2018 marked the 60th anniversary of the Island Mountain Ramblers — we’re definitely over the hill! It’s been a long journey with countless footsteps, snowshoe tracks created and melted, booted routes wandered, and rocky bluffs scrambled. Sixty years is a significant milestone.
To celebrate our 60th anniversary the Island Mountain Ramblers issued a new lifetime objective: come, participate on club trips and walk the many ridges that Vancouver Island has to offer and earn the distinction of being an Island Mountain Ramblers Ridge Rambler.
Since this is a lifetime objective, all of your prior experiences count toward this achievement, provided they were done as club trips.
Lifetime Hiking Objectives – Recognition Criteria
To be eligible for recognition, you must meet the following requirements:
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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. -
Qualifying Trips
Trips must be completed as club trips after 2018 -
Documentation
For each qualifying trip, maintain a record that includes:
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- Date of the trip
- Trip leaders name
- 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.
Challenge:
Hike 10 ridges from the list below on a club hike and earn the distinction of being a Ridge Rambler, and get your crest.
The Ridges
Easy (day trips)
- Minnas Ridge
- Blackjack Ridge
- Rogers Ridge with Mount Beadnell
- Wesley Ridge Traverse
- Mount Moriarty
- Cedarstedt Mountain
- Mount Kokummi
- Mount Cokely : Rosseau Route
- Gemini Mountain
- Genesis Mountain
- Mount Juliet
- GowllandTod Trail
Moderate (long day trips or multi-day trips)
- Sooke Ridge Ramble to Empress Mountain via Larkspur (this route only)
- Boston Ridge
- San Juan Ridge (Kludahk Trail)
- Beaufort’s Special: Mount Cameron to Mount Tsable Traverse
- Squarehead Loop: Mount Curran, Squarehead, Mount Joan
- Flower Ridge
- Castle Crag – Frink Loop
- Mount Hooper
- Mount Sutton, the Ridge
- Crest Mountain to the Summit (not the radio tower)
- Big Den Mountain
Hard (multi-day trips with lots of elevation gain) –we do not have tracks for these
- Rees Ridge
- Crest Mountain to Idsardi or full horseshoe loop
- Della Falls from Flower Ridge
- Philips Ridge Arnica Lake to the drop off to Carter Lake
- Philips Ridge: Arnica Lake to Mount Philips
- Sheppards Ridge
- Argus / Harmston / Cliffe Glacier Loop
- Highway 28 to the col above Ruth Masters Lake
Ridge Ramblers Awards:
Phil Jackson 2019
John Young 2021
Jes Garceau 2022
Mary Hof 2023