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Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC

Fall/Winter 2018

Thanks Jodi for Your Many Years of Work for the FMCBC!
FMCBC News

Thanks Jodi for Your Many Years of Work for the FMCBC!

by Sherry Durnford - Island Mountain Ramblers December 1, 2018May 20, 2019

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
Member Club Grants

Member Club Grant Update: Mountain Mentors

by Brett Trainor - Mountain Mentors December 1, 2018May 19, 2019

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
Member Club Grants

Member Club Grant Update: Hickory Wing Ski Touring Club

by Norm Clark - Hickory Wing Ski Touring Club December 1, 2018May 21, 2019

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
Member Club Grants

Member Club Grant Update: Alpine Club of Canada – Vancouver Island Section

by Anya Reid - ACC-Vancouver Island December 1, 2018May 19, 2019

The Vancouver Island Branch of the Alpine Club of Canada would like to thank the FMCBC for the generous grant[…]

Fat Cats
Some Good Reads

Fat Cats

by Ron Dart - ACC National and Chilliwack Outdoor Club December 1, 2018May 19, 2019

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
Some Good Reads

Book Review: The Ogre: Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent

by Mike Nash - Caledonia Ramblers December 1, 2018May 19, 2019

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
Mountain Matters

Spearhead Huts Project: Construction of the Kees and Claire Hut

by Liz Scremin - ACC Vancouver Section December 1, 2018May 19, 2019

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
Events

Vancouver Island Rails to Trails Event

by Sherry Durnford - Island Mountain Ramblers and Friends of Rails to Trails Vancouver Island December 1, 2018May 19, 2019

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
Mountain Matters

Fido Can’t Fly

by Andrew Drouin - South Okanagan Trail Alliance December 1, 2018May 19, 2019

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
Trails

Southwest BC Trails Committee Report

by Alex Wallace - Committee Co-chair December 1, 2018May 14, 2019

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
Recreation and Conservation

Southwest BC Recreation and Conservation Committee Report

by Monika Bittel and Brian Wood - Committee Co-Chairs December 1, 2018May 18, 2019

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
Club Trips

Sunshine Coast Trail: Confederation – Fiddlehead Landing Huts

by Ron Dart - ACC National and Chilliwack Outdoor Club December 1, 2018May 18, 2019

The recent publication of 105 Hikes in and Around Southwestern British Columbia (2018) has come as a surprise to many—a[…]

David Stevenson, Chugach State Park and Anchorage
Club Ramblings

David Stevenson, Chugach State Park and Anchorage

by Ron Dart - ACC National and Chilliwack Outdoor Club December 1, 2018May 18, 2019

I had been invited by the International Thomas Merton Society (ITMS) Anchorage to deliver a paper on Thomas Merton and[…]

Big Steps Forward for a Small Island: Introducing Bowen Island Trail Society
Club Ramblings

Big Steps Forward for a Small Island: Introducing Bowen Island Trail Society

by Bev Attfield - Bowen Island Trail Society December 1, 2018May 18, 2019

Bowen Island Trail Society (BITS) is a volunteer organization dedicated to building and maintaining a well-integrated and interconnected community trail[…]

Outdoors with Mark
Club Ramblings

Outdoors with Mark

by Nowell Senior - Caledonia Ramblers December 1, 2018May 19, 2019

Mark’s first day at high school was a challenge for both of us. He was autistic, had Down’s syndrome and[…]

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