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Meet the 2026 FMCBC Grant Recipients
Each year, the Federation of Mountain Clubs of British Columbia (FMCBC) is proud to offer grant funding to help our member clubs pursue community-driven outdoor projects that advance backcountry access, environmental stewardship, and inclusive recreation. We are thrilled to announce our 2026 FMCBC Grant Recipients! Each club has been awarded $1,000 to support their on-the-ground projects. Please join us in congratulating the following clubs and learning more about how they have an important impact [...]
Checklist for Safe Outdoor Adventures in Peak Summer Heat
With temperatures of 30° C around BC, outdoor adventures are increasingly strenuous on the body. Here is a list of tips on how to stay safe & cool on your outdoor adventures: Listen to your body! Be attentive to signs of dehydration, e.g. nausea, headaches, irritability, dizziness. Adjust your plans when needed. Choose adventures with shorter distances, longer breaks, and slower tempo. Time it well! Before 10am or after 6pm is safest. Pick shady routes! [...]
Help identify resource roads that matter for outdoor recreation in BC
A new BC Resource Road Access Survey is gathering local knowledge about the roads and road systems people use to reach trails, lakes, rivers, cabins, campsites, riding areas, backcountry areas and other recreation destinations. Much of BC’s backcountry is reached by resource roads. These roads were built mainly for forestry and other resource industries, but they also provide important access to trails, lakes, rivers, cabins, recreation sites, backcountry areas, rural communities and outdoor tourism [...]
Mount Seymour Resort Development Proposal – What Every Park User Needs to Know
Mount Seymour Resort has unveiled a proposal to evolve from a local ski hill into a “premier mountain resort destination in Metro Vancouver”. The plan would more than triple skiable terrain, add year-around attractions (e.g. via ferrata, skywalk & suspension bridge, zip lines, gondola & more) and overnight accommodation. This development would expand the resort’s Controlled Recreation Area and have a significant impact on hikers, snowshoers and backcountry skiers in the area. BC Parks is [...]
Mount Robson Berg Lake Update – blog by Mike Nash
The new backpacking season in Mount Robson park is well underway, with several interesting highlights during a recent four-day visit at the end of May. We enjoyed remarkably good, if unseasonably cool hiking weather. Despite driving to Tête Jaune in torrential driving rain, there was no precipitation nor bugs during our four days in the park. We even managed to catch part of the FMCBC AGM from the cell-signal equipped Mount Terry Fox Viewpoint on [...]
New multi-use active transportation trails being developed in the Southern Gulf Islands
I misspent my youth on Vancouver Island. In the late 1970’s and early 1980s, I was an undergraduate student at SFU. In my spare time, I’d jump on my bike and explore Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands with different groups of friends. Eager to share my bicycle touring discoveries with others, I wrote a first guidebook to the region (published by Douglas & McIntyre, while I was away at grad school). Now that I’m [...]