Preventing the need for rescue was important to the North Shore Rescue team. Here, Earl Chambers gives a hiking safety lecture to students on Grouse Mountain in 1970. That prevention education is still a part of the team’s work today.

As part of the strategy to prevent rescues in the first place, the North Shore Rescue team was responsible for trail management. This included marking and cutting trails.

Here, the team marks the trail from Seymour Mountain to Elsey Lake. This route was important to work on as Elsey Lake had a hut that hikers would try to reach but get into difficulty on the way.

Today, Mount Seymour is a half day's hike from the parking lot at the Seymour Ski Resort. Popular with families, it is a very different experience from the first recorded ascent by Charles Chapman in 1908.

On the way, Charles and his climbing buddies spotted a tree stump that looked like a water pump. Nicknaming it Pump Peak, the name stuck. Over a century later, this summit on the way to Mount Seymour is still called Pump Peak.

This short video follows Charles' grandchildren as they make the journey to the summit in honour of that 1908 ascent.

With their destination behind them — the Lions — and on a hiking trail many take today, these men were enjoying the trails around Cypress Mountain.

Mount Jarrett is a peak near Mount Bishop, in the Seymour Range. Being so close to Vancouver, this group was probably on a day hike and enjoying a get away from the hustle and bustle of early city life.

This might not be the Grouse Grind, but these hikers are heading for Grouse Mountain summit. Across the snow they trek, with the women in their long skirts and fancy hats, looking like they just arrived from a garden party. Do you wonder if they wished they could climb in pants?