In case you haven't heard, there was a fatality somewhere in the Hanging Lake area today. Stay safe!
-Scott
Yes the slope angle is at most 30-35 degrees so there should be no need for an ice axe in typical winter conditions. Snow shoes or skis are almost certainly a must this time of year.
a pledge is not money
No, but it's arguably an asset, like securities or real estate and such. Classifying it as an asset wouldn't change the fact that the watersprite hut project overspent it's...
What colour are they?
Not that I'm vain, but Coltex skins use different colour to signify the different materials.
Hi there,
I have a pair of high quality Colltex skins that I used for 2 seasons...
Should grants pledged but not yet received for the Watersprite hut be booked as income and accounts recievable? That would allow the whole hut project to be captured under a single fiscal year.
What is the total membership at now?
I would also jump on life insurance that covers climbing and BC skiing at a reasonable cost. When we looked into this in the past the multiplier was 2.5x for climbing and another 2.5x for skiing so w...
Another way to help is to demonstrate our high usage of the area by filling out the 21 mile creek user survey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MR2HSW8?sm=56RbxoE%2byQyzviMoYDFctg%3d%3d). You can do th...
FMCBC is aware and I've posted to the VOC too. I plan to submit a letter to the editor of the whistler pique newspaper tomorrow.
Unfortunately I don't have much time to stir up support. There is a p...
Dear Editor,
A friend recently advised me that Canadian Wilderness Adventures was applying to extend and expand their operations on Sproatt Mountain. When I pulled up the application (http://www.ar...
Bump. I just checked the results and we only have 4 data points from this year. If you've been to Rainbow Lake or Gin Peak please fill our the survey before summer rolls around and you forgot what ha...
Bump,This survey is still active. If you've been skiing or snowshoeing in 21 mile creek please fill out the survey. I saw a report of snowmobilers in the watershed last weekend, so this issue is not...
Hi Scott.
It was me who brought the issue at the last meeting. People were talking about a possibility to do Mt. Mamquam on the skis from the proposed cabin. I explained that to do so one has to g...
I understand that the safety of skiing the terrain above Watersprite lake was raised as an issue at the November GM. One way to address this issue would be to try to get the terrain assessed by the p...
I just read in the paper that Fortis BC is planning a new compressor station at the base of Mount Mulligan at 420m, presumably along Mamquam FSR, in support of the Woodfibre LNG project. If this gets...
Does that mean it's too late to apply for a park boundary adjustment? You could request that the corridor around the proposed trail and darling lake be removed from the park and replaced with a conse...
FRPA allows flagging and limited clearing of brush outside of the park, but I don't thin the parks act has any such provision.
I think it's critical that the BCMC respect government planning processes...
The trail would be phenomenally better than the existing Watersprite Lake trail. The new, suggested trail would not cross the enormous swamp and creekside wetlands. That is a huge negative environm...
I'm not sure an alliance with SORCA would be particularly beneficial. To handle uphill and downhill mountainbike traffic, the trail would have to be lengthened to limit the grade (especially if biker...
Nice maps!
Most of the proposed trail construction is inside Garibaldi Park. Did you send the section 57 application form to BC Parks as well. I think you will need separate permission from both RS...
Scott, what about a site on the approach to Solitude Glacier? Would it be in conflict with the Conflict Lake lodge?
Because of the shuttle, I could see it being attractive. We used to visit Callagh...
I've run a number of BCMC trips to do work on the Hanging Lake and Beverley Creek ski trails in the Callaghan Valley, and I plan to continue to do so in the future.
There is a high water table on the site. You can see the standing water in a pool in Ed's picture. That is the reason there is grass on the site and not heather.
Are you sure that's a pool of wat...
There's a large tarn (unofficially called tasty lake) just down from the summit of Flatiron.
I think there are a couple of worthwhile sites in the Callaghan Valley, but permitting may not be realistic.
North of Callaghan Lake there is an area with many small lakes right around treeline. Thi...