What’s in a Name? The origins of Cerise Creek, Mount Caspar and Other Geographical Features in the Lillooet Area
Three geographic features in the upper Cayoosh are named for the Phair/Eyre family of Lillooet: Cerise Creek, Caspar Creek and Mount Caspar. Haylmore Creek and Haylmore Peak in the adjacent…
Coming soon: Avalanche Awareness Event
Coming this Fall in Vancouver: Avalanche Awareness Event A full-day of avalanche safety, speakers, science, films and education Brought to you by FMCBC, Avalanche Canada, VIMFF and other potential…
Book Review: The Glorious Mountains of Vancouver’s North Shore: A Peakbagger’s Guide
We have been in desperate need on the West Coast for a definitive and comprehensive guide to many of the peaks on the North Shore. There have been thinner books…
President’s Message
Before I begin to write my President’s Report, I always reread my previous report. I wouldn’t want to be accused of being too repetitive with what I say! But of…
30 Below Zero – A Survival Epic
Note: This article originally appeared on ridgeandrivernet.wordpress.com. All photo credits: Emily Lankhorst. I found myself in the back of a Tacoma, wedged between 50 lb packs, snowshoes, and skis,…
Joffre Lakes: A visitor-use management strategy could come with unintended consequences
In recent years, Joffre Lakes Provincial Park has become incredibly busy. There are a number of theories for why this has happened. Some people point to the 41% growth in…
Whistler Museum and Archives Society: Coast Mountain Gothic
Those of us who have rambled, hiked, scrambled and climbed in the BC mountains will have, inevitably so, spent evenings in a variety of huts. The Whistler Museum and Archives…
Book Review: Surveying the Great Divide
In January 1913, land surveyor and founding president of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC), Arthur Oliver Wheeler, penned an urgent letter to mountain guide, Conrad Kain, who was away…
A Cautionary Note: Electric cars and Hybrids in BC’s Backcountry Winter Conditions
Starting in 2025, the BC Government will phase in targets that will relatively soon (by 2040) leave electric cars and hybrids as the only options for vehicle purchase in BC….
Sea to Sky non-motorized area update
On March 12, 2009, the Sea to Sky LRMP was amended to include Non-Commercial Winter Recreation Zones. One of those zones was the Rainbow Lake Twenty-One Mile Creek drainage. Intending…
Book Review: 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia
I have, sitting before me, a few 1st editions of the 1973 version of 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia by David/Mary Macaree (BCMC and The Mountaineers the initial support…
Member Club Grant Update: Mountain Mentors
Mountain Mentors, an alpine mentorship program for self-identified women in Vancouver and the Sea to Sky corridor, was the recipient of a 2018-2019 FMCBC Member Club Grant. They put the…
Need funds? A Comprehensive List of Grants and Other Funding Sources in BC
Spring is the time of year when outdoor clubs initiate trail maintenance—brought about by spring freshet and winter deadfall—but it’s also the time of year when we contemplate fall projects….
Active Travel: Guatemala hiking
My name is Mary Hof and I live in Cowichan Bay. I am a member of the Outdoor Club of Victoria, Island Mountain Ramblers, Alberni Valley Outdoor Club, and Cowichan…
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 highlights some of these issues and the work done by…
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 wasn’t always this way! The Fed dates back to 1962,…