Information for Participants
If you're interested in becoming a BCMC Member, but are unsure what the club offers, then join as a Guest Member. You'll have 30 days to see what the BCMC is about and join club trips to meet others interested in hiking, snowshoeing, rock/ice climbing, skiing and/or mountaineering.
If you're already a BCMC member and looking for way to meet climbing and/or mountaineering partners for privately planned trips, then check out the club's members-only Partner List. Please note that member-organized 'private' trips are not monitored by the BCMC [British Columbia Mountaineering Club]. Hence it's the responsibility of each participant to assess the trip's potential risks and join at their own discretion.
For those BCMC members keen to organize club trips, there is a now an annual PRO DISCOUNT DEAL with up to 50% savings on outdoor gear being offered to those who have organized four or more successful club trips within the previous 12 months. To learn more, please visit the Membership Benefits page or email the BCMC Marketing Team.
Cancelled: the trip organizer cancelled the trip.
Pending: this trip is hidden pending approval.
Members Only: only BCMC members can attend.
Screening: the trip organizer will screen participants.
Joined: indicates you have joined the trip list.Sat 15Weekend: trip scheduled for a holiday or weekend.
Thur 20Weekday: event planned for mid-week workday.
BCMC Trip List
| Dates | Trip Information | Participants | Organizer |
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Jun 2019
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Tue 25 to Tue 25 |
Hiking
 Grade: B2
 Screening
stay on you own pace and meet up on the top
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Momo Xiang | ||||||
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Fri 28 to Tue 2 |
Mountaineering
Grade: D3
Screening
A visit to Tahoma over Canada Day long weekend
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Esteban Guisado | ||||||
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Fri 28 to Mon 1 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: A5
Screening
Camping and climbing weekend
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Carolyn T Steingard | ||||||
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Fri 28 to Tue 2 |
Backpacking Trip
Grade: B2
Screening
Fly into Warner Lake and follow the ridges past Mt. Sheba and Spruce Lake to Tyax Lake
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Brian Sheffield | ||||||
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Sat 29 to Sun 30 |
Mountaineering
Grade: D5
 Members Only
Screening
Called the Southeast Corner in Fred Beckey's guidebook, gains 600' vertical feet from the starting notch to the summit.
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Mohammad Pahrbod |
Jul 2019
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Mon 1 to Sun 14 |
Mountaineering
Grade: B4
Screening
A last minute 11-13 days traverse in Ashlu area with the option of Flying in and Flying out
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Alexandru Romanciuc | ||||||
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Thu 4 to Wed 10 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C3
Screening
A week climbing peaks and passes around Ash Pass and Athelney Pass just East of Meager Creek
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Brian Sheffield | ||||||
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Thu 4 to Thu 4 |
Mountaineering
Grade: B4
Members Only
Screening
Tricouni North Ridge
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Youliana Tichelova | ||||||
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Sat 6 to Sun 7 |
Guided Instruction
Grade: B5
Members Only
Learn critical glacier travel safety skills essential for summer mountaineering
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Marlaina Rhymer | ||||||
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Thu 11 to Sun 14 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: C5
Screening
multi pitch trad/mountaineering/scramble
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Mariana Cairati | ||||||
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Sat 13 to Sat 20 |
Trail Clearing
Grade: B1
Members Only
Screening
Fly in/out (no charge) hut-based work party 5 and 8 days
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Paul Kubik | ||||||
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Sat 13 to Sun 14 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C5
Members Only
Screening
Trad, Alpine, 900 ft, 7 pitches, III 5.8 - possibly the best 5.8 rock route in the state
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Mohammad Pahrbod | ||||||
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Thu 18 to Sun 21 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: C5
Members Only
Screening
Climbing in Bugaboos with the goal of sending 2-3 routes TBD
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Mohammad Pahrbod | ||||||
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Fri 19 to Sun 21 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: B5
Screening
Multi-pitch Climbing in Mazama, WA
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Esteban Guisado | ||||||
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Fri 19 to Mon 22 |
Backpacking Trip
Grade: C3
Members Only
Screening
Brohm Ridge via Culliton Creek, Mount Price, Garibaldi Lake, to Helm Creek
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Annette Muttray | ||||||
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Sat 20 to Sat 20 |
Mountaineering
Grade: D4
Members Only
Screening
Shuksan via Fischer chimneys
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Bill Maurer | ||||||
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Fri 26 to Sun 28 |
Mountaineering
Grade: D4(5)
Members Only
Screening
Mt Rexford and Nesakwatch Spire Mission
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Jonathan Colyer |
Aug 2019
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Thu 1 to Sun 4 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: C5
Screening
rock climb/scramble/hike
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Mariana Cairati | ||||||
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Fri 2 to Mon 5 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: A5
Members Only
Screening
three days of climbing in the Skaha bluffs
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Esteban Guisado | ||||||
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Fri 2 to Sun 4 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: C5
Members Only
Screening
climbing one of the “Fifty Classic Climbs of North America" - III, 5.4
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Mohammad Pahrbod | ||||||
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Sat 10 to Sat 10 |
Scrambling
Grade: C4
Members Only
Screening
Black Tusk in a day from Rubble Creek
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Bill Maurer | ||||||
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Thu 29 to Tue 3 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: A5
Members Only
Screening
3-4 days of climbing in Smith Rock
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Esteban Guisado | ||||||
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Fri 30 to Mon 2 |
Backpacking Trip
Grade: B2
Screening
Four day back pack trip to camp by the alpine lakes at the head of Lizzie Creek
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Brian Sheffield | ||||||
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Fri 30 to Mon 2 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: C5
Members Only
Screening
Rock climb and scramble the East Ridge of Mt Edith Cavell in Jasper NP
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Mariana Cairati |
Sep 2019
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Wed 4 to Sun 15 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C5
Members Only
Screening
Picos de Europa Climbing traverse
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Jose Collado | ||||||
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Fri 6 to Fri 20 |
Expedition
Grade: C2
Two-week trip (plus flights) to the most impressive places of Kamchatka. Off-road, hiking, helicopter, marine tours.
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Slava Batashov | ||||||
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Sat 14 to Sat 14 |
Scrambling
Grade: D4
Multi peak loop along the HSCT
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Bill Maurer | ||||||
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Fri 20 to Sun 6 |
Other
Grade: A1
A large volunteer event organized by climbers, and a lot of fun!
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Anders Ourom |
Oct 2019
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Fri 4 to Fri 4 |
Downhill Skiing
Grade: A1
Cypress Ski/Board Passes 2019/20 Group Discount
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Radmila Bridges | ||||||
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Fri 11 to Mon 14 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: A5
Members Only
Screening
Sport above the Tieton river, WA
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Esteban Guisado | ||||||
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Sat 12 to Sat 12 |
Scrambling
Grade: C4
Members Only
Screening
Brunswick and Hanover from Lions Bay
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Bill Maurer | ||||||
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Sat 12 to Sat 12 |
Hiking
Grade: A1
Members Only
Tunnel Bluffs - one day hiking trip
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Kathleen Cheng |
Nov 2019
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Sat 2 to Sat 16 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: B3
Members Only
Screening
Looking for partners to travel to the most beautiful climbing area in China
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Momo Xiang |
Apr 2020
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Thu 2 to Wed 3 |
Mountaineering
Grade: D5
Screening
Canadian Kanchenjunga SW Face expedition, Spring 2020
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John Gill | ||||||
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Thu 2 to Mon 27 |
Hiking
Grade: C2
Screening
Trek accompanying the 2020 Canadian Kanchenjunga expedition
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John Gill | ||||||
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Sat 25 to Sun 10 |
Expedition
Grade: C2
Members Only
Screening
Pangnirtung to Qikiqtarjuaq via Akshayuk Pass
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Jim Nosella |