During our 2017 AGM in Penticton on May 27th, we handed out our annual Member Club Grants, which are used to support projects initiated by our member clubs. Congratulations to this year’s recipients: Comox District Mountaineering Club Amount received: $717.18 The project: Annual trail maintenance The details: Working in conjunction with BC Parks, the CDMC plans to undertake brush cutting, hand clipping, trail repair and maintenance in [...]
Heli-slinging camp into a remote section of Upper Goat River Trail. (Credit: Roy Howard) Despite endless days of torrential rain, the Fraser Headwaters Alliance has nearly completed the work required to fully open both the Upper and Lower Goat River Trails. The trails comprise the historic Goat River Trail section of the National Hiking Trail, which is set to become a 10,000 km footpath from coast [...]
During the FMCBC’s AGM in Vancouver on May 28th, the Member Club Grant Committee presented awards to this year’s grant recipients. Congratulations to the following FMCBC Member Clubs who will be using these funds to further their trail projects this year: The Vancouver Rock Climbing Group was awarded $800 towards their Climb and Conquer Summer Leadership Camp (read more about it here). The BC Mountaineering Club was awarded [...]
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 [...]
Cougar sightings may be rare in B.C.’s backcountry, but coming across a guy with a fluorescent orange steel door strapped to his back? That’s unheard of—almost. This August, a team of seven volunteers from UBC’s Varsity Outdoor Club carried the door and necessary installation hardware and tools 2-3 hours to Brian Waddington Hut (commonly referred to as Phelix Hut) near Pemberton. The project was funded by an FMCBC [...]
