Date: Nov 22, 2025
Time: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Category: Hike
Full-accepting waitlist (Please contact the trip leader)
Date: Saturday, Nov. 22nd, 2025
Trip Leader/Contact: Janine Buckley (Please note the “l”, for Louise, between my first and last name)
If interested, please contact me; be sure toinclude your ACC number, please. Also, please let me know yourvehicle type, if you arewilling to drive on more rugged logging roads off of the mains, and, if you are willing to drive on rougher logging roads, please let me know if you would be willing to drive other participants, including thenumber of other participants you could drive up the logging road. Thank you.
Meeting place/ trip details:
Meet at the Buckley Bay Main yellow gate @ 8:30am; carpooling on the logging roads will be organized at the gate***Will be very weather dependent; trying for Saturday as it then gives Sunday as a possibility, if neededObjective: Enjoyment and to have early season snow build excitement for the upcoming winter! Great views of both the southern and northern expanses of Georgia Straight, too.Cost: $0Meeting Location: The yellow gate at the very beginning of the Buckley Bay Main.Description: -distance: ~ 9-10km return-elevation: ~ 700m elevation gain – walk up a logging road to reach the ridge then up and along a fairly wide’ish ridge; hope to reach the further, higher summit of Mt. Apps past the first larger summit cairn (will be time and weather dependent)Equipment: -**strongly recommend hiking poles for slippery, wet, icy rocks and for slushy and/or hard snow-snowshoes (may or may not use them but in two weeks’ time, I suspect yes, will use them)-comfortable, solid footwear appropriate for hiking/snowshoeing and also appropriate for snow-consider bringing microspikes, if you have them the usual “10 Essentials”Hazards:-wet or ice-covered slippery rocks, streams/lakes that are beginning to freeze and compact snow(*again, hiking poles recommended), ie early season winter conditions: thin snowpack still-cool, damp snow and weather; hypothermia-“General Hazards” which mean: Slips trips and falls indoor or outdoor| Equipment failure| Infectious disease contracted through viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi which may be transmitted through direct or indirect contact| Negligence of other persons, including other guests| Negligent first aid| Negligence of the guide Including failure to take reasonable steps to safeguard or protect you from, or warn you of risk, dangers, hazards, on participating in ACC activities|Max #: 6 participants