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Revision as of 18:11, 27 May 2004
Guidebooks
See the guidebooks page.
Hiking
Daytrips from Vancouver:
- Backside Trail of the Chief
- Needle Peak
- Mount Seymour / Mount Elsay
- West Lion
- Golden Ears
- Mount Brunswick
- Mount Harvey
- Williams Peak
- Rainbow Mountain
- Mt. Rohr
Weekend trips from Vancouver :
- Howe Sound Crest Trail
- Garibaldi Lake and Black Tusk
- Three Borthers Mtn (Manning Park)
- Russet Lake
- Salal Creek and Athelney Pass
Longer hikes :
- West Coast Trail
- Stein Valley
- South Chilcotin Mountains Provincial Park (Gun Creek and Spruce Lake Area)
- Indian Arm Loop Trail
Backcountry Skiing
Some good areas for daytrips:
- Diamond Head
- Mount Sproat near Whistler
- Mount Rohr 1 or 2 days
- Cayoosh Mountain 1 or 2 days
- Needle Peak 1 or 2 days
- Zoa Peak
Good weekend trips:
A lot of backcountry skiing in the coast range revolves around going to huts. Some good huts to visit for backcountry skiing are:
There are also a number of popular ski traverses near vancouver :
- Garibaldi Neve Traverse usually takes 2-4 days.
- Spearhead Traverse usually takes 2-5 days.
Trips to and traverses of big icefields are usually reserved for the spring, but sometimes undertaken mid winter. The following have been done by club members in recent years.
- Pemberton Icefield 1 week
- Waddington Icefield 2-3 weeks
- Lillooet Icefield 2 weeks
- Monarch Icefield 2 weeks
- Misty Icefield
Rock Climbing
Climbing within weekend range of Vancouver revolves around Squamish. Beyond that, possible destinations are :
- Skaha outside of Penticton
- Leavenworth in Washington
- Frenchman's Coulee in Washington
- Smith Rock in Oregon
- Red Rocks just outside Las Vegas, Nevada
- Joshua Tree California.
- Canadian Rockies
Mountaineering and Alpine Climbing
Sea to Sky Corridor
There's tons of worthwhile objectives in the Sea to Sky Corridor north of Squamish.
Fraser Valley
Washington State
Other
- Cathedral Provincial Park near Keremeos
- The Bugaboos
- Salal Creek Wall in the upper Lillooet Valley
On Campus
If you can get your fix through a brief stint climbing on anthropogenic surfaces...