Links
Trails
- Trail Repository
An excellent website of a user maintained trail list - Peakware
A database full of mountain peaks from around the world - Trailpeak
A user maintained list of trails for hiking, mountain biking and kayaking - Bivouac.com - Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
A fee based, user sustained website with photos, updates and routes for various mountains around Canada
Safety
- North Shore Rescue
A list of the North Shore Rescue recommended essentials to bring on any hike. There are also a bunch of links on the site for other useful safety information - Canadian Avalanche Association
Avalanche forecasts - Whistler Blackcomb Avalanche Advisory
Weather
- Mount Seymour Alpine Forecast
One of the best weather prediction sources for the local mountains - Chilliwack (Environment Canada)
- Pemberton (Environment Canada)
- Squamish (Environment Canada)
- Vancouver (Weather Network)
- Vancouver (Environment Canada)
- Whistler (Environment Canada)
- Whistler Alpine Weather Forecast
Whistler Alpine Forecast - One of the better ones out there for weather prediction. Use this if travelling in the Whistler area, Garibaldi Park or the neighboring regions
Clubs
- Get Beta
A climbing site with tons of photos, videos and info - Cascade Climbers
A very popular club for hikers and climbers. Most of the members are from Northwestern Washington - Club Tread
A very popular online forum. Most of the members live in Southwestern British Columbia - University of British Columbia Varsity Outdoors Club
A wiki with a wealth of information. - British Columbia Mountaineering Club
Planned trips, guest speakers, etc. - Alpine Club of Canada
Canadian Mountaineering Club - Wanderung
Trip planning through a maillist
Books
- Best hikes and walks of southwestern British Columbia
The beginner's guide to hiking. Most of the trails described in this book are more pleasnt walks through the forest than hikes - Scrambles in Southwest British Columbia
A great new book with route descriptions for hikes and scrambles for the more experienced hiker or mountaineer. These trails are almost always in the alpine and always reach a summit - 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia
The hiker's bible. Virtually every hiker in BC has this one. The book has a nice list of hikes from easy to moderate
Maps
- Provincial Park Location Maps
A map of all British Columbia provincial parks with clickable links for their respective homepages - Land and Resource Data Warehouse Catalogue
An awesome mapping tool. Topographical maps and more of all of British Columbia with an interface to zoom in and out and much much more - Topographical Maps
Some topo maps from BC that someone scanned in
Personal Sites