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The May Bikepacking Trip. Part 1 – Sunshine Coast
To be honest, I didn’t think that the trip will be popular since it is usually very hard to find people for a long expedition like the one I proposed on the Trip Agenda. When the trip was announced and … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged bikepacking, car-free, cycle, Deep Cove, Intermediate, Langdale, Sechelt, Small Group, summer, Sunshine Coast
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Bike touring in Kootenay. May 2015.
Hello my name is Ilya! I have done a bike trip in West Kootenay in May 2015 so just wanted to share some pictures and thoughts about that journey. I went on this trip alone so this made all of … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged bike touring, car-free, Castlegar, Cristina Lake, cycle, Expediation, Intermediate, kootenay, Lemon Creec, Nelson, Nelway, Old Cascade Hwy, Pend Oreille River, Rossland, Salmo, Slocan, Slocan Lake, smal group, summer
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Gulf Island Cycle Series – Galiano
Cast of characters: Kevin Pierce, Alex Annejohn, Tom Curran, Liz Lund, Anna Stemberger, Greg Reynen At 4:45 a.m. my alarm went off and, with an audible groan, I stood up and looked out at the world. Cycle touring is a … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner-friendly, bike touring, car-free, cycle, Galiano Island, Mid Group, summer
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Semi-Alcoholic on a Whim
Sometimes I’m bad at making plans. This weekend was one of those times, and I was a bit ticked at myself when Friday rolled around. The forecast was great, and I wanted to be in the mountains. I started pouring … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged backpacking, Brandwine, car-free, Cypress, hichhike, hike, Small Group, summer
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Hornby Island
Here I was, completely disturbed by the sound of my alarm clock while it was still pitch black outside. I don’t know how I did it but somehow I was able to get my stuff together and ride my hot … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged bike touring, Buckley Bay, car-free, cycle, ferry, hitchhiking, Hornby Island, Mid Group, Weekend
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Mt Fromme – Mountain Bike – Train & Play
A medium sized group of ridiculously good looking people set off to take their training wheels off and give Mt. Fromme a shot. Unfortunately I failed hard and didn’t get any pictures of anything that happened before our lunch break…my … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, car-free, cycle, day trip, Mid Group, mountain bike, Mt Fromme, North Vancouver, summer
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Coliseum Mountain Watermelon Picnic
Fifteen VOC’ers met up on the last day of May for a hike and a picnic at the top of Coliseum mountain, in Lynn Headwaters park. I was tasked with writing the trip report, so here goes, a month and … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, car-free, day trip, hike, Lynn creek, Lynn valley, Mid Group, Mt Coliseum, Norvan falls, summer
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Sunday Funday in Hanes Valley
On June 7th, we set out to conquer Hanes Valley and Crown Mountain. After the previous weekend to Mount Coliseum, the spectacular views made many of us want to come back to explore other routes in the region. The Hanes … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, car-free, day trip, Hanes Valley, hike, Lynn valley, Mid Group, Mt. Crown, summer
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Seymour Demonstration Forest Bike-Hike
Saturday, April 11th, 2015 I joined a small group heading to the Seymour Demonstration Trail for my first official bike-hike. I like biking, and I like hiking, so it sounded like fun. The questionable weather forecast calling for rain left … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner-friendly, bike, car-free, day trip, Old Growth Trail, Seymour Lake, Small Group, summer
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Day trip to Mount Seymour from Deep Cove – About expectations and reality
By Teresa Thoering Our day trip to Mount Seymour from Deep Cove started with meeting downtown in the morning. On the bus to Downtown I had time to think about the different understanding about hiking that obviously exist and I … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged Baden Powell trail, beginner-friendly, car-free, day hike, Deep Cove, hike, Indian arm, large group, Mt. Seymour, Old Buck trail, Quarry Rock, Seymour Mountain
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