the FMCBC!
I would like to acknowledge and thank Jodi Appleton for her dedicated years of service to the Federation. Jodi will[…]
Member Club Grant Update: Mountain Mentors
Applications for Mountain Mentors’ third winter season, funded in part by an FMCBC Member Club Grant, went live on October[…]
Member Club Grant Update: Hickory Wing Ski Touring Club
The funding that the Hickory Wing Ski Touring Club received from the Federation helped our club rent a backhoe and[…]
Member Club Grant Update: Alpine Club of Canada – Vancouver Island Section
The Vancouver Island Branch of the Alpine Club of Canada would like to thank the FMCBC for the generous grant[…]
Fat Cats
There has been a spate of books published in the last few decades lamenting the deterioration of our national and[…]
Book Review: The Ogre: Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent
In reviewing Chris Bonington Mountaineer in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Cloudburst, I referred to Bonington and Scott’s 1977 first[…]
Spearhead Huts Project: Construction of the Kees and Claire Hut
Visitors to Garibaldi Park this winter will see the new Kees and Claire Hut, high on the terrace overlooking Russet[…]
Vancouver Island Rails to Trails Event
The Vancouver Island Trail (formerly VISTA) and Friends of Rails to Trails Vancouver Island (FORT-VI) held an “information event” on[…]
Fido Can’t Fly
I’ve been meaning to write this article for a few years, as I often see folks out with some version[…]
Southwest BC Trails Committee Report
Current projects for 2018 Mount Seymour The five-year program to upgrade the increasingly popular Dog Mountain Trail, funded by Metro[…]
Southwest BC Recreation and Conservation Committee Report
Over the past several months, the SWBC Recreation and Conservation Committee has worked on a range of matters. The following[…]
Sunshine Coast Trail: Confederation – Fiddlehead Landing Huts
The recent publication of 105 Hikes in and Around Southwestern British Columbia (2018) has come as a surprise to many—a[…]