Additional Reference Materials

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We draw many of our activity ideas from the following sources:

Books

103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia by Mary and David Macaree.
109 Walks in British Columbia's Lower Mainland also by Mary and David Macaree.
Best Hikes and Walks of Southwestern British Columbia by Dawn Hanna.
100 Hikes in Washington's North Cascades by Ira Spring and Harvey Manning.
Don't Waste Your Time in the North Cascades by Kathy and Craig Copeland.

We have provided links to Amazon.com for more details on these books, although most, if not all of them are available locally.

Club History

Memories go back to the early 1980's. The club existed before any of the current members joined. Maybe it has been around for hundreds of years. This web page was first composed in 1997.

Web Links

Local Vancouver Stuff

The Vancouver CommunityNet Community Pages Index... Recreation Sub-category
Vancouver Weather
North Shore Search and Rescue - check out their 10 essential items page for hiking or skiing

For Reference and Gear

The Mountain Equipment Co-op a must for any local activities.
Taiga Works for outdoor gear and sports clothing.
GORP's Outdoor related website good for questions, gear etc., well everything, really
The Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia

Hiking Trails

Vancouver Forest Region Ministry of Forests site
Boreas Back-Country Guide to BC.
Trans-Canada Trail
Parks Canada for details of the West Coast Trail and others
Out-There for on-line exploring
BC Parks have a Park Finder page with info on Parks like Garibaldi, showing things like Visitor Alerts and Trail Conditions.
I see they are charging for trailhead parking now, too.

US Info

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest - gives trail conditions
National Park Service here are the North Cascades pages
The North Cascades National Park also has it's own site

Know of other links that should be included here? Email us and we'll insert them.
Updated 17th June 2007