At 2,500 m and its distinctive pyramidal shape, Sentinel Peak is one of the more distinctive mountains in the Hart Range. On a clear day it can be seen from vantage points in PG, or from the slopes of Powder…
Mt Ishpa & Matthew attempt
One of my biggest regrets in life has always been not making it to the summit of Mt Ishpa: the most prominent peak in the bowron lakes park, a place where i spent a large portion of my formative years.…
Buggy Yellowhawk Trail
Mt Murray - Yellowhawk trail past Wells, was an absolute stunner with not a cloud in sight all day! We made it all the way to Mt. Murray to check out the lake and ridge which is blooming with flowers…
The Vineyards
We're pleased to report that the Vineyards remain as spectacular as ever. Six club members participated in the two-night trip over the B.C. Day long weekend. Full ScreenDownload KMZ Due to concerns about road closures, we took the Bowron-Beaver FSR…
Snowshoe Lake / Zig Zag Ridge Circuit
Full ScreenDownload KML It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…. Or was it the other way around? Hard to tell and we tend to have poor memories when it comes to these types of things.…
A PG Classic: Grizzly-Leprechaun-Raven Ridge
This was a point to point day hike, 16.5 km total. Last we had checked, the forecast looked promising, but when we arrived at the Grizzly Den parking lot (after dropping off a second vehicle at the Raven Lake trailhead),…
Cariboo Connector
Here is a trip report from another water-based adventure in the Cariboo. This time the trip idea came from my friend Trevor McConkey in 2016. In looking at a map of the region around Quesnel Lake and Wells Gray Provincial…
Hike to Ilse's Shelter (with grippers)
We started from the Groveburn gravel pit on the way up the Tower road near Tabor Lake and climbed up the mountain to Troll Lake cabin - not our usual outing, as we are skiers, but we need to make…
Rainbow Reprise: Caledonia Ramblers repeats a favourite weeklong backpack
The Caledonia Ramblers latest weeklong backpack into the Rainbow Range of southern Tweedsmuir Provincial Park turned out to be a wonderful trip, with none of the fires and smoke of the past two summers. Several of the 17 participants had…
Niagara River to Quesnel Lake rafting trip
The Cariboo Mountains are a spectacular mountain range in the Columbias that lie to the south of Prince George and east of Quesnel and Williams Lake. One of my favourite features of the Cariboos is Quesnel Lake, which apparently is…