@Ben
Created 11 years ago
I suspect your boots are not goretex. The internet says nothing about it. Looks like polyurathane and polyethalene outers. Also, it looks like your liners are a closed cell foam. ie they are not breat...
@Ben
Created 11 years ago
Attached is the letter writen. I note some spelling errors managed to slip through. If anyone else would like to be part of the recreation and conservation committee that would be great so we can have...
@Ben
Created 11 years ago
Below is the response the BCMC recieved from the government.
Reference: 200769
May 28, 2014
Ben Singleton-Polster
Recreation and Conservation Chair
British Columbia Mountaineering Club
Email: b...
@Ben
Created 11 years ago
I did not go in the end. But I have been there in the summer.
The green line on the linked map above is the summer (what I would try now) route.
https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msid=205776076097010424...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
Last day to comment is today!
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
I dont see my favourite pulley/caribiner
http://www.mec.ca/product/5015-812/dmm-revolver-screwgate-locking-biner/?h=10+50019&f=10+50262
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
The FMCBC which the BCMC is part of main role is to be an advocate on behalf of non-motorized backcountry recreation users. Protecting non-motorized backcountry recreation activities, access and inte...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
I think that mountaineering skills are constantly being learned and improved and as such there is no hard and fast rule on how much training you need before you can teach. Some people are good teacher...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
So are we talking about accessing from the red line on this map?
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
The Wilderness Committee also has a letter writing tool.
It would appear that the Liberals have no intention of having a public consultation on Bill 4. The bill has gone through its second reading...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
A caboose? Really? just tow it to whereever you want? and then take it off the tracks? Sounds expensive.
How about you just get the BCMC a deal at the Squamish Hostel? http://www.squamishhostel.com/...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
Nicely done! I was in the area skiing on the weekend. We skied the Dukes Tongue on sat and then skied powder for the rest of the weekend attempting to avoid the crust where the sun had hit and the icy...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
The BC Government recently introduced legislation to amend the Parks Act. In short to make it easier for industry to remove parts of parks and shift park boundaries and allow commercial operations and...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
What is the avalanche hazard involved in reaching the Mountain Lakes Hut? My plan would be an approach via Furry Creek but I am open to other suggestions.
Thanks!
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
I think this is an excellent proposal. However, I think that it should go further. I think that we should remove the requirement for having to go on a trip before you can post one yourself.
I think th...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
Dean,
I guess my original plan was to come in and out the Ashlu side but having said that it seems that road is very overgrown so I guess coming up the Elaho side is the way to go. All the peaks you...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
I am thinking of Ashlu - Elaho traverse over the long weekend and wondering if there will be enough snow to make it good. ie will the alders be managable and the crevasses not too scary. I am also loo...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
I am game for some night skiing mid week. Like my mind and spirit my heels are free.
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
The BCMC has submitted the attached comments to the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO).
Members can submit their own comments here up until tomorrow.
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
I have used 43 and 35 mm studded tires on my bike for cycle commuting in the winter for the past 3 years (this season will be the 4th). They are overall great. No slipping on ice and good grip on the...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
The resort will be located on Brohm Ridge just north of Squamish and will eventually have a daily capacity of 19,000 skiers and boarders with an "impressive" vertical rise of 1000 meters. Although a s...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
I have a PLB and while I have never used it I like the fact I believe that it has better coverage that the SPOT. I know lots of people who have not had spot messages delivered......one was a fractured...
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
Francis, Yes. I should have reread your post before.....but I guess we are on the same page so no harm done.
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
One idea might be to have the feed on the front just show only one instance of a thread. ie if a thread is seeing lots of talk it does not clog up the feed except to bump to the top.
@Ben
Created 12 years ago
I think it would be reasonable for the trip forum to be open to all people on the trip always. That way participants can post questions that might be useful for the trip. I also think that one could m...