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2016 VOC Photo Contest
Each year the VOC holds a contest to show-off the best photos taken by members. There are six categories: Action Shots, Club Life, Flora and Fauna, Portrait, Miscellaneous, Landscape and an Overall Best Photo winner. 1. Action Shot 2. Club Life … Continue reading
March 25. Good Neve Friday.
Nick Gobin, Marius Muja and myself (Olek Splawinski) made plans to ski across the Garibaldi Neve. We opted for an early start, hoping to ski Garibaldi peak if conditions were favourable. Marius and I left North Vancouver at 03:30 and … Continue reading
Learning to Survival Ski 2016 March 5-6
As sometimes happens, there’s a couple of people who want to try skiing. Not Alpine Touring with the expensive bindings, and not Tele, where they actually know how, but just a bit of survival skiing. So we head off to … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner, dry, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Harrison Hut, powder, rain, Red Heather, Red Heather meadows, ski, skiing, Snow, summer, toddler, traverse
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Seeking Snow at Taylor Meadows Nov 20-22
Following a sensible amount of automotive and logistical trouble 7 VOCers successfully made it to the rubble creek parking lot early Saturday morning. Filled with aspirations to make some turns 1000 meters above, they braved the dangerously boring switchbacks up … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Black Tusk, early season, Garibaldi Park, Mid Group, Panorama Ridge, ski, ski touring, Small Group, snow camping
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Black Tusk in Two Days (Sept 9, 2015)
Written by Harry Cobb, Photos and Captions by Tobias This being my first month in the VOC, I don’t know if there’s a particular formula for Trip Reports (although I read a bunch – strong work!). So I’m just gonna … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, accident, Black Tusk, Burton Hut, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, hike, huts, Mid Group, rain, summer, Weekend
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Early Season Turns at All Costs: 2015 Edition
November 7-8 2015, Elfin Lakes ski tour One year ago to this day, Neil Mackenzie, Arran Whiteford and I kicked off our 2014-2015 ski season with some great laps down Diamond Head, behind the Elfin Lakes shelter (see VOCJ 57, … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, autumn, beginner-friendly, bootpacking, Elfin Lakes, Garibaldi Park, med group, rain, Red Heather meadows, ski, ski touring, Weekend
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Wedgemount Lake Backpacking/Scrambling/Glacier Exploring
First off, I would like to use Midterms as a scapegoat for why this was completed in such an untimely manner. The trip to Wedgemount Lake was epic to say the least. We began the journey to Garibaldi Park bright … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, backpacking, beginner-friendly, Garibaldi Park, hike, med group, Mt. Cook, Wedgemount Lake, Weekend
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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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Elfin Lakes: Beginner Friendly Overnighter
Participants: Lianne McRadu, Chantel Patterson, Vanessa Smith, Bahar Khazei, Kathryn Ney, Chrisel Brako, Maggie Campbell, Phillipa Conlin, Mirja Doren, John McKenna, Byron Wilson, Cheng-Ta Yen, Jessica Desforges, Hancock Deng, Rebecca Whaling, Margaret Gonikman, Alberto Zambon, Vanessa Porter, Stina Lindh. Anne Kessler, Rachel Spruston, Saifuddin Syed On September 26th 2015, … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, backpacking, beginner-friendly, Elfin Lakes, Garibaldi Park, hike, large group, summer, Weekend
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Garibaldi Weekend
Rachel: “If you change your mind, I’m the first in line; honey, I’m still free, take a chance on me!” The first sign that the weekend was off to a good start was getting into Kat and Artem’s car bright … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, Black Tusk, Climb, Garibaldi Park, Intermediate, Mid Group, scramble, summer, Weekend
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