A portion of the Bear Mountain Trail Society's proposed route and its potential views. Mount Cheam is the peak to the right. It's a prominent landmark that can be seen (on a clear day) from the Salish Sea, 90 miles away. We’ve once again added another new member to our growing roster: The Bear Mountain Trail Society. This passionate group became our 41st member club last [...]

  Our membership keeps on growing this fall, and we couldn’t be more pleased to welcome Mountain Mentors to our ranks! Brett Trainor and Thea Zerbe are the women behind this awesome nonprofit mentorship program, which just launched this October. Here’s a look at how they started, what they do, and where they hope to be in the future. A big thanks to Brett for filling us in [...]

This month we’re pleased to welcome two new clubs to our ranks: The Hickory Wing Ski Touring Club and the Tetrahedron Outdoor Club. We’ll be talking more about Tetrahedron in a future post, so for now let’s take a little trip to Prince George, a special kind of haven for cross-country skiers. Prince George is a community with deep cross-country roots: Since the late 1950s, it’s undergone ambitious [...]

Quadra Island is a vibrant community, with many locals and visitors taking advantage of all the location has to offer. Hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing—there’s no shortage of outdoor adventures in this small island paradise. But what Quadra Island was lacking was an organization that made it easy for people to link up with others for outings. Enter: The Quadra Island Outdoor Club. Founded in 2013, the [...]

If you like to hike or walk but are afraid of being left behind in a trail of dust, consider the Outsetters Club! This is the mantra of the Outsetters Club, a group of active, 50+ adults who hike and walk primarily throughout the Lower Mainland, the North Shore Mountains, and the Sea to Sky Corridor. The Outsetters Club was formed in 1970, and thanks to strong, ongoing [...]