5 pm. Meet at MEC (Broadway store) pick up rental gear for those who need it & brief orientation. 6 pm. Meet @ Bean Around the World (Mt Seymour Parkway & Mt Seymour Rd) Depart for Mt Seymour, 6:20 Meet in downstairs lunch room Lodge Upper Parking lot, review outline & plan for the evening […]

Canada West Mountain School is offering a custom AST1-Plus course to the ACC-Vancouver. The course cost, inclusive of HST, is $270 ($220 if you have a Whistler lift pass). The dates are as follows: January 9: Evening theory session held in Vancouver; January 12: Field day to be held in Mount Seymour back-country; January 13: […]

Crevasse rescue systems for self rescue including Prussic practice with and without packs.Assisted rescue using pulley systems with an emphasis on Z-Pulleys. If time permits, a visit to the on-campus pub for a beer or other libation.

5 pm. Meet at MEC (Broadway store) pick up rental gear for those who need it & brief orientation. 6 pm. Meet @ Bean Around the World (Mt Seymour Parkway & Mt Seymour Rd) Depart for Mt Seymour, 6:20 Meet in downstairs lunch room Lodge Upper Parking lot, review outline & plan for the evening […]

Get in fighting form for winter mountaineering! Pack snowshoes and your regular climbing load. We’ll ascend via the BCMC trail and then do a loop on the Snowshoe Grind. Descent will be either via BCMC or the Gondola. Route info: ~7.5km total (~11km if descending BCMC), 1068m elevation gain. Trip contingent on avalanche conditions.