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Good times on bad rock-Blanchard Needle in July.
Rising to a modest 1550m, Blanchard is not the tallest of the peaks in the area, but to me it always held significance as the pointy objective in my own backyard. I see it driving back home to PoCo, and … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, Blanchard Needle, daytrip, Golden Ears, Intermediate, scramble, Small Group, summer
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The Black Tusk Trail Race: 25k of fun (but wet) running!
Black Tusk Trail Race [Sept 19, 2015] By Birgit Rogalla, Elliott Skierszkan and Micheal Stone Intro: While many of us VOC’ers spend our weekends rambling about the mountains, there is a select few of us who decided to join Artem … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, autumn, beginner-friendly, Black Tusk, Chekamus, daytrip, Garibaldi Park, Mid Group, Mud, rain, trail race, trail running
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Emergency skills practice: Victim’s point of view
On the weekend of 11-12 of January, a snowstorm convinced some VOCers that going on fancy backcountry skiing trips wasn’t a good idea. But staying home? Really, that’s a possibility? Instead of losing our time by sleeping, studying, cleaning or … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged backcountry, daytrip, Face, helicopter, Red Heather, ski, skiing, Snow, Weekend
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Rock-climbing season never ends
Little did we know, that Diego and my chatting at Phelix hut about going to Squamish on the first weekend in the year would become reality… After returning from an amazing four days of skiing, my stoke to slay some … Continue reading
Joffre NW ridge
Some time ago Sam McKoy emailed me basically saying “let’s do something hard involving skis”. A little hunting around at photos suggested that we might be able to keep the grade on Joffre NW ridge down by bypassing difficulties out … Continue reading
Hollyburn Ridge – Nov 27
Zoa Peak, the original location, was deemed too dangerous on account of avalanche conditions, so we trekked to our backyard on the North Shore for some backcountry skiing. The rain came down in sheets as we stuck our skis upright … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, beginner-friendly, Cypress, daytrip, High Avvy, Hollyburn Ridge, North Shore, ski touring, Small Group
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2nd Annual Spooky Scramble – Baby Munday (Oct 29)
At 6am on Saturday morning, while most of Vancouver was sleeping off Halloween party hangovers, 17 VOC members were donning costumes in preparation to scramble up Baby Munday (2210m). The group met around 9am at the base of a 4WD … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, autumn, Baby Munday, beginner-friendly, costumes, daytrip, fog, Fraser Valley, Halloween, large group, scramble
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Locomotive Mountain – Entrainment Group (Oct. 15th – 2011)
After an early start on Saturday morning (October 15th) the entrainment group started from the trailhead parking lot northwest of Pemberton. This was at an elevation of about 1380m. The group decided to set a high tempo to reach the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, autumn, daytrip, Enchainment, Face Mountain, Glacier, Intermediate, Locomotive Mountain, scramble, Semaphore Lakes, Small Group, Snow
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