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| Name: Mentorship Trip - Mt. Strachan |
| Starts: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:30 |
| Return: Sat Mar 08, 2025 19:00 |
| Registration opens: Tue Feb 18, 2025 |
| Event category: Mountaineering |
| Difficulty grade: B3 [?] |
| For members only: Yes |
| Screening used: No |
| Max participants: 6 |
Organizer: Eileen Bistrisky  |
| Profile info: |
You must login in order to sign up online for one of the BCMC Trips. If you don't have a BCMC membership account then please obtain one. If you'd prefer to learn more before joining then please join as a 30-day Guest member. Some trips are BCMC members only.
This trip is only open to BCMC Mentorship Program participants. Preference will be given to mentees of the organizer (mentor). The organizer can open this trip to other mentees/mentors if needed.
Trip details: Meet at the church at 10:30 a.m. to carpool. Park at Cypress
Gear: Forecast will determine if snowshoes, crampons, microspikes or what combination thereof are necessary. Ice Axe. Hard soled mountaineering boots and Avy gear if you have them. Food and clothing for few hours. 10 essentials.
https://www.mountain-forecast.com/ is useful for weather forecasts. As is https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-74_metric_e.html
avalanche.ca provides the avalanche forecast.
Route Info: To be discussed in our WhatsApp chat. Could be Similar to this https://www.strava.com/activities/10698615056 OR this https://www.strava.com/activities/4665183187 depending on conditions and if ski runs are open or not.
gaiagps.com and fatmap.com are useful for map work.
GPX for approach:
Leave a Trip Plan: (Organizer or any member of the group can complete this and share it with the group)
https://www.adventuresmart.ca/
If avy risk is high and/or weather is bad, we will bump the date to March 9, 15, or 16.
Focus will be on steep ascent skills. Option to bring gear to work on setting up anchors.
If you have any questions or suggestions about the trip, please reach out to me or post them in the WhatsApp Group
