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    BC省对冬季车胎要求简介

    ByTimothy Chen

    根据BC省政府的规定，冬季开车前往大温地区以外大部分地方（除了往南去美国，但是华盛顿州有些地方对车胎、甚至雪链也是有要求的），所驾驶的汽车至少需要安装有冬季胎（Winter Tire），最好有雪胎（Snow Tire）。以下是省政府关于这个规定的网站： Designated Winter Tire & Chain Routes Passenger Vehicle – Tire and Chain Requirements 什么是冬季胎？根据省政府的规定，冬季胎是有M+S标志、且胎纹深度不少于3.5毫米的四季胎。 什么是雪胎？雪胎就是车胎上有雪花标志的车胎。 不合格的车胎包括：1）没有M+S标志的四季胎2）有M+S标志、但胎纹深度少于3.5毫米的四季胎3）老旧的车胎，包括老旧的雪胎 如何测量胎纹深度？以下有一篇短文和一个短视频可以参考： How do you measure tread depth on your tires? 大温地区附近雪场对车胎的要求：去Grouse Mountain没有对车胎的要求，但去Cypress Mountain、Mt. Seymour以及Whistler都要求至少有冬季胎（有M+S标志的四季胎、且胎纹深度不能少于3.5毫米），当然如果是有雪花标志的雪胎就更好。

  • 太平洋西北户外协会简介

    ByTimothy Chen

    太平洋西北户外协会的愿景（Vision）是： To become a well regarded non-profit outdoor organisation to serve our communities. 成为一个备受推崇的非营利性户外组织，为我们的社区服务。 太平洋西北户外协会的使命（Mission）是： To improve safety and quality of outdoor experiences by providing practical and valuable resources through technology and onsite activities. 利用技术装备和现场活动提供实用且有价值的户外活动资源，提高户外运动的安全和质量。 太平洋西北户外协会的理事和义工有不少都是长年参加本地户外活动组织（比如加拿大童子军Scouts Canada和UV单车俱乐部UnitedVelo Cycling Club等等）的义工，他们参加过户外安全、环保以及野外生存技能的系统培训，对于本地户外组织的运作模式和管理方法都有一定的经验。我们协会力求在各种户外活动（比如徒步、皮划艇、自行车以及冬季滑雪等等）组织和安全保障等方面做到程序化、制度化和规范化，通过培训和实地练机会习、降低户外活动的风险。 根据我们的实际情况，我们的服务范围先从华人社区开始，将来会服务于其他种族社区，尤其是缺乏户外经验的新移民和少数族裔。协会采用会员制，为每名正式会员和注册义工购买第三方责任保险。同时，非会员在签署免责条款的前提下，也可以有限制地参加我们的某些低风险活动。协会设立了对每次活动进行风险评估和审核的内部管理流程，致力于对领队的培养和培训，并协助会员间分享户外活动的知识和乐趣。 我们协会从成立到现在，已经组织了以下活动： 2022年: 2023年： 2024年到目前为止： 2. 雪鞋活动: 元旦日Mt. Seymour 3. 滑雪活动: BC内陆多日滑雪活动1次 4. 滑雪活动: Whistler多日滑雪活动1次 5….

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    PNOA Outdoor Safety Workshop on January 20th, 2024

    ByTimothy Chen

    After a winter storm had blown through southwestern BC, the road condition in Metro Vancouver was not ideal. Here came the Outdoor Safety Workshop held at Elgin Hall in South Surrey on Jan. 20, 2024. 38 people planned to come but only 28 showed up. Some could not come simply because they didn’t feel comfortable…

  • PNOA in 2023 Canadian Shoreline Cleanup Event

    ByTimothy Chen

    It was a sunny day on Oct. 7th, 2023. More than 40 members from Pacific Northwest Outdoor Association gathered at Elgin Heritage Park to participate in a Canadian Shoreline Cleanup event.  ‘Our association has a kayaking program. We organized kayaking courses at Crescent Beach and Nicomekl River every summer. We would like to do something…

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    Henry (Chunhui) Zhang – GoFundMe

    Byadmin

    A local hiker and friend of many of our members, Henry (Chunhui) Zhang, unexpectedly passed away on August 22nd, 2022, leaving behind his wife and two lovely daughters. The family was shocked and saddened by this loss and, unfortunately, not financially prepared. Pacific Northwest Outdoor Association, partnered with West Coast Mountaineering Foundation, LaPower Running Society,…

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    Great Cycle Challenge 2022

    Byadmin

    Pacific Northwest Outdoor Association (PNOA) organized a team (PNOA GCC Team) to participate in 2022 Great Cycle Challenge to raise funds for SickKids Foundation to help fund children’s health research and children’s cancer treatment. Refer to this link for the details of the challenge: https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/Pages/About/the-cause/about-the-challenge The team set up two goals: to ride 2000 KM,…