(All photographs by Mike Nash) Introduction I have hiked and backpacked in Canada for 50 years, many times off[…]
ACC/Marmot Women’s Climbing Camp – 2019 Jim Haberl Hut, Tantalus Range
9 Women. 3 incredible guides. An iconic mountain hut. 6 days of adventure, epic meals, and camaraderie. The ACC Women’s[…]
Be Bear Aware
Bears are hungriest in the fall—as hungry as they’ll be all year—save for their state of mind upon awakening in[…]
Southwest BC Trails Committee Report
The Howe Sound Crest Trail project went ahead very late in the year, in the third week of October, as[…]
Kees & Claire Hut Now Open
At long last, it is now possible to book nights at the brand new Kees and Claire Hut in the[…]
Thanks to Back Forty Lifestyle Co. for your support!
We’d like to thank Back Forty Lifestyle Co. for donating 5% of all house-brand sales to the Federation of Mountain[…]
Mountain Mentors 2019 Grant Update
Mountain Mentors is a mentorship program for self-identified womxn in Vancouver and the Sea to Sky Corridor. We’re excited to[…]
Book Review: Travels in Alaska: Three immersions into Alaskan wilderness and culture
The name John Muir exemplifies conservation and recreation ideas of today, especially in his birth country of Scotland and his[…]
President’s Message – Fall/Winter 2019
I am sitting at my computer this evening to put my thoughts in order for this issue of Cloudburst, as[…]
Welcome to the Prince Rupert Backcountry Society
We’d like to welcome the Prince Rupert Backcountry Society to the FMCBC! The Prince Rupert Backcountry Society is a nonprofit[…]
Welcome to BC Whitewater: FMCBC Associate Member
Welcome to BC Whitewater, the FMCBC’s newest Associate Member! Founded in 2018, BC Whitewater is a non-profit society that was[…]
Book Review: J.B. Harkin: Father of Canadian National Parks
There has been in the last few decades an ongoing debate and dialogue about the differences between conservation and preservation,[…]
Book Review: The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption
This is an important but profoundly disturbing work written by a west coast mountaineer, activist and award-winning journalist. Set against[…]
Thanks to Taiga Works for your support
While we don’t maintain an office location that’s open to the public, we do require a space for storing important[…]
Rainbow Reprise: Caledonia Ramblers repeats a favourite weeklong backpack
Story by Dave King, with edits and postscript by Mike Nash The Caledonia Ramblers latest weeklong backpack into the[…]