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May 16, 2017May 16, 2017

Magical Meares Island

On the summit of Lone Cone with a marvelous view of Clayoquot Sound, Tofino, and surrounding islands.

I had wanted to visit Meares Island 20 years ago or more, and didn’t, but this winter when I was planning trips for the spring, I looked into it once again. I found the site to the “Lone Cone Hostel and Campground,” with information about climbing adjacent Lone Cone Mountain, and further details about the nearby Big Tree Trail. I was stoked! I listed it on the Rambler’s website, and before long I had 10 other eager hikers.

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May 14, 2017June 14, 2017

Meares Island : Lone Cone & Big Tree Trail

Read the full report on Matthewès blog

To early European explorers, the western edge of North America must have been an overwhelming place to visit. We humans navigate by landmarks, known places with names; explorers applied names to many places, making them easier to identify on maps. At some point, it must have been really overwhelming to provide names to so many different places, or perhaps they lacked the creativity to do so; thus, we ended up with names like Elkhorn South Mountain. The name itself isn’t an issue, except that Elkhorn South is immediately south of the much grander Elkhorn Mountain, and shouldn’t be confused with the south peak of Elkhorn Mountain, which is completely different. Even the name Vancouver Island has caused issues for travelers who mistake the location of either the island, or the city of Vancouver. But this post isn’t about Vancouver Island’s haphazard naming structures – it’s about Meares Island.

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May 27, 1977May 1, 2018

Timberline Tales 1977

This file was originally mailed to the members of the Island Mountain Ramblers, in 1977.

Timberline Tales 1977

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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.