The FMCBC is proud to announce that we will be hosting a screening of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival’s Best of the Fest Tour in Victoria this June. Now in its 19th year, the festival, which kicks off in Vancouver each February but now travels to over 30 communities across North America throughout the year, is a showcase for some of the best outdoor adventure films from [...]
The Varsity Outdoor Club stands proudly with their new Harrison Hut outhouse, which was funded by an FMCBC Member Club Grant in the summer of 2014. It's that time of year again—time to get your club together to submit a project to the FMCBC for our 2016 Member Club Grant! Every year at our annual AGM, the FMCBC awards grants to member clubs that have a great [...]
The FMCBC is proud to host a presentation by prolific Scottish mountaineer and author Sandy Allan next week in Vancouver. In 2014, Sandy and his team set out to climb what was then regarded as “the last great climb” of the Himalaya—the giant Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat, the world’s ninth highest mountain. The ascent took 18 days, the last four of which were endured without food or water. We [...]
This year, our Annual General Meeting is being hosted by the BC Mountaineering Club in Vancouver over the May 27-29 weekend. If you’re interested in attending please register by April 30th. The BCMC has some great activities planned including: - Friday night Meet & Greet at Locarno Beach - Dinner on Saturday at Mahony & Sons pub at UBC - Presentations on Saturday night by Bob St John (Friends [...]
Photo credit: Paul Kubick, BCMC It’s been a busy summer for hiking clubs and outdoor groups around the province installing hundreds of reflective trail markers in a bid to make the backcountry an easier, safer place to navigate. As anyone who’s ever ventured into the woods can attest, trails can’t always be simply taken backward and forward: shortcuts, unmapped diversions and braided trails can make for a [...]
