Avalanche Echoes. Alpine Club Executive. John Clarke See pages 4-5. VOL. 79 NO.2 FEBRUARY 2003

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1 VOL. 79 NO.2 FEBRUARY 2003 Avalanche Echoes Alpine Club of Canada - Vancouver Section News Alpine Club Executive Chair Liz Scremin Secretary Tony Knight Treasurer Rob Brusse Membership (Voic ) Susan D Aloisio Editors Helen Habgood Steve Wickham Climbing Coord. Pam Krannitz Camps Coord. Richard Keltie Skills Development Zoran Vasic Socials Chris Bradley Programs Isabel Budke Access & Environment Mary Henderson National Rep. Fern Hietkamp Promotionsvacant FMCBC Rep. Richard Keltie Quartermaster Rob Brusse John Clarke on the Princess Louisa Traverse. John Clarke See pages 4-5. Greg Maurer photo Special Project Volunteers Program Assistant Linda Bily Archivist Irene Goldstone Jim Haberl Hut Project Ian McGillivray Family Programs Coord. Tony Webb Tantalus Hut Ron Royston Webmaster Sidney Pecul sidneypecul@shaw.ca Administrator Paddy O'Neile vanacc admin@shaw.ca Camps Committee: Rob Brusse (Rogers Pass) Don Serl (Coast Climbing) Tony Knight (Pebble Cr. Ski) Mike Thompson (Spring Ski) Peter Woodsworth (Tantalus) Next meeting: Tuesday, February 25th, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. Location: Floral Hall, Van Dusen Gardens W. 37th & Oak Street, Vancouver SkillsFest & Gear Swap Dawn from the Asulkan Hut. Lesley Bohm Avalanche Echoes 1 Vancouver Section webpage: National Club webpage:

2 THE AVALANCHE ECHOES is published nine times per year by the Alpine Club of Canada, Vancouver Section. EDITORS: Helen Habgood Steve Wickham This newsletter is the official publication of the Alpine Club of Canada, Vancouver Section. It keeps members informed on topics of interest to mountaineers including activities within the club, equipment, techniques, access, and environmental issues. The club meets monthly, usually for a slide presentation, at the Floral Hall in Van Dusen Gardens, W 37th and Oak St., at 7:30 pm on the fourth Tuesday of the month, except in July, August and December. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES Vancouver Section: Single $49.00 Family $66.00 Junior $22.00 (under 18) For membership dues, renewals, and changes of address, and booking huts, contact the ACC national office directly: P.O. Box 8040 Canmore, AB, T1W 2T8, fax , phone , or alpclub@telusplanet.net Website: vancouver For detailed membership form including upgrades, send SASE to: ACC-Vancouver, c/o FMCBC, 47 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V5Y 1P1. SUBMISSIONS We encourage submissions of writing, photography, drawings, etc. If possible, articles should be submitted by (about 500 words). Photos and slides are always needed (JPG format is preferable). Deadline for submissions is the last day of the previous month. ADVERTISING Advertising in the Avalanche Echoes shall be accepted at the discretion of the Editor. All advertising shall be for products or services of direct interest to our membership. EDITORIAL POLICY Suitability for publication is at the editor's discretion within the guidelines of the Section Executive. Articles may be edited for clarity or to fit the available space. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to Chartwell Consultants Ltd. for use of computer space and printers. ANNOUNCEMENTS Rain City Raid Adventure Race Coming May 10-11th is Vancouver s first URBAN ADVENTURE RACE. The event is raising awareness and money for Covenant House Vancouver, a registered charity that helps homeless and runaway youth on the streets of Vancouver. The object of the race is to complete a course which includes a number of components, such as canoeing, kayaking, in-line skating, cycling, running, scootering, stair climbing, indoor rock climbing and city navigation to name a few. It is actually two races in one, one race is a 12 hour race geared to participants of all levels and abilities, the second race is a 24 hour one geared to the more adventurous or experienced teams or individuals. For more information Satellite Phone For Rent The Section has a satellite phone available for weekend or weekly rental to club members. There is a daily or weekly rental charge, plus a refundable deposit. Air-time is $2.00 per minute. Contact Tony Knight at or tak@mda.ca. Avalanche Transceivers The club has three Focus F1 avalanche beacons for rent: $7/weekend or $15/week. Contact Chris Bradley or Jane Weller/ Ian McGillivray ACC Leadership Workshop - February 27, 2003 Interested in leading trips, wanting to improve your leadership skills? The ACC Vancouver Section is hosting a Leadership Workshop for you on Thursday, February 27th. If you are a new leader looking for support and ideas for leading club trips, or if you have led lots of club trips, and are looking for tips and techniques, this will be a great workshop for you. Topics to be covered include trip planning, screening participants, group management, leadership methods, decision-making, safety, what-to-do if you re caught out overnight, or if someone has forgotten something vital on the trip, and more! This will be a fun and lively session, with lots of participation and role playing, led by professional experiential education instructors as well as volunteers. It s free, and it s a great opportunity. Leaders: Rick Davies (Rick Davies and Associates (leadership training); Bridget Milsom (North Shore Search and Rescue). Contact Henny Coates at hennyc@telus.net, or Fern Hietkamp at or fern_hietkamp@hotmail.com. Landscape Photography in Winter April 4-6, 2003, Mount Baker, Washington Special ACC weekend workshop! $ for ACC members, $ for non-members participants. Includes 2 nights at Baker Lodge, some meals and over 20 hours of instruction. We will meet one evening before and one evening after this workshop to discuss technique and equipment and to critique slides and prints. Topics include: composition, exposure, managing light and depth of field, films, filters, and shooting black and white. Participants should be able to back-country or cross-country ski or use snow shoes. Contact Doug Williams for registration - tel: ; dwphoto@shaw.ca; website: Doug has taught landscape photography and other courses at Focal Point since 1998 and taught workshops for the ACC at Black Tusk and Lake Lovely Water. ACC Archives & Artifacts Displayed at North Vancouver Libraries To help celebrate the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, the North Vancouver District Library is holding several displays of old mountaineering gear, clothing, books, photographs and memorabilia at their Capilano, Parkgate, and Lynn Valley branches, now through February. The material is all part of the ACC-Vancouver Section s collection, so naturally we encourage everyone to go and have a look! It s wonderful to get the items out of boxes and into the public eye where they can be enjoyed. Avalanche Echoes 2

3 Announcements cont d. Mountain Events at the North Vancouver District Library The Library will also be hosting two wonderful public events. People are encouraged to pre-register by calling Phyllis Munday Mountaineer Author Kathryn Bridge will talk about her terrific new book on Phyllis Munday. Delbrook RecCentre, Tamarack Room, Wednesday, February 19, 7:30 p.m. Over the Hill But Still Climbing (see ad with details on page 7) ACC Oral History Committee This volunteer committee will be continuing its very important work of recording the voices and stories of key people in the mountain community. New volunteers are always welcome! Please call Liz at by Liz Scremin hear the wind moan in the bright diamond sky This tune has been with me all week, since the service for John Clarke. In the image on the film, he is high on a ridgetop, glissading joyfully down a snowy slope, with his trademark white dress shirt and white tossled hair. His spirit is singing; he is in his element. And that is how I want to remember him. I never had the honour of doing a trip with John. Such a shame. When my mother died in November 2001, somehow he heard. He sent me a card with his condolences and offered to take me for a walk to some special place he knew in the North Shore forest. Oh, in my sadness, I never took him up on it. Something I regret. Time doesn t wait. Each season is precious. Each year is marked by the trips that you did, the cherished photos, the ticks in the guidebook. John had so many wonderful experiences during his life and so much energy to share. He Letter From the Chair The Mountains Are Waiting was so positive, so unerring, so serene. He accomplished so much and yet there was so much more for him to do. I wonder would he ever have run out of mountains? No. Even the smallest, most far-flung place captured his imagination. We should all go and buy a map in his memory, and trace lines along the divides. Then go and revel in the beauty of the place, to try and see it through his eyes. He will be there. This summer, I hear, there is a plan to build a cairn in his memory with stones engraved with messages. John s family will scatter his ashes there. Earth, wind and water. How wonderful to carry the messages to the four corners of the earth and into the future in this way. From our perspective, the mountains are eternal, and many are imbued with personality. They are our spiritual home. And so, they are waiting for us to return. Farewell, John, and thank you for being such an inspiration. We will miss you. The 6 th Annual VANCOUVER INTERNA- TIONAL MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL February 14th to 22nd, 2003 A I R S E R V I C E Toll Free: info@tyaxtours.com Festival Tickets: Outlets: Centennial Theatre (2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver); Mountain Equipment Co-op (130 W Broadway, Vancouver); Ticketmaster Ticket Centres (surcharges apply). By phone: Centennial Theatre, (604) ; Ticketmaster, (604) (surcharges apply). Check out SKI PLANE Let Tyax Air Service get you to the start of your next backcountry adventure with our "Beaver" Ski-Plane based at the Pemberton Airport. Passenger or Supply drops up to 1000 Lbs throughout the Coastal Mountains. Avalanche Echoes 3

4 Environmental Educator,, Conservationist and Mountaineer, John Clarke Passes Away at 57 from Press Release by the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation. John Clarke, one of BC s leading conservationists, environmental educators, and mountaineers, died at Vancouver General Hospital on January 23, 2003, following a long struggle with cancer. John s love of BC s wild places began while studying geography at UBC in the 1960s. He recognized that much of BC s rugged coastal mountains were still unexplored. For the next 35 years, he systematically climbed 10,000 square kilometres of Coast Range peaks, glaciers and valleys. On trips of up to six weeks, many of them solo, John photographed and documented wildlife, rain forests and First Nations villages. He published accounts of his explorations in alpine journals which gained the notice of the mountaineering community. In 1987 he was made an Honourary Life Member of the Alpine Club of Canada in recognition of his extraordinary mountaineering career. Over the years John became increasingly concerned by the impact of development, particularly logging, on wilderness and wildlife habitat. He was deeply affected in 1994 by the death of fellow mountaineer and conservationist Randy Stoltmann who a month earlier proposed a plan for protecting 260,000-hectares of wilderness 150 km northwest of Vancouver. The environmental community subsequently named the area the Randy Stoltmann Wilderness. In 1995 John saw the need for wilderness education in elementary and secondary schools. He created multi-media visual presentations which he showed at hundreds of venues across BC. A year later he co-founded the Wilderness Education Program and developed slide presentations, wilderness hikes and curriculum Photo by Lisa Baile workshops that introduced thousands of Vancouver school children to their first direct experience of BC wilderness. When speaking to young children, John would set up his tent in the classroom so they could handle his crampons and ice axe, and see artifacts such as a tuna can chewed flat by a hungry grizzly bear! His natural humour and enthusiasm made him a particularly effective educator. In the summer of 1997 John developed a unique partnership with the Squamish First Nation that expanded into the Witness Project. Being called to witness is an honour in the Coast Salish tradition. The Witness Project enabled thousands of city dwellers to witness threatened habitat in the Stoltmann Wilderness. The Squamish Nation awarded John the rare honour of a traditional naming ceremony in which he was given the Squamish name of Xwexwsélken, or Mountain Goat. In 1999 John organized a series of community presentations as part of SPEC s campaign to stop logging in Greater Vancouver s North Shore watersheds. His presentations were crucial in raising public awareness that eventually resulted in the GVRD abandoning commercial logging in the region s Watershed Management Plan. The general public first learned of John s remarkable climbing accomplishments with the 1995 release of Bill Noble s film Child of the Wind, which earned first prize at the Banff International Mountain Film Festival. In 1999 John received the BC Minister s Award for Environmental Education. In August, 2002, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for his lifetime achievement in exploration of the Coast Range Mountains, and his contribution to conservation and wilderness education. John is survived by his wife Annette, oneyear-old son Nicholas, mother and father, sister Kathleen and brother Kevin. Memorial Service for John Clarke A Celebration of Life for John Clarke will be held on Sunday, February 23, 2003 from 6:30 to 9:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm) at the Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver. All are welcome to attend this special evening to share and remember. It will include speakers and slideshows celebrating all aspects of John's life. Tickets are $10 with all proceeds going to the Wilderness Education Program to carry on John's legacy. Tickets are available at the Centennial Theatre (604) (Visa/MC) and through Mountain Equipment Co-op. The film Child of the Wind will be available for sale with proceeds going to John's wife and son, Annette and Nicholas. Cards of condolences can be sent to Annette Clarke at 2496 W. 7th Ave., Vancouver, V6K 1Y4. The family has asked that donations be made in lieu of flowers. Suggested donations can be made to: 1. A trust fund now being set-up for John's son Nicholas. Information about that fund is available at Wilderness Education Program. As you may know, over the last few years John delivered presentations to about 30,000 school children and teachers. He also took many of them on backcountry outings up to a week. All of this was done through WEP. Others will be taking John's place so the program can continue. Donations to WEP can be made by sending a cheque to BC Spaces for Nature (WEP), 3116 W. 3rd Ave, Vancouver, BC., V6K 1N3. Please make sure you write "WEP" on the cheque. Avalanche Echoes 4

5 Tributes to John Clarke ( ) John Clarke was one of the great British Columbians of the twentieth century. He taught by example important and enduring lessons about how to live. As a witness to the changes wrought by humans on a landscape which had formerly seemed immutable, he was grieved, yet he went beyond observing and interpreting the world to his own inimitable attempt to change it. John Clarke was a mountain man of astounding skill and endurance, but he was also a warm and affectionate human being. His good humour drew out our own best instincts. He not only inspired us, but changed the outlook of many thousands of people, always for the better, and he left British Columbia and Canada richer for having passed through our lives. He was a human being who enhanced the global environment. How fortunate that John found satisfaction in building a family, even though it was near the end of his life. Many thousands of people who did not know John s family will be thinking, along with us, their condolences. Though we cannot replace a unique individual like John Clarke, we can emulate his example by following our own instincts to respect our environment and hoping they will lead us towards some of the high and wonderful places that John Clarke has seen. Tom Perry - Former Minister of Advanced Education, Science and Technology,Province of British Columbia Child of the Wind (music & lyrics by Bruce Cockburn) I love the pounding of hooves I love engines that roar I love the wild music of waves on the shore and the spiral perfection of a hawk when it soars love my sweet woman down to the core There s roads and there s roads and they call, can t you hear it? road of the earth and roads of the spirit the best roads of all are the ones that aren t certain one of those is where you ll find me till they drop the big curtain Refrain: Hear the wind moan in the bright diamond sky these mountains are waiting brown-green and dry I m too old for the term but I ll use it anyway I ll be a Child of the Wind till the end of my days Little round planet in a big Universe sometimes is looks blessed sometimes it looks cursed depends on what you look at obviously but even more it depends on the way that you see Refrain: Hear the wind moan in the bright diamond sky these mountains are waiting brown-green and dry I m too old for the term but I ll use it anyway I ll be a Child of the Wind till the end of my days the night we met you were carrying rocks brought from Sims Creek to Robson and Seymour to honour Randy Stoltmann one rock at a time carrying the weight setting them down so others could honour him and now we will take the weight and multiply you - Sandra Semeluk Adventure, exploration and discovery are important not only for themselvesbut for what they lead to. The fabric of an individual is molded through these processes. In John's case, his love of nature and discovery evolved to a point where he became a communicator of this love. He was an inspiration to others from what deeply inspired him. As mountaineers we all feel inspired when we are in the hills but few have the ability to imbue this to others. John did this exceptionally well with the enthusiasm and vigor that only John could muster, having the ability to touch all regardless of age. The Order of Canada served him well. Greg Maurer Avalanche Echoes 5

6 Rogers Pass South Camp Trip Report by Lesley Bohm I spent a wonderful week in August 2002 at the Rogers Pass South camp. When my knee cartilage gave out in June I tried to cancel, but no one wanted my place. Rob Brusse kindly encouraged me to go anyway as camprat and to paint, which I did. I was ecstatic when I managed to get up to the Asulkan cabin with no major trouble. What a gorgeous spot we The Swiss Guides from the Asulkan Glacier had perfect weather for those three days. I managed the snow school but didn t attempt the climbs, especially as the camp cold got me on the second night. The participants were a great group some even interested in all the wonderful flowers we passed and the amount of food organization by Rob was astounding. I managed a few hikes off and on between runny-nose and coughing stages up to Balu Pass where we caught the last of the Youngs Peak, Asulkan Glacier avalanche lilies on late snow, and paintbrush and alpine daisies against a backdrop of the mountains across the highway, and short trips up towards the Vaux Glacier and Abbott Ridge. Everyone else would return late and exhausted from 10 to 12-hour long mountain exploits. I was struck by the amount that the Asulkan Glacier has shrunk since my last visit 20 years ago! Many thanks for tolerating the ancient and infirm and to Rob for organizing a wonderful trip. Pen and Ink drawings by Lesley Bohm, Rogers Pass Camp, Summer 2002 th ANNUAL ROGERS PASS CAMPS 4 th Week 1: July 26th to August 2nd - Rogers Pass North Week 2: August 16th to 23 - Rogers Pass South Rogers Pass offers spectacular vistas and impressive opportunities for hiking, scrambling and climbing. Camp will include knots & rope handling refresher and glacier travel orientation. This is a self-guided camp and objectives will depend upon conditions and experience levels of participants. Group size limited to 12. Cost is $325 per week - Payment due by May 1, 2003 (includes food, hut, section & backcountry fees but not parking). Note: Those wishing to economize further may decide to stay at the Illecilewaet campground (instead of the Wheeler Hut) and/or form independent cooking groups, while still joining in other group activities (costs to be determined). Contact Rob Brusse at or robasbeekbrusse@aol.com Proposed Itinerary: Week 1 - Rogers Pass North July 26 - Aug 2 Hermit Meadows/Wheeler Hut Meet at Wheeler hut for first night then 2 nights (tenting) & days at Hermit meadows, objectives from among Grizzley, Rogers and Tupper. Then 4 nights at Wheeler Hut visits to Eagle, Hotsprings, Afton & Cheops & Mystery trip. Week 2 - Rogers Pass South August Asulkan Pass/Wheeler Hut/Balu Pass Meet at Wheeler hut for first night then 2 nights & days in Asulkan area, objectives from among Jupiter, &Terminal. Then 3 nights at Wheeler Hut visits to Eagle, Afton, Hotsprings, Last night (tenting)balu Pass Cheops & Mystery trip. COAST RANGE CLIMBING CAMP SUMMER 2003 Upper Tellot Glacier, Waddington Range July 26 to August 10, 2003 Join us for two weeks in the finest alpine playground in the Coast Mountains. Camp will be on the Upper Tellot Glacier at about 3100m, with about 30 summits and 100 routes within an hour s walk. Climbing is mostly mid- to upper- 5 th class rock, varying between 3 and 8 pitches in length. Half a dozen exceptional quality alpine ice routes between 100m and 225m are also available. Bigger objectives can be accessed within a half day s travel. Camp participants must be experienced climbers and must come with a partner; the organizer does not act as social convener. All participants must be members of the Alpine Club of Canada and must sign a liability waiver. Each pair or small group is responsible for their own camping gear, food and cooking, and climbing equipment objectives are as per taste. Camp limit will be 16 people. Preference will be given to two-week participants, although one-weekers will be considered. Access/egress will be via helicopter, with Mike King of Whitesaddle Helicopters, flying out of Bluff Lake, 225km west of Williams Lake. A one- to two-hour glacier-walk may be required from the landing site to the camp location, dependant upon weather. For further information, contact Don Serl: dserl@mec.ca phone: address: 876 West 22 nd Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1Z9 Cost per person will be about $600. Reserve your spot early. Send $100 deposit (refundable until 30 days before the camp) to the address above. Make cheques out to Alpine Club of Canada, Vancouver Section. Lesley Bohm Avalanche Echoes 6

7 CASBC Receives Large Donation The Climbers Access Society of British Columbia (CASBC) is very pleased to announce that it has received a significant cash donation from the Edge Climbing Centre of North Vancouver, B.C. The gift will be in three annual installments of $5,000 each. The first cheque was presented to CASBC at its recent annual general meeting in Vancouver, by Edge co-owner Henry Wang. My partner Andrew Wilson and I are very impressed with the work CASBC has been doing for climbers, said Wang. They ve done a lot to protect climbers access in B.C. Our business is climbing-dependent, and we know our many members support what CASBC is doing. We re very happy to present CASBC with solid proof of the Edge s support, and we know that they ll do useful things with the money. CASBC president Anders Ourom said, This is the biggest unsolicited donation CASBC has ever received. CASBC has grown over the last year and expanded the range of its activities, so the money will be very useful. Projects for 2003 include a third toilet and signs at Skaha Bluffs, a comprehensive socio-economic survey of climbing and mountaineering in B.C., responding to government initiatives such as proposed use fees and cuts to park management, and simply responding to growth in climbing. CASBC: tel/fax (604) , PERSONALITIES Congratulations to Karen Routledge on completing a very fine masters thesis on Don and Phyllis Munday. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Chris Bradley. Wow! Viruses can be pretty unpredictable! Cuba seems to be THE place to go these days. Welcome home Christina and Doug Williams and family; bon voyage Ian McGillivray, Jane Weller and Helen Habgood. A very warm welcome to - Achilles Dolhaine, Erik Mathany, Patricia Pereira, Shane Harsch, Sue Nicholson, Nancy Paris-Seeley, Jon Paris- Seeley, Trevor Wellington, Wendy Hietala, Alexander Mackenzie, Banafsheh Sokhansanj, Kevin Houle, Christian Lemay, Jason Christensen, Ryan Allderman, Nadine Parker, Anita Stabrawa, Robert Young, Devon Page, Damien McCombs, Patrick Yarnell, Michel Duranseaud, Christopher Stiles, Anne-Lise Carlsgott-Hestvik, Rudy Six, Chris Majewski, Julia James, Chris O Grady, Robyn Forrest, Miles Bate, Tony Wilson, Angela Heck, Laura Chapman, Anne Drummond, Desmond Olsen, Eriko Arai, Peter Zarkadas, Eva Zarkadas, Thomas Bissig, and Gordon Davidson all new members since November ! We hope you make plenty of good new friends in the ACC! North Vancouver District Library presents: Over the hill but still climbing! Join us for a celebration of the exploits of some pioneer climbers on peaks near and far. We ll be showing slides and a short video of old time skiers on Hollyburn Mountain. There will be much animated discussion and reminiscing! Displays of archival photographs and climbing equipment can be seen at branches of the District Libraries. Our speakers will include Kathryn Bridge, Sev Heiberg, Paddy Sherman, Glenn Woodsworth, and possibly Dick Culbert. The Hollyburn Heritage Society video, 75 Years of the Hollyburn Ski Camp, commemorating the early skiers on Hollyburn will also be shown. February 20, 2003 at 7 p.m. Capilano Branch, North Vancouver District Public Library 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver Admission is free but seating is limited. Please call or visit any branch of North Vancouver District Public Library to reserve a seat. Easter Ski Camp in the Upper Toba / Compton Area April OR April The area between the upper Toba Glacier and the Compton Neve is an icecap at 2700 m (9000 ft) altitude with 360-degree views, including into the Filer Canyon and towards Waddington. Apart from watching the panorama from the hammock, taking stunning pictures, and yo-yo skiing, possible activities include day-trips as well as a 2- to 3-day trip towards Mt. Gilbert along the Toba- Southgate divide, including a climb of Mt. Gilbert (Grade 3-4 snow). Several minor (relative to the base level) bumps 1-2 hours from camp can be climbed (Grade 3-4 snow/ice). Cost is approximately $ The weather can be difficult in the area. Depending on the forecast, we will either go the week before or the week after Easter. Those interested should be flexible regarding the two weeks. (Last year we were tent-bound for most of the time because we did not have the option of postponing the trip for a week.) Contact Hans at for more information. 6th Annual Lake Lovelywater Summer Camp July 12-20, 2003 Eight days of mountaineering in the glorious Tantalus Range (Map ref. 92G/14). Accommodation is in the luxurious ACC cabin with swimming and boating at the door. We will also be running a full mountaineering school for a few beginner level participants. This is a self guided camp for club members only. Camp fee of $320 covers chopper in and out and hut rental. Call Peter Woodsworth at Avalanche Echoes 7

8 Vancouver Section Trip Schedule Date Destination Type/Grade Organizer Phone FEBRUARY 2 Musical Bumps (via Whistler lifts) ski B2 David Gunhold Telemark Clinic (Cypress) ski Linda Bily Map, Compass & GPS Workshop (eve.)class Tony Knight Diamond Head ski B2 Susan Higginbottom Ice climbing, Lilooet area climb A5 Paul Baker Exploring Manning Park ski B2 Fern Heitkamp Telemark Clinic (intermed.) ski A2 Wayne Yee Mt. Decker/Trorey (via Blackcomb) ski B2 Tony Knight Mount Cayoosh* ski B3 Peter Norris Mt. Sproat ski B2 Colin Boyd Hollyburn Big Ski Tour ski A3 Russ Fretenburg Weather Workshop class Pascal Haegeli Telemark Clinic (Cypress)* ski Isabel Budke Cerise Creek ski B2-3 Rob Brusse Mt. Duke ski B3 Todd Ponzini Monthly Meeting & Slideshow, 7:30pm at Van Dusen Gardens, W37th & Oak St. 27 Leadership Workshop class Fern Heitkamp MARCH 1 Cayoosh ski C3 Jane Weller Fat Dog Creek ski/shoe B2 Liz Scremin Mt. Rohr ski B2 Tony Knight Sky Pilot (hike, ski, ropes)* climb C4 Rich Pawlowicz Singing Pass to Musical Bumps ski C2 Irene Goldstone North Shore Quick Skin-up (eve.) ski A2 Hans Rogers Pass area (Wheeler Hut) ski B3 Oliver Clemens Leader s choice ski B2/3 Tom Hamilton North Shore Quick Skin-up (eve.) ski A2 Hans Diez Vistas hike B2 Ken Laing Cloudburst Yo-yo ski B2 Liz Scremin Monthly Meeting & Slideshow, 7:30pm at Van Dusen Gardens, W37th & Oak St. 26 North Shore Quick Skin-up (eve.) ski A2 Hans Snowcave Workshop ski/shoe B2 Chris Bradley APRIL 2 North Shore Quick Skin-up (eve.) ski A2 Hans Landscape Photography in Winter wkshp A1 Doug Williams Mount Baker ski C3 Pascal Haegeli North Shore Quick Skin-up (eve.) ski A2 Hans Upper Toba/Compton Neve Camp ski B3 Hans OR April depending on weather Mt. Currie to Mt. Wedge Traverse ski C3 Russ Fretenburg Lizzie Lake ski B3 Melinda Straight Snowspider Mtn.* ski C3 Peter Norris Knight Peak ski C3 Todd Ponzini Monthly Meeting & Slideshow, 7:30pm at Van Dusen Gardens, W37th & Oak St. * Joint ACC / BCMC THE ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA VANCOUVER SECTION TRIP SCHEDULE SPRING/SUMMER 2002 GRADING GUIDELINES A - Less than 6 hrs travel/day (not strenuous) B - 6 to 8 hrs travel/day (moderately strenuous) C - 8 to 12 hrs travel/day (strenuous) D - More than 12 hrs travel/day (extremely strenuous) S- Slower-paced trip, (suitable for seniors) 1 - Gentle slopes. Travel on trails over fairly level terrain. 2 - Moderate slopes. Travel may be off trail. Intermediate skiing ability recommended. Easy climbing. 3 - Travel in mountainous terrain. Steep forest and glaciers probable. Backcountry equipment and intermediate skiing experience required. Moderate climbing. 4 - Travel over difficult mountain terrain. Advanced backcountry and mountaineering experience, ability and equipment required. Advanced ski mountaineering or moderate to difficult ice or mixed climbing. Ropes and belays required. 5 - Technical ice or mixed climbing. Advanced climbing experience required. Please contact trip organizers by the Wednesday prior to the trip or earlier to express your interest. Non-members are welcome to participate once or twice before joining, and are accepted on a space available basis.. Everyone is welcome to attend our meetings at 7:30pm in the Floral Hall of Van Dusen Botanical Gardens, W. 37 th Ave. & Oak St in Vancouver on the fourth Tuesday of every month (except July, Aug, Dec). Trip organizers are required to have participants sign the ACC waiver which can be obtained from the climbing schedule organizer, or from: Completed waivers can be mailed to: Alpine Club of Canada, Vancouver Section, c/o The Federation of Mountain Clubs of B.C. 47 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1P1, or given to any member of the executive. CHAIRPERSON Liz Scremin MEMBERSHIP Susan D Aloisio CLIMBING SCHEDULE Pam Krannitz The AVALANCHE ECHOES Newsletter is printed and published monthly by: The Alpine Club of Canada, Vancouver Section, c/o Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC 47 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1P1 CANADIAN PUBLICATIONS MAIL SALES PRODUCT AGREEMENT # Avalanche Echoes 8