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==Hiking==
==General History==
[[Ski Touring in the Southern B.C. Coast Ranges]]


Hikes within weekend range of Vancouver :
==Trips by Type==


* [[Howe Sound Crest trail]]
*[[Hiking trips]]
* [[Backside Trail of the Chief]]
*[[Scrambling trips]]
* [[Garibaldi Lake and Black Tusk]]
*[[Mountaineering trips|Mountaineering / Alpine climbing trips]]
*[[Rock climbing trips]]
*[[Skiing trips]]
*[[Paddling trips]]
*[[Hot spring trips]]
*[[Bike trips]]
*[[Car free trips]]
*[[Illegal trips]]
*[[Vancouver Island caving|Caving]]


Longer hikes :
==Trips by Location==


* [[West Coast Trail]]
*[[North Shore]] ''North Vancouver, West Vancouver''
* [[Stein Valley]]
*[[Tri-Cities]] ''Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody''
*[[Squamish]]
*[[Whistler]]
*[[Duffey Lake]]
*[[Fraser Valley]] ''Abbotsford, Langley, Chilliwack''
*[[Coquihalla Summit]]
*[[Washington State]]
*[[Nearby islands]]
*[[Manning Park]]
*[[Cathedral Park]]


===Guide Books===
==Trip Ideas (Creative)==
*Bike 'n Hike - Mountain bike up the FSR, then hike up to Mountain Lake hut
*Summit Mount Veeocee - yes, we have a mountain named after us
*Spearhead in Red - Complete the Spearhead traverse in the spring, wearing red bodysuits
*Fizzy at Lizzy - bring nice (or cheap) champagne to Lizzie Creek cabin
*The Raft & Craft - camping in the Squamish valley doing crafts, and then paddling the Squamish river
*The Dip & Flip - trying to jump in as many lakes as possible (Semaphore lakes area) and then making pancakes
*Games at Garibaldi - playing board games somewhere in Garibaldi
*Drinks at Sphinx - everyone brings different mixers for a "bar pot luck" at Sphinx glacier (Burton hut)


''103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia'' by Mary MacAree, David MacAree is an excellent guidebook for easy-moderate hiking in the area. The clubroom has two copies of this book (although one is of a very old edition).
==Ski Routes by Map==


==Backcountry Skiing Destinations==
[[image:overview.gif|left|overview map]]


A lot of backcountry skiing in the coast range revolves around going to [[Huts]]. There are also a number of popular ski traverses near vancouver :
{{ski guide links}}


* [[Garibaldi Neve Traverse]] usually takes 2-4 days.
==Guidebooks==
* [[Spearhead Traverse]] usually takes 2-5 days.


==Rock Climbing==
For printed guidebooks, see the [[guidebooks]] page.


Climbing within weekend range of Vancouver revolves around [[Squamish Rock | Squamish]]. Beyond that, possible destinations are :
There are a number of good online resources as well:
*[http://www.bivouac.com bivouac.com]
*[http://www.trailpeak.com trailpeak.com] trail database
*[http://clubtread.com/routes/ Clubtread.com] trail wiki
*[http://www.vancouvertrails.com/ Vancouver Trails]
*[http://trailscanada.com/english/00_home_e.cfm Trailscanada.com]- mostly ontario-centric, but has some BC stuff too
*[http://www.hikipedia.com/ hikipedia]- a wiki dedicated to hikes in Washington State


* [[Skaha]] outside of Penticton
==Grading==
* [[Leavenworth]] in Washington
* [[Smith Rock]] in Oregon
* [[Red Rocks]] just outside Las Vegas, Nevada
* [[Joshua Tree]] California.


==Mountaineering==
{{Main|grades}}


===Sea to Sky Corridor===
The usual system for rating a trip's difficulty has two components.  One rates how strenuous a trip is, and the other rates technical difficulty.  The technical rating is based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Decimal_System Yosemite Decimal System], extended to include skiing.


There's tons of worthwhile objectives in the Sea to Sky Corridor north of Squamish.
===For physical difficulty===


* [[Wedgemount Lake Area]]
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"
* [[Joffre Group]]
|- align="center" style="background-color: #cccccc;"
!Class
!Difficulty
!Description
|-
| align="center" style="font-weight: bold" |A
|Easy
|Up to 5 hours of travel per day
|-
| align="center" style="font-weight: bold" |B
|Moderate
|5 to 8 hours of travel per day
|-
| align="center" style="font-weight: bold" |C
|Hard
|8 to 12 hours of travel per day, heavy loads, etc
|-
| align="center" style="font-weight: bold" |D
|Extreme
|More than 12 hours of travel per day, heavy loads, rough terrain, etc.
|}


===Fraser Valley===
===For technical difficulty===


* [[Chilliwack Valley]]
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
* [[Chehalis]]
|- align="center" style="background-color: #cccccc;"
* [[Anderson River]]
!Class
* [[Coquihalla]]
!Hiking/Climbing
!Skiing
!Glaciers
|-
| align="center" style="font-weight: bold" |1
|on-trail hiking
|trail skiing and only gentle slopes
|no glacier travel
|-
| align="center" style="font-weight: bold" |2
|off trail hiking, rock scrambling.  Extremely rugged (north shore) hiking trails may be included here.
|skiing moderate slopes
|straightforward glacier travel.
|-
| align="center" style="font-weight: bold" |3
|easy climbing (usually not roped, but pulling on handholds required), glacier travel in broken terrain
|skiing sustained steep slopes (30 degrees) with sections that can be very steep (40 degrees)
|glacier travel in broken terrain, bridged crevasses, icefalls, etc.
|-
| align="center" style="font-weight: bold" |4
|moderate climbing, usually with a rope and placing occaisional protection.
|Difficult high mountain skiing.  Sustained steep slopes combined with crevasse hazards, terrain traps, etc.
|Belayed Ice climbing on steep ice slopes placing ice screws for protection
|-
| align="center" style="font-weight: bold" |5
|technical rock climbing.  Difficulty is graded using the YDS system or other rating systems
|extreme skiing, may involve rappels over cornices or cliffs
|Technical ice climbing.  Difficulty is graded using water ice gradings such as WI3, WI4, WI5, etc.
|-
| align="center" style="font-weight: bold" |6
|aid climbing
|
|
|}
 
'''Note about glacier travel:'''  If a trip is rated ''Class 2'' or ''Class 3'', that does not necesarily mean that there will be glacier travel involved.  Rather, if there is glacier travel then the ''Class 2'' grade implies that it will be easy glacier travel.
 
Sometimes two technical difficulty grades are used, where a trip has a short difficult section but it mostly at the easier grade.  (see Black Tusk Example Below)
 
===Examples===
*Black Tusk B2(3)
*Wedge Mountain North Arete C3
*Mount Baker, Coleman-Deming route B2
*[[Mount Seymour|Mount Seymour Hike]] A1
*Alpha Mountain, east ridge C3(5)
 
==External Links==
 
[http://www.ubc-voc.com/mediawiki/images/5/59/Decision_making_for_wilderness_leaders_Strategies%2C_Traps_and_teaching_methods.pdf Decision making for wilderness leaders: Strategies, Traps and teaching methods (PDF)]
 
[[Category:Trip Ideas]]

Latest revision as of 22:58, 6 March 2023

General History

Ski Touring in the Southern B.C. Coast Ranges

Trips by Type

Trips by Location

Trip Ideas (Creative)

  • Bike 'n Hike - Mountain bike up the FSR, then hike up to Mountain Lake hut
  • Summit Mount Veeocee - yes, we have a mountain named after us
  • Spearhead in Red - Complete the Spearhead traverse in the spring, wearing red bodysuits
  • Fizzy at Lizzy - bring nice (or cheap) champagne to Lizzie Creek cabin
  • The Raft & Craft - camping in the Squamish valley doing crafts, and then paddling the Squamish river
  • The Dip & Flip - trying to jump in as many lakes as possible (Semaphore lakes area) and then making pancakes
  • Games at Garibaldi - playing board games somewhere in Garibaldi
  • Drinks at Sphinx - everyone brings different mixers for a "bar pot luck" at Sphinx glacier (Burton hut)

Ski Routes by Map

overview map
overview map

(A) Omer lakes & Loch Lomond
(B) Mount Sedgwick
(C) Mamquam
(D) Alice Ridge
(E) Diamond Head & Neve Traverse
(F) Brohm Ridge
(G) Sphinx Bay & Neve Traverse
(H) Black Tusk Meadows
(I) Helm Creek & Cheakamus Lake
(J) Singing Pass (Via Trail) & Singing Pass (Via Lift) & Spearhead Traverse
(K) Rethel Creek
(L) Cloudburst Mountain
(M) Brew Hut & Powder-Cap Traverse
(N) Brandywine Mountain & Metal Dome
(O) Powder-Cap Traverse
(P) Callaghan Lake, Telemagique Ridge & Powder-Cap Traverse
(Q) Rainbow Mountain, Beverley Creek, Puma Peak, Gin Peak & Mount Sproatt
(R) Pemberton Ice Cap
(S) Overseer
(T) Ipsoot Mountain
(U) Tenquille Lake
(V) McGillivray Pass
(W) Lizzie Lake
(X) Microwave Road
(NA) Frosty Mountain

Guidebooks

For printed guidebooks, see the guidebooks page.

There are a number of good online resources as well:

Grading

Main article: grades

The usual system for rating a trip's difficulty has two components. One rates how strenuous a trip is, and the other rates technical difficulty. The technical rating is based on the Yosemite Decimal System, extended to include skiing.

For physical difficulty

Class Difficulty Description
A Easy Up to 5 hours of travel per day
B Moderate 5 to 8 hours of travel per day
C Hard 8 to 12 hours of travel per day, heavy loads, etc
D Extreme More than 12 hours of travel per day, heavy loads, rough terrain, etc.

For technical difficulty

Class Hiking/Climbing Skiing Glaciers
1 on-trail hiking trail skiing and only gentle slopes no glacier travel
2 off trail hiking, rock scrambling. Extremely rugged (north shore) hiking trails may be included here. skiing moderate slopes straightforward glacier travel.
3 easy climbing (usually not roped, but pulling on handholds required), glacier travel in broken terrain skiing sustained steep slopes (30 degrees) with sections that can be very steep (40 degrees) glacier travel in broken terrain, bridged crevasses, icefalls, etc.
4 moderate climbing, usually with a rope and placing occaisional protection. Difficult high mountain skiing. Sustained steep slopes combined with crevasse hazards, terrain traps, etc. Belayed Ice climbing on steep ice slopes placing ice screws for protection
5 technical rock climbing. Difficulty is graded using the YDS system or other rating systems extreme skiing, may involve rappels over cornices or cliffs Technical ice climbing. Difficulty is graded using water ice gradings such as WI3, WI4, WI5, etc.
6 aid climbing

Note about glacier travel: If a trip is rated Class 2 or Class 3, that does not necesarily mean that there will be glacier travel involved. Rather, if there is glacier travel then the Class 2 grade implies that it will be easy glacier travel.

Sometimes two technical difficulty grades are used, where a trip has a short difficult section but it mostly at the easier grade. (see Black Tusk Example Below)

Examples

  • Black Tusk B2(3)
  • Wedge Mountain North Arete C3
  • Mount Baker, Coleman-Deming route B2
  • Mount Seymour Hike A1
  • Alpha Mountain, east ridge C3(5)

Decision making for wilderness leaders: Strategies, Traps and teaching methods (PDF)

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