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A Minor Brew Hut Fiasco: Turds
Participants: Anita, Devlin, the tirfor, poop and me On Friday, April 27, Anita (not of the VOC), Devlin and I started off towards to Brew Hut with the heaviest post hole digger I could find and a couple buckets labelled … Continue reading
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Phelix Road Brushing Workhike
This was a short workhike on the weekend of Nov 11, 2017. Our crew was Jodie Nowell, Tom Curran, Cassandra Elphinstone, Fabian Frank, and myself (Martin Carnogursky). We drove up early on Saturday morning. The road had patchy snow starting … Continue reading
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2017 Brew Hut Solar Expedition
On June 3rd a crew of 9 organized by Roland Burton drove, hiked, snowshoed and skiied up to Brew Hut to replace the solar panel that had been ripped off during the winter previous. Shu Yu Fan drove one car … Continue reading
Another Lizzie Workhike
To me this trip definitely wasn’t another Lizzie Workhike, but in fact my very first VOC experience. The trip was a wonderful start of a year that I hope will be filled with as many VOC adventures as possible. Firstly … Continue reading
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Tagged Lizzie Cabin, lizzie creek, lizzie lake, snowshoeing, Workhike
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Fay’s non-technical trip report of the Lizzy Lake workhike
I registered for membership in the VOC. I dropped my fee off during the Gear Hours. I signed up for a trip that seemed interesting. I went to the pre-meeting and….found myself the only one not wearing outdoor apparel in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, backpacking, First-Trip, large group, Lizzie Cabin, Weekend, Workhike
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Phelix Hut Work Trip July 01-03
This was advertised as a work trip. We did not have to climb any of the mountains in the area, so we could concentrate on getting things done. We spent July 01 working on the trail, July 02 at the … Continue reading
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Tagged 4wd, beginner-friendly, Phelix Creek, Phelix Hut, Workhike
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Hauling Firewood
The Objective We had driven up to the Brew trail head a couple of weeks previously and cut what we estimated was about half a ton of firewood. Now we were curious to see if we could carry it … Continue reading
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Tagged 4wd, Brew Hut, Firewood, Workhike
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Mt Currie Trail
A couple of years ago the village of Pemberton, hoping to attract tourists, built a trail up Mt Currie. The TH is semi-reachable by car if you can do water bars and cross small streams. None of us had ever … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner, Brandywine, helicopter, hike, pemberton, Running, Snow, traverse
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Workhike to Lizzie: A beginner’s perspective
The Lizzie trail-builder crew comprised of Roland Burton, Simon Litchwark, Vincent Hanlon, Alexander Girard, Julien Renard, Erica Acton, Kasia Celler, Filip Kilibarda, Mirko Moeller, Jeff Taylor, Jin Guo and me (Taniya Adak). Interestingly, Jin got to know of VOC’s existence … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner-friendly, hotsprings, multiday, Rainy Day, Trail work, Workhike
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