Tag Archives: Face

Alpine climbing in the Manatee Group (Aug 1st – 9th)

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Will Beattie

Somewhere above the Lillooet valley a great tower of rock rises out of the glacier below, imposing itself upon the surrounding landscape. The group to which it belongs, the Manatees, is a remote place. It sees just a few visits … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged accident, adventure, Alpine Climbing, Climb, climbing, Face, fall, Glacier, Harrison Hut, hike, hiking, Hope, leading, mountaineering, rats, ridge, Running, scramble, scrambling, ski, Slog, Snow, Squamish, summer, Trek, Winter | 2 Comments

Mt. Rexford / Nesakwatch Spires (July 12-14)

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Nick Matwyuk

There needs to be more stoke about the Mt. Rexford / Nesakwatch Spire area so I’ll try to pump it up with this TR. After posting this trip on the message board there was some interest and an awesome group … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged Climb, climbing, Face, leading, Offwidth, ridge | 2 Comments

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day Scrambling and Climbing

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Clemens Adolphs

Let’s be honest, we don’t really need an excuse to go out and have fun in the mountains, but if there’s a special occasion to give everything an official flair, then who would mind? As it happens, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day is Quebec’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, Climb, climbing, cragging, Face, fall, frost bite, hike, hiking, Lead Ladder, Mud, overnight, Running, scramble, scrambling, self-arrest, Snow, Squamish, summer, sunny, Tricouni, Weekend | 3 Comments

Saxony Climbing: How I stopped worrying and learned to love knots

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Artem Babaian

Artem Posted: Hello VOCers, So in May I am going to be in Dresden for a while and there are some nice climbs in the area but they have this quirk that metal protection is not allowed. What this means … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, Climb, climbing, dry, Face, fall, hike, Hope, rain, scramble, traverse | 3 Comments

Hyalite Ice Climbing: a love story

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Stuart Picken

Ice Climbing; a love story. So fair warning folks; this may turn out to be more of a cloying love letter to ice climbing than a legitimate trip report. Also, it’s pretty damn self-centred. Tough. You’ve been warmed. The cast: … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged christmas, Climb, climbing, dry, Epic, Face, fall, ice climbing, leading, powder, Running, ski, skiing, Snow, Snowy, Squamish, Suffering, washington, WI4 | 2 Comments

January 25-26, 2014 Intro to Backcountry Skiing – Caspar Creek

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Angelica Ruszkowski

Advertised as an intro to backcountry skiing trip, this amazing adventure offered experience not only in skiing outside resorts, but winter camping, survival skiing, and bushwhacking on skis! There was so much interest two groups were formed; one ventured to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, backcountry, beginner, birthday, Climb, Face, fall, hike, hiking, leading, Manning Park, North Shore, ski, ski touring, skiing, Snow, traverse, Trek, Trekking, Whistler, Winter | Leave a comment

Emergency skills practice: Victim’s point of view

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Marie-Eve Myrand-Lapierre

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 | Leave a comment

Like a Boss : How we did the West Coast Trail

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Marie-Eve Myrand-Lapierre

(Written by Amanda Johnson) It started on one drizzly Wednesday, September 4th, 2013. As we headed to the ferry an unusual feeling settled over me, like we were going to another land and and would never return. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged bear, bears, boat, Climb, climbing, cougar, cycle, dry, Face, ferry, Firewood, fog, hike, hiking, hitchhiking, Mud, rain, Slog, sunny | 1 Comment

Zoa Peak: An intro to Voile Strap Bindings

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Heather Armstrong

The night before was full of excitement, not knowing what to expect from my first real backcountry ski trip. Overwhelmed with excitement, I almost couldn’t sleep that night. What would teleskiing be like? Would I tumble down the mountain upon … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged backcountry, Face, hike, hiking, Hope, powder, scrambling, ski, skiing, Snow, sunny, Trek, Voile Strap, Zoa Peak | 2 Comments

Semaphore lakes trip

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Vickie Irish

Wide eyed and bushy tailed, we set off at stupid o’clock in the morning from Vancouver to meet at the Petro-Canada station in Pemberton to buy some much needed coffee, it was then that the excitement of the trip settled … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged christmas, Face, Face Mountain, fall, hike, instruction, Locomotive, Locomotive Mountain, Mud, pemberton, scramble, scrambling, Semaphore Lakes, skiing, Snow | 2 Comments