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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Feb 2019
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Tue 19 to Tue 19 |
Instructional Program
 Grade: A0
 Screening
Learn to Write Mountain Poetry
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Chris Ludwig | ||||||
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Wed 20 to Tue 5 |
Mountaineering
Grade: Class 3
Screening
Climbing the highest non-technical mountain in the world via its normal route
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Amin Aziznia | ||||||
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Wed 20 to Wed 20 |
Downhill Skiing
Grade: A3
Weekly skiing at a local mountain.
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Radmila Bridges | ||||||
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Thu 21 to Thu 21 |
Indoor Climbing
Grade: A3
After work climbing
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Shannon Healy | ||||||
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Fri 22 to Fri 1 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: B2-C2
Screening
Fly In & Out and using Eldorado ski cabin
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David Hughes | ||||||
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Sat 23 to Sat 23 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: C3
Screening
Backcountry day trip for beginner/intermediates
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Simon Batten | ||||||
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Sat 23 to Sun 24 |
Guided Instruction
Grade: B2
Learn critical avalanche safety skills. AST1 is required for many club trips
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Marlaina Rhymer | ||||||
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Sat 23 to Sun 24 |
Guided Instruction
Grade: B2
 Members Only
Learn crevasse rescue for ski touring/splitboarding
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Marlaina Rhymer | ||||||
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Sat 23 to Sat 23 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: B2
Members Only
Screening
Follow up trip for participants of the intro to backcountry ski course.
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Joe Blakeman | ||||||
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Sat 23 to Sun 24 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C-D3(4)
Members Only
Screening
Attempt Slalok via Stonecrop glacier
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Jonathan Colyer | ||||||
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Sat 23 to Sat 23 |
Snowshoeing
Grade: D2
Screening
2007m, east of Chilliwack Lake
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Alastair Ferries | ||||||
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Sat 23 to Sat 23 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C4
Members Only
Screening
Winter Climb of Mt Harvey via its North Ramp
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Mohammad Pahrbod | ||||||
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Sun 24 to Sun 24 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: B3
Members Only
Screening
Head up Twin Lakes Road off the Mount Baker Hwy east of Glacier, WA.
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Paul Kubik | ||||||
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Sun 24 to Sun 24 |
Guided Instruction
Grade: A1
Private kids skiing lessons at Cypress
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Jonathan Polak | ||||||
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Tue 26 to Tue 26 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: B3
Members Only
Screening
Backcountry ski trip to Puma S1 starting at Alexander Falls Parking Lot
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Erin Buckoll |
Mar 2019
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Sat 2 to Sun 3 |
Ice Climbing
Grade: A5
Members Only
Screening
Find some ice near Lillooet
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Jonathan Colyer | ||||||
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Tue 5 to Tue 5 |
Volunteer Meeting
Grade: A0
Members Only
Monthly meeting of the Executive Team plus others helping with special projects. Members welcome to attend.
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BCMC Executive | ||||||
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Fri 8 to Sun 10 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: C3
Members Only
Screening
Backcountry day trips from the Manning Park resort cabin
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Elaine Leung | ||||||
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Sat 9 to Sun 10 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: B3
Members Only
Screening
Weekend of ski touring at the Watersprite Hut
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Brian Sheffield | ||||||
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Sun 10 to Wed 13 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: B/C 3
Screening
Backcountry skiing with accommodation in Wheeler Hut
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Frauke Seewald | ||||||
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Tue 12 to Tue 12 |
Social
Grade: A1
BCMC Social presentation open to both members & non-members. ANZA club, main floor. Beer & snacks served.
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Susanne Postill | ||||||
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Fri 15 to Sun 17 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: B2
Members Only
Screening
A weekend of splitboarding fun in the Mount Baker backcountry
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Dave Muhlert | ||||||
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Sat 16 to Sat 16 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: C4
Members Only
Screening
Ski trip up Matier and Slalok from Joffre Lakes
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Bill Maurer | ||||||
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Sat 16 to Sat 16 |
Snowshoeing
Grade: A 1/2
Screening
We will snowshoe/micro spike to the peak of Hollyburn Mountain on the North Shore
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Carolyn Steingard | ||||||
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Sat 23 to Sun 24 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: C3
Members Only
Screening
The classic Garibaldi Névé Ski Traverse from North to South.
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Winifred Swatschek | ||||||
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Sat 23 to Sat 30 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: C-3
Screening
A week of back country skiing out of this cozy hut at the head of the Pemberton Valley. Fly in and fly out.
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Brian Sheffield | ||||||
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Fri 29 to Sun 31 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: c4
Members Only
Screening
Ski touring over 3 days - day trips from the hut
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Elaine Leung | ||||||
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Sat 30 to Sat 30 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: C4
Members Only
Screening
Mt Garibaldi NE Face Route via Brohm Ridge
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Wayne Pattern | ||||||
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Sat 30 to Sat 30 |
Snowshoeing
Grade: D3
Screening
2,359m ; west side of the Duffey Lake Road
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Alastair Ferries |
Apr 2019
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Mon 1 to Sun 7 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: B3
Members Only
Screening
Ski traverse of the McBride range from North to South
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Rowan Cassels-brown | ||||||
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Sat 6 to Tue 9 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: 7/10
Ski tour my saugstad in Bella coola. Sled access to mountain base, I have a sled and could bring one other.
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Nick Neufeld | ||||||
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Sat 13 to Sat 13 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: C3
Members Only
Screening
Backcountry ski trip up Cayoosh
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Bill Maurer | ||||||
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Sat 13 to Sun 14 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C-D3(4)
Members Only
Screening
Mt Garibaldi spring ascent
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Jonathan Colyer | ||||||
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Thu 18 to Sun 21 |
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 26 to Sat 27 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C4
Members Only
Screening
A beautiful roped climbing in technical terrain on steep slopes of snow and ice
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Mohammad Pahrbod | ||||||
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Sat 27 to Sat 27 |
Snowshoeing
Grade: D3
Screening
2004m ; in the Bastion Range se of Pemberton
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Alastair Ferries |
May 2019
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Wed 1 to Wed 15 |
Expedition
Grade: C2
Members Only
Screening
Pangnirtung to Qikiqtarjuaq via Akshayuk Pass
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Jim Nosella | ||||||
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Sat 18 to Sat 18 |
Backcountry Skiing
Grade: C3
Members Only
Screening
Mt Baker in a day ski mountaineering trip
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Bill Maurer | ||||||
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Mon 20 to Mon 24 |
Expedition
Grade: C/2
Members Only
Screening
Ski/snowshoe 150 km around Makinson Inlet, SE Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. Five weeks.
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Chris Cooper | ||||||
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Fri 31 to Mon 1 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C3-C4
Members Only
Screening
Ascent of Mt Hood via Hogsback, if we can get permits - Mt St Helens first
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Jonathan Colyer |
Jun 2019
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Fri 7 to Sun 9 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C3
Members Only
Screening
Attempt Baker via Coleman-Deming
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Esteban Guisado | ||||||
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Sat 22 to Sat 22 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C3
Members Only
Bagging trip to Runner, Bishop, Curate, Rector, Vicar
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Bill Maurer | ||||||
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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 |
Jul 2019
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Thu 11 to Sun 14 |
Rock Climbing
Grade: class 5
Screening
multi pitch trad/mountaineering/scramble
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Mariana Climbing | ||||||
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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 |
Aug 2019
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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 |
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: Class 2.
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 |
Mountaineering
Grade: D4
Multi peak loop along the HSCT
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Bill Maurer |
Oct 2019
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Sat 12 to Sat 12 |
Mountaineering
Grade: C4
Members Only
Screening
Brunswick and Hanover from Lions Bay
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Bill Maurer |