Lifetime Climbing Objectives

Lifetime Climbing Objectives – Recognition Criteria

To be eligible for recognition, you must meet the following requirements:

    1. Membership Requirement
      You must have been a member of the Island Mountain Ramblers for at least 3 years before submitting a claim for your award.

    2. Qualifying Trips
      Trips may be completed at any time — either as official club outings or as private hikes — including before you became a member.

    3. Documentation
      For each qualifying trip, maintain a record that includes:

      • Date of the trip
      • A photo, or name of another person in the party
      • Route taken

How to Submit Your Completed Objective

Once you have completed all the requirements for a hiking or climbing lifetime objective, please submit your trip records to either the Secretary/Treasurer or the President of the Island Mountain Ramblers.

Climbing Lifetime Objectives

Gold Award – climb all 20 peaks
Silver Award – climb any 15 peaks
Bronze Award – climb any 10 peaks 

1. Mount Arrowsmith 1818 m. South of Cameron Lake
2. Mt. Klitsa 1643 m. West of Sproat Lake
3. Maitland Massif 1433 m. Maitland Massif. Any peak over 1190 metres on the Maitland Mountain Massif (Maitland, Hidden, or unnamed peaks over 1190 M)
4. Mt. Colonel Foster 2130 m. Any peak
5. Mt. Donner 1813 m. Ucona Valley
6. Elkhorn 2195 m. Elk River Valley
7. Mt. Filberg 2035 m. West of north end of Buttle Lake
8. George V Mount 1888 m. South of Forbidden Plateau
9. Golden Hinde 2200 m. Island’s highest peak – west of Buttle Lake
10. Kings Peak 2065 m. Elk River Valley
11. Mt. McBride 2082 m. West of Buttle Lake
12. Mariner Mountain 1845 m. Southwest of Buttle Lake
13. Mount Matchlee 1845 m. Burman Valley
14. Nine Peaks 1835 m. Drinkwater Valley – any peak
15. Rambler Peak 2086 m. Elk River Valley
16. Red Pillar 2032 m. Near Comox Glacier
17. Splendor Mountain 1766 m. Burman Valley
18. Rugged Mountain 1875 m. South of Woss Lake
19. Mount Shcoen 1863 m. Schoen Lake Park
20. Victoria Peak 2163 m. White River Valley

 Ramblers who have achieved Climbing Lifetime Objectives:

Gold:

1991 David Routledge
1994 Charles Turner
1994 Derek Fletcher
1998 Takeshi Ogasawara
2001 Brian Ross
2014 Lindsay Elms
2023 (August) Eryn Tombu
2023 (August) Barry Hansen

Silver:

2008 (October) Tom Carter
2009 Ken Rodonets
2008  John Young
2018 (September) Clarke Gourlay
2020 (August) Matthew Lettington
2020 (September) Phil Jackson
2021 Barry Hansen
2023 Eryn Tombu

Bronze:

2018 (September)  Phil Jackson
2018 (October) Matthew Lettington
2008 (October) Dean Williams
2020 Margaret Symon (climbs completed on or before 1975)
2021 Barry Hansen
2022 Jes Garceau 
2023 Eryn Tombu
2025 Su Castle