Lifetime Hiking Objective Archives - Island Mountain Ramblers

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024

Cowichan RIver, Part 2

Submitted by Su Castle

Cowichan River was in full flood. The weather was dry, almost warm, with blue skies once the fog burned off.

The trail (just shy of 16 km) was in good condition. Only a few high water/wet spots to navigate around – including a spring river-ing down our turnaround trail!

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January 3, 2024January 3, 2024

CPR Trail – Arrowsmith Regional Park

–submitted by Clint Millar

We left from Hwy 4 up the logging road to the TH and made our way up to the lookout. Did the out and back route. Stunning water falls at the bridge, views as we made our way up. When we reached the summit, we were treated to the most beautiful sunny views and enjoyed the inverted cloud views with little to no wind. Being greeted and dive-bombed by whiskey jacks was a highlight as we fed them, and they took it upon themselves to steal what they could of our lunches. The CPR trail is one of my favourites for sure!!

A pretty successful trip for my first time leading!!

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

Augerpoint Mountain Daytrip (Lifetime Hiking Objective)

On August 20, 2022, five Ramblers made the herculean effort to complete one of the club’s Lifetime Hiking Objects as a Daytrip. Though Augeropint Mountain is usually summited on the thru-hike to Mount Washington, we planned to do it in a day!

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by island_mountain_ramblers 3 years ago
Aug 21-26, 2021 John Young led a trip to explore many sections of the Cape Scott Provincial Park. Check out his blog for a fantastic album and trip report (Google - John Young smugmug) or head over to our website and check it out in the Timberline Tales tab This trip had such variety, well trodden trails, seaside scrambling, old growth forest, broad vistas, historic sites, sunshine, rain, secluded beaches and more visited ones. And I was so fortunate to share it with such wonderful companions!
by island_mountain_ramblers 3 years ago
Aug 28, Matthew led a trip to grab a club Ridge Rambler objective up Wesley Ridge. A club classic and always a great day! ⛰️⛰️ Another fine day on the high ridges of Vancouver Island! Six members total participated in a traverse of Wesley Ridge on August 28th. This is a much-loved hike for the club and is one of the club's Ridge Rambler objectives. Even though another leader led this route just a week prior, I led it again as a last-minute addition to the calendar when I cancelled a more complex trip. Saturday was warm and sunny, but
by island_mountain_ramblers 3 years ago
Ken and Maggie had no takers (️shocker️) yesterday on a incredibly wet day up Camas Ridge, with stops at Old Thistle Mine and Christie Falls. Stay tuned as I catch my lazy butt up on plenty of club trips that have happened since the last post. ️
by island_mountain_ramblers 2 years ago
Sunday May 29, 2022 Mr. Lettington led a group of 7 to Mt Irwin, they chose to go over Mt Hal to get there. What a day. This one kicked my butt a bit. I went on this trip with the Island Mountain Ramblers. A few of the people from my first club trip were here again, so it was nice to have some familiar faces. The weather sucked… clouded in and no blue sky; until we were back at the vehicles. It rained lightly which wasn’t too bad except it made the snow conditions a lot worse, heavy and
by island_mountain_ramblers 2 years ago
El Presidente the one and only Mr. John Young led a trip of 8 Ramblers over 7 days on the Nootka Island trail, taking in the glorious terrain and even putting in some trail work whilst there. ------------------------------------- RAMBLING ALONG NOOTKA ISLAND The western shore of Nootka Island has been designated as a Sensitive Area since 2003, with the area providing non-exclusive recreational use of the trail area. It is under the jurisdiction of The Ministry of Forests, Campbell River Forest District. --------------------------------------- Check out the rest of John's trip report and photo album in the Timberline Tales section of
by island_mountain_ramblers 2 years ago
May 30, 2022 Matthew led a group of 5 up to the summit of Springer Peak in the Prince of Wales range ---------------------------- What a day in the mountains! The Prince of Wales range never ceases to offer top-notch hikes and scrambles! This was my third trip to the summit. I hosted it because members tell us that they are interested in learning mountaineering skills. This peak offers some great opportunities to practice various skills while providing relative safety. Was the weather perfect? No, but it's the best I've had on this mountain. Were the views great? No, but again
by island_mountain_ramblers 2 years ago
The route was filled with snow but we made it. Look at the bumps ahead. This afternoon s objective. #strathcona #mountaineering
by island_mountain_ramblers 2 years ago
June 26, 2022 Jaime led a group of 5 on a trip to summit Mt. Joan, The Squarehead and Mt. Curran. Check out the trip report, available in the Timberline Tales section of our website!
by island_mountain_ramblers 2 years ago
April 23, 2022 Joanna led her first club trip and 3 other members came along! ⛰️ Beautiful day with the perfect weather. Ended up with a total of 18kms and 855 m elevation gain. Took us seven hours to complete, an hour longer than I had originally predicted. But I’m going to blame it all on the perfect weather and scenery for photo ops, great company and the added perk of having no line ups for the two swings on the trail. We really enjoyed all the swinging that we did .
by island_mountain_ramblers 2 years ago
July 1, 2022 John Robertson led a group of 3 to Buffalo Hump and Whiskey Jack Creek The weather was perfect for a day's hiking. We made swift work if the 5kms on roads to the base of Buffalo Hump mountain. A slightly novel approach at the start led to heavier-than-expected bushwhacking, some extemporized scrambling, and a bit of profanity.