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==Trips by Location== | ==Trips by Location== | ||
*[[North Shore]] | *[[North Shore]] ''North Vancouver, West Vancouver'' | ||
*[[Tri-Cities]] | *[[Tri-Cities]] ''Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody'' | ||
*[[Squamish]] | *[[Squamish]] | ||
*[[Whistler]] | *[[Whistler]] | ||
*[[Duffey Lake]] | *[[Duffey Lake]] | ||
*[[Fraser Valley]] | *[[Fraser Valley]] ''Abbotsford, Langley, Chilliwack'' | ||
*[[Coquihalla Summit]] | *[[Coquihalla Summit]] | ||
*[[Washington State]] | *[[Washington State]] | ||
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See the [[guidebooks]] page. | See the [[guidebooks]] page. | ||
==Grading== | ==Grading== | ||
Revision as of 12:08, 7 March 2005
Trips by Type
- Hiking Trips
- Skiing Trips
- Rock Climbing Trips
- Mountaineering Trips
- Paddling Trips
- Car Free Trips
- Illegal Trips
Trips by Location
- North Shore North Vancouver, West Vancouver
- Tri-Cities Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody
- Squamish
- Whistler
- Duffey Lake
- Fraser Valley Abbotsford, Langley, Chilliwack
- Coquihalla Summit
- Washington State
- Nearby islands
Guidebooks
See the guidebooks page.
Grading
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
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
1: on-trail hiking or skiing - good trails
2: off trail hiking, rock scrambling, skiing moderate slopes, straightforward glacier travel. Extremely rugged (north shore) hiking trails may be included here.
3: easy climbing (usually not roped, but pulling on handholds required), skiing steep slopes (up to 30 degrees or so), glacier travel in broken terrain.
4: moderate climbing, usually with a rope. Difficult high mountain skiing.
5: technical rock climbing, extreme skiing
6: aid climbing
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)