Three geographic features in the upper Cayoosh are named for the Phair/Eyre family of Lillooet: Cerise Creek, Caspar Creek and[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Active Travel: Guatemala hiking
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[…]