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Backpack | A multi-day hike where you carry your gear (including tent and stove) with you on your back. We do not rate backpacking events so the same symbol is used for all events. I try to link the trail to the trail description when we know what the trail is like (but backpacks often involve going to new areas the club has not explored before). |
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Car camping | Car camping (usually in conjunction with day hikes). We usually sleep in tents. Car camping is where you can drive to the campground (as opposed to backpacking where you carry your tent with you along the trail). |
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Cross-country skiing | Cross country ski trip (either a day trip or a multi-day event). Day trips are usually on local logging roads. |
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Cycling | Cycling events are usually on roads. The number of bikes reflects the event rating. The cycling rating scheme is described on the following page:
http://www.clubtread.org/cycling_rating_scheme.php As with day hikes, cycling events are rated by the event coordinator. |
   
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Day hike | The number of "boots" reflects the hike rating. The day hike rating scheme is described on the following page:
http://www.clubtread.org/rating.php Ratings are currently set by the event coordinators although we are trying to standardize them (but old habits die hard). |
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Picnic | |
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Sea kayaking | We offer a very limited list of venues. |
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Social event | Could be a dinner, pot luck, party, etc. Does not involve any hiking. |
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Walk | Walks (on sidewalks and possibly roadways, can include some short sections in public parks). The number of "sneakers" represent the event rating. The walk rating scheme is described on the following page:
http://www.clubtread.org/walk_rating_scheme.php As with day hikes, walks are rated by the event coordinator. |
In general most day hikes will be rated. Some time ago Club Tread rated the common hikes we do. Coordinators are free to use their own ratings on hikes (for example if they plan on doing a non-standard route). The coordinator's rating, if specified, will be the one used on the schedule. For a description of the ratings see our rating definition page.
Backpacking trips are never rated. You should be in good shape to participate in one of these events. Carrying a fully loaded backpack along a trail is much more difficult than day hiking the same trail (but there are benefits as well).
Cycling events are always coordinator rated.
This column provides more descriptive information for the event. It will also include restrictions such as booking deadlines, maximum participant limits, members only events, pace, etc.
Where the Club has descriptions of the trails these descriptions will be linked to the event names. To obtain more information on the trail click the link.
We have implemented two alternative solutions for schedule change notification:
Booking deadlines are normally only displayed as text within each event.
The schedule allows you to display booking deadlines as discrete entries in the calendar.
To do this add the deadline=yes parameter to the URL.
To suppress canceled events from the schedule add the canceled=no parameter to the URL.
The schedule display can be filtered by date. This allows you to look at past events and/or control how far into the future the schedule displays.
Normally the schedule will display all future events but it is possible to limit the display to either a specific date or to a number of days into the future. To limit the display to a specific date use the to parameter and enter the date in yyyymmdd format. E.g.:
To limit the display to a number of days into the future use the to parameter and enter the number of days. For example, to limit the display to the next 4 weeks use:
Normally the schedule will display all events starting with today's date. It is possible to change the date from which the events are displayed. To set a specific start date use the from parameter and enter the start date in yyyymmdd format. E.g.:
At the present time the from parameter does not support relative dates (i.e., you cannot specify a number of days into the past from the current date).
You can look back at past schedules using date filters. These filters are supplied by entering the dates in the address field in your browser. For example, to view the Summer 2008 (July-September) schedule you would enter:
Our event database has events from the January 1st, 2008 onward.
If you are only interested in specific event types you can filter the schedule to only display events of those types. To filter the schedule you enter the criteria in the address field in your browser. To filter the schedule to only display day hikes you would use:
You can also filter for multiple event types by using a comma separated list of the event type id's., e.g.:
| Event type | Code | Event type | Code | Event type | Code |
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| Backpack | 1 | Day hike | 3 | Pub night | 11 |
| Car camping | 8 | Disc golf | 17 | Sketching | 30 |
| Cross country skiing | 13 | Games night | 16 | Snow shoeing | 14 |
| Cycling | 2 | Movie | 10 | Social | 6 |
| Dance | 5 | Picnic | 7 | Walk | 4 |
| Attribute | Filter name | Description |
| Exploratory | exploratory | Events where the trip coordinator has not hiked the trail before or at least not recently. |
| Geocaching | geocaching | Events that will involve some degree of geocaching. |
| Multiple day events | multiday | Events that run for multiple, consecutive days. These events involve some form of accommodation, typically in tents or shared. |
| Off-trail | offtrail | Events that may be include off-trail portions. This could include bushwacking. |
| Outdoor events | outdoors | Events that are held outdoors. |
| Route-finding | routefinding | Events that may involve route-finding. |
| Scrambling | scrambling | Events that might involve scrambling (where you must use your hands on the ascent and/or descent). |