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Have you visited our provincial parks lately and noticed any of the following? Broken, missing or vandalized signage Missing or damaged trail markers Trail braiding, exposed roots, broken or missin...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
We need 2-3 volunteers to buy and serve (from the adjacent servery) breakfast and lunch snacks for the meeting.
We still need more billets for Friday and Sat nights
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
We are looking for people to lead 1 local hiking trip on saturday. Also, 2 trips (one easier and one harder) for half a day on sunday. Ideally hiking trips but they could be anything including scrambi...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
Hi Francis,
To clarify, David resigned in an email to the executive June 10, 2015 and then recinded his resignation on June 21, 2015. It is not clear to me if you can actually resign and then just jum...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
Hi Werner,
Where are you registered as a Professional Engineer? Not in BC? Unless you go by a different name.
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
There is good discussion going on here. The problem is that we are not getting much progress on making things better.
I did not attend the latest vote but if I would have attended I probably would hav...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
I have a 2 person 4 season single wall Integral Designs MK3 Tent for sale. It has been used for about 5 years but not really much within the last 3 years as I have replaced it with other tents that f...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
This month, the FMCBC is beginning to collect input from member clubs on trails across the province that are in urgent need of upgrades or repairs to improve safety, access and/or usability. Based on...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
While I think that a hut on the coquihalla has merit and personally would prefer one in that location I think that the Watersprite Lake area has merit as well. A hut in any other location would be at...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
Is 2D not a stated goal of the watersprite lake hut?
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
I want to start out saying that I am in general in favour of trail building. I support going through the process of asking Parks for permission to build a trail.
As a respected organization the BCMC n...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
Hi Chris,
Can you please show / provide your source where it is stated that you are "we are allowed to clear soft vegetation and to flag within the park" ?
Further you reference the Wilderness Conser...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
Great work Chris! I like that you posted the details to the BCMC website. Keep us updated on how the talks go.
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
The drawings are nice. Can we rotate the ladder and have people come out in the standard 32" section? this would allow for an extra 2 people upstairs bringing the number of people to 18 (15 upstairs a...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
I went for a trip near the proposed hut site on the west ridge of Llama. We parked just before the first bridge on the Ottomite road (not worth it just park at the rest stop). And hiked/scrambled Z...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
I dont have anything for you. I was just in the area but our sights were not on climbing Robson. There is a general lack of information on bivouac about the area. some googling turns up some stuff.
It...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
Has anyone asked how much the Tenquille lake hut cost to build?
we should find out that number for comparison.
The hut is massive. I think somewhere in the range of 30 to 50 people could sleep in it....
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
Francis, your pictures look great!
From 2013:
Coquihalla Summit Recreation Area Parking
Scott Webster for the SW BC Recreation & Conservation Committee
Some of our members have noticed new signs at t...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
This is tomorrow. I think it will be good!
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
Another option could be Zoa. I have only ever skied the ridge and maybe that is the only thing to ski there and it is limited. But is does fit the bill of high and outside the CRA.
July looks sweet....
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
Does the BCMC have permission to build a trail? The sign at the trailhead says that we do however, at the last executive meeting we were told by Dave Scanlon that we did not have permission.
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
What is the plan for a trail to the hut? The current route contains a significant amount of swampy/wet areas, some flat and some steep and eroding.
Has any consideration been given to the road on the...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
I went for a quick hike up to Watersprite Lake after doing work on the Darling Lake Trail. I left the car at 6:10 and after a brief moment of worry where I was not sure if I was going the right way. L...
@Ben
Created 10 years ago
This is great to see some plans. Makes it seem more real and more exciting.
I would tend to trust Scott for dimensions of sleeping space and knowing that I have spent many a night with thermarests tou...