Progress: 2010 – 120 feet of boardwalk completed – 35 volunteers (528 hours) 8,250 km travelled 2011 – 240 feet of boardwalk completed – 67 volunteers (1698 hours) 12,676 km 2012 – 1400 feet of boardwalk completed – 54 volunteers (2474 hours) 21,398 km Total completed: 1400 feet (finished length will be 1500 feet) The remaining 100 feet of boardwalk at the extreme east end and a ramp [...]
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The original outhouse at the UBC Varsity Outdoor Club’s Harrison Hut was built 30 years ago and needed replacing badly — built among huge glacier boulders, there was no soil suitable for digging, and it has repeatedly been invaded by marmots (or as VOC members call them, “shit beavers”). In 2014, the FMCBC awarded them a Member Club Grant to build a new outhouse, but first they had [...]
After opening to rave reviews in 2013, the builders and volunteers who constructed the Ancient Forest Trail — an interpretive trail near Prince George that winds through some of the province’s oldest temperate inland rainforest — determined that the plank pathway needed to be widened to allow visitors to pass freely and safely while walking and enjoying the forest. The FMCBC awarded the Caledonia Ramblers Hiking Club Society [...]
The UBC Varsity Outdoor Club was awarded an FMCBC Member Club Grant in 2013 to replace the windows in their popular Brew Hut which is located south of Mt Brew within the Sea-to-Sky Corridor. The hut has been a popular destination for hikers, backcountry skiers and other non-motorized users for years. Brew Hut has an interesting history and the current structure is actually the third Brew Hut after [...]
