All members of the NSH club are invited to the Annual General Meeting to be held Monday, November 25 at 7 pm. 
LOCATION Sunrise Community Hall

A detailed agenda and other meeting materials will be available on the website several days prior to the meeting. As part of the business section of the meeting, we will look at the club’s financial position, listen to activity  reports, and elect the new club executives. We will serve refreshments and appreciate if you bring your own mug.
After the break we will hold an open forum to  discuss multiple-day trips planned for 2025. Bring your ideas and suggestions on how to diversify and strengthen our club.
And we will distribute club logo jerseys to all members who led one or more activity in 2024.

RSVP by email to cristina.jacob03@gmail.com

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Read our club’s trip reports. They may inspire you to lead new hikes for the club.

Multiple-day local and international trips🇺🇸🇯🇵🇨🇦🇦🇺🇮🇹

This year, in addition to our summer camp in the Kootenays, we have a cycling trip to SaltSpring Island, a hiking trip to Austria, a hiking trip to Sierra Nevada in US, and helihiking North of Pemberton.

For next year, a cycling trip to Italy is already full and we hope that there will be more events listed on our Schedule. If you plan a personal trip and you would like other club members to join you, please contact Diane Whiteley or Cristina Jacob and they will list the event on the Schedule. The trip will then become a club event and participants will benefit of additional insurance provided by the club affiliation to the FMCBC.

Club Cycling Jerseys Update🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️

Jerseys will be available to buy for $30 at the November AGM.You can pay by cheque or cash.Club members who led at least one activity in 2024 will receive a 50% discount towards purchasing a jersey. Jerseys will be made available again at the Christmas party. Dates for these two events ( AGM and Christmas party) will be made available when set by the club Executive Committee.

Please send your request for a jersey, indicating your size(S M L) to Dave Chow our Membership Secretary.

Picture of jersey

Staycation Week coming up September 22-29🌲🐻😁

Watch the Schedule for the planned events. If you want to lead one, contact the Planner appropriate for the activity.

Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦👩‍👩‍👦‍👦👩‍👩‍👦‍👦👩‍👩‍👦‍👦👩‍👩‍👦‍👦👩‍👩‍👦‍👦👩‍👩‍👦‍👦

These people reached out to us- have a look at their message!

“My name is Sara, and I am reaching out on behalf of the Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council, a non-profit that works to minimize the threat of invasive species that negatively impact the environment, economy, and human health in the Sea to Sky Region.
We run a campaign called ‘Play, Clean, Go’ which advises outdoor recreationists to clean all mud, seeds, and plant fragments from themselves and their gear before moving to new areas, to prevent the spread of invasive species. This is particularly important for hikers, climbers and trail runners in the Sea to Sky since many of them travel between different trail networks within and beyond the region. Often without realizing it, seeds, burs, and plant parts can get caught in clothing, hiking boots and trail shoes and transported from one trailhead to the next. This ‘hitchhiking’ is a major cause of invasive species spread, causing harm to the biodiversity of the habitat they are introduced to.”

Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia( ORCBC)🏕️🌲 Continue reading RAVEN, July/August 2024 issue →

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     Raven Newsletter May/June 2024

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Day Passes needed for Garibaldi, Golden Ears and Joffre Lakes. 

All the information you need for booking the day pass is available on the bcparks website. 

You can book two days in advance, and if you have a camping pass no day pass is required.

Note that Garibaldi and Golden Ears are vehicle passes- car pooling encouraged! Trailheads affected in Garibaldi are: Diamond Head, Rubble Creek and Cheakamus.

Trailheads affected in Golden Ears are: Gold Creek, West Canyon and Allouette Lake parking and boat launch areas.

Joffre lakes is a person pass. They have a 500 persons/day limit and the park is occasionally closed to public. Check the website before you plan a hike there.

🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕Club meeting held on May 14. Thank you for coming!

We had about 20 NSH hikers who gathered at Leslie’s house for pizza, pie, and tea. “Secondary” to the food attraction was participating to the business meeting of the Executive Committee. A great opportunity to meet and know who these people are. The Club is being run by volunteers who have different positions on the Committee. Each year, at the November AGM, we elect the President, VP, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Recording Secretary and Planning Coordinator. All other positions on the Executive Committee can be filled any time during the year.

We had a good discussion about the current vacancies and we are happy to report that several attendees stepped up to fill the following positions:

Naomi Watts - A hikes Planner

Fern Pires and Carol N -Social Convener 

Carol Kautz - Trip Report Secretary

We are still looking for volunteers to fill the following positions: Webmaster ; News Editor; Social Media; President ( starting in November); Cycle Coordinator ( starting in November)

Contact Cristina Jacob if interested.

Club Jerseys selected
Six different designs were looked at during the May 14 meeting and two were selected to apply the club logo on. A long sleeve and a short sleeve.

The jerseys will cost about $30 each and will be offered at a 50% discount to club members who led at least one activity in 2024 and at full cost to any member of the club.

More details will be included in the next Raven ( July/August)

In the interim, check the website called Temu and search for men cycling jerseys. You may like a different design. You can order the jersey you like and the club will pay for applying the club logo on the sleeve.

For more info email Cristina Jacob at cristina.jacob03@gmail.com

📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖 Attendance sheets and guest waivers 

Since Carol Kautz is now again filling the position of Trip Report Secretary we will adhere to the following rules and guidelines for saving attendance sheets and guest waivers:

After completing the activity, take a photo with your smart phone of the documents ( sign up sheet and guest waivers ) and email them to the Trip Report Secretary within one week of the trip, to signupsheets@northshorehikers.org

🏕️🏕️🏕️🏕️🏕️🏕️🏕️🏕️🏕️Staycation week for NSH hikers- in planning stage

A full week of activities around Vancouver is being planned for the end of September. Details will be posted in the Schedule and subsequent Trip Updates on the Forum. If you have any suggestions for activities to be included or you would like to lead one contact Katy Poon.

Example of activity
Friday , September 27- pickleball in Squamish for NSH, new players welcome. The Two-hour pickleball session at the Brennan Community courts will be followed by a 2-hour hike on Jurassic Ridge at Murrin lake.  Leader Cristina Jacob. Canceled if wet.

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One or two volunteers needed to promote the club on May 26

Metro Vancouver invited us to participate with a display at their annual “ Wilderness at Your Doorstep event at Lynn Headwaters Regional Park .  The event will be on Sunday, May 26 from 9:30am to 1pm, and they will be grateful if you can join them ! Similar to previous years, the purpose of the event is to showcase the unique natural, history and network of trails at Lynn Headwaters Regional Park and the community that supports it.”

If interested to volunteer contact Ramona Muljar at ramona_muljar@hotmail.com

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WHEN and WHERE

Tuesday, MAY 14, 7 pm, at Leslie’s house, 3685, 15th Av, Vancouver

RSVP to Cristina.jacob03@gmail.com

Indicate if you need a ride or you want to offer a ride

Cristina Jacob will offer a ride to 4 other hikers from downtown Vancouver

Katy Poon will offer a ride to 4 other hikers from Richmond.

Excerpt from Last Raven Newsletter:

“At the March 21, EC meeting, it was decided to have the next EC meeting as a plenary meeting to which all members of the club will be invited. The main topic of discussion will be “ The future of NSH- where will we be 2-5 years from now ?”

The club will provide savoury snacks and beverages and Leslie will bake her famous fruit pies for all to enjoy.

One of the evening’s highlights will be choosing the design of the NSH club jersey.

Continue reading Raven March/April 2024 →

Continue reading Raven for January and February 2024 →

NSH Summer Camp in the West Kootenays Wednesday, July 24^th to Wednesday August 1^st, 2024

(Suggested arrival time: the evening of Wednesday, July 24^th)

Organized by Don Fockler and Diane Whiteley

To receive further communications about this trip, email diane_whiteley@telus.net 

Introduction

We will be hiking for 7 days (first hike begins the morning of July 25^th).  You may come for all or part of the camp.  You are responsible for arranging your own accommodation.  There are a number of campgrounds, motels etc. in the area.

Our plan is to hike in the Kokanee/New Denver area for 5 days then head further north for 2 nights at Sol Mountain Lodge in the Monashees where we will be hiking above tree line right out of the lodge.

For the first 4 nights, we plan to be based at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park Sandspit campground, which is north of Nelson BC.  This campground has showers and campsites that can be reserved.  Our first group meeting will be on July 24^th.  We will hike in this area from July 25^th to 27^th.  On the morning of July 28^th we will break camp and move to a campground or other accommodation near New Denver (about 100 kms north of Kokanee Creek) for 2 nights, July 28^th and 29^th.  On the July 30th we will move to Sol Mountain Lodge for 2 nights.  The lodge owners have “pencilled in” the North Shore Hikers for July 30^th and 31^st, 2024.  Don and I have already reserved our spots.

Information about Campsite and Lodge Reservations

Kokanee Creek Provincial Park Sandspit Campground: We will be based in the Sandspit campground from July 24^th to July 27^thand head to New Denver on the morning of July 28^th.  You can reserve a campsite at Sandspit on the BC Provincial Parks reservation system four months before the first night you want.  Since our planned dates are July 24^th to 27^th, you can try to reserve those 4 nights beginning at 7AM on March 24, 2024.

New Denver Accommodations: We will be based near New Denver on July 28^th and 29^th.  We have not decided where we will be staying in New Denver yet.

Sol Mountain Lodge: In winter Sol Mountain Lodge is a backcountry skiing venue accessed by helicopter.

In summer it’s a hiking/mountain biking venue, accessed via forest service roads.  It’s a 55 km drive from either Nakusp or Revelstoke.  The drive takes a good 2 hours.  The lodge recommends vehicles with AWD or FWD and high clearance, such as a Subaru Crosstrek.  The summer cost for the all-inclusive lodge is $325/night /person with a minimum of 2, 3 or 4 nights on the dates we have chosen.  We have let the lodge know our plan for summer camp participants to reserve there for the nights of July 30^th and 31^st, checking out on August 1^st.  The lodge has a maximum capacity of 18 and requires a non-refundable deposit of $100 on booking.Check out the website at https://www.solmountain.com/trip-info.

Information about the lodge: Family owned and operated by Aaron and Sabine Cooperman, we designed Sol to feel like our home —off the grid, with all the comforts. Guests have private rooms, with indoor bathrooms, showers, a dry room for gear, wood-stove heated sauna, yoga and stretching studio. On the main floor is a full kitchen, lounge, and a stand-up bar where you can lean into après, stocked with craft beers and a curated selection of VQA BC wines. Micro-hydro keeps the lights on.

To receive further communications about this trip, email diane_whiteley@telus.net 

Interested to Hike in Europe?

Request for Expressions of Interest

Diane Allison, one of our club members, is planning a hiking trip in Austria in July 2024. She would like to gauge the interest this trip will raise among our members. Please contact her directly at diane.hiking@gmail.com. Based on your response, she will organize an initial planning session in early January.

Her plan is to go for 3 weeks at the beginning of July, hiking from town to town or mountain hut to mountain hut, beginning in St. Johann and ending in St Anton. The trail is slightly north of Innsbruck, a lot of it is through the Karwendel National Park  The hikes are mainly C hikes and there is no scrambling.

It is possible for some to join the trip for shorter lengths!! Contact Alison to find out more about this exciting trip- one of many that our club is planning for 2024.