@ScottNelson's Forum Posts

Hanging Lake Trail uphill / downhill separation
The signs went up today courtesy of BC mountain foundation.
Hanging Lake Trail uphill / downhill separation
Ok I'm actually going to do it this year.  I am getting together quotes now for 4 signs (2x do not enter and 2x turn left based on RSTBC sign templates).  I expect it will be a couple hundred dollars...
Free Targa Ascent Crampons
Anybody want free G3 Targa Ascent Ski Crampons? I have 2 pairs with no targa ascent bindings to use them with. Otherwise they are going into metal recycling.
Mount Seymour Provincial Park survey ends May 8
BC parks is doing a user survey on Mount Seymour Provincial Park. The survey closes May 8th so get your feedback in. https://helpshapebc.gov.bc.ca/mount-seymour-provincial-park-recreation-facility-pla...
Hanging Lake Trail uphill / downhill separation
Paul do you mean just for the separated portion or for the whole trail? For the proposed separation, I actually already cleared a path through for downhill skiers to reach open meadows that lead to th...
GEAR SWAP
It's here: https://bcmc.ca/forum/#forum/Member-only-Gear-Swap-0.htm
Recommendations for a 4 Season Tent
Hilleberg tents with the GT extended vestibule are fantastic for use on snow, but stiflingly hot in the summer.  I own a Nallo 2 GT and for winter camping with extra large vestibule dug out is amazing...
Hanging Lake Trail uphill / downhill separation
As many of you know, the Hanging Lake has become very popular.  During periods of dry weather, some of the steep climbs on the trail can get really slick.  I think that downhill traffic skiing over th...
Hanging Lake Trail rerouted
For the record, I raised all the markers on the reroute, and pulled the markers off the old route on March 16th.
Hanging Lake Trail rerouted
I think maybe you need to download the entire OSM database (or a recent BC or canada extract), and then filter out only the Hanging Lake trail with an SQL query.  How are you extracting the GPX from t...
Hanging Lake Trail rerouted
he Hanging Lake Winter Trail has been rerouted to avoid some large blowdowns. About 300m from the trailhead, the trail climbs a small hill littered with fragments of large fallen trees. From here the...
Wanted: old skins
I'm looking for some old, beat up skins to cut down to make nordic skins for my son's XC skis.  It doesn't matter if the edges are shredded as I'm going to recut them to ~50mm wide.  Will trade for fa...
Evo buys Callaghan Country
Ski shop company Evo has bought the Callaghan Country Lodge. This could create an opening to address parking and backcountry access issues in the Callaghan Valley.  I noticed that the Alexander Falls...
Golden Ears Summit
from a previous early summer hike many many years ago, I recall no running water along the ridge until a little ways above the emergency shelter.
Boot repair and resoling
Alpine start on broadway is the new local dealer for Meindl boots.  They periodically ship boots to Germany for resoling by Meindl.  I had this done for my hiking boots recently - the cost was $200.
Fatality on Sigurd Peak trail
Does anyone know more details about what happened?
Why the F*#@$ is Garibaldi Park still closed?!?!?
Day use reservations for Garibaldi parks starts July 27th: http://bcparks.ca/reserve/day-use/
WTB: old skins
I want to make some skins for my kids cross country skis (i.e. narrow and short). I figure that cutting down an old worn out pair of skins would be a good way to go, since I could work around any fray...
2018 BCMC Crawford Creek Hut Proposal
Is the plan still to move the Russet Lake cabin?
hut booking system on the fritz?
Ok I see now that the booking system itself works, it's just the availability calendar that is broken.
hut booking system on the fritz?
The hut booking system currently only shows availability on Sundays for all the huts.  This strikes me as strange and I suspect it is a bug in the system or some kind of data corruption.  I would like...
2018 BCMC Crawford Creek Hut Proposal
Hi Paul, by the same logic, watersprite lake is a day trip too.  That seems to have turned out pretty well though.  I will have to try it as an overnight trip with my kids this coming summer.  It's st...
2018 BCMC Crawford Creek Hut Proposal
I like the idea of salvaging the Russet Lake Hut, but I don't think this is a great location.  It seems to close to watersprite to be a hut to hut destination, but too far to get there in one day.  Ge...
FS: Garmont Prophet 27.0 $100 OBO
https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/spo/d/garmont-prophet-ntn-telemark/6347231806.html Want to try NTN without shelling out $900 for new boots? I bought these boots in ~2010 and skied them for 5-6 sea...