Club Library:
The Doreen Cowlin Memorial Library houses the club’s vast collection of books, maps, guides, and equipment inventory. Our collection boasts of several hundred book titles and dozens of maps to assist our members. We always welcome donations that enrich our collection and make it more relevant to our members.
Gear Lists:
- 10 essentials for hiking
- Mountaineering Camping List
- Winter/Snow Camping Gear List
- Snowshoeing Gear List
- General Camping Gear List
- Dayhike Equipment List
- First Aid Kit and expanded First Aid Kit
FMCBC
- BC Federation of Mountain Clubs – http://www.mountainclubs.org/
Trip Planning:
Gates
Navigation & Maps
- Declination Calculator: http://geomag.nrcan.gc.ca/calc/mdcal-en.php
- Map and Compass navigation basics at REI
- Learn to use topographic maps –a document created by Natural Resources Canada
- CalTopo – create your own printable topographic maps
Weather & Conditions
- Climate Details
- SpotWX — Location-based weather
- Mountain weather forecast
- Weather Visualizer –Windy
- Weather Visualizer — Meteoblue
- Hours of Daylight
- Avalanche Canada
- Summit cameras
- VIU Weather Station Cameras
- Copernicus Browser — Recent satellite imagery
Club Forms & Resources for Leaders