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Hyalite Ice Climbing: a love story
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
Liquid Gold – A Brew Hut Adventure
There exists a legend of a treasure hidden away deep within the mountains of the Sea-to-Sky. It is a treasure as old as it is valued. It is a treasure of gold: liquid gold: liquid pleasure: BEER. Rumors echoed through … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports
Tagged adventure, Anne, Brew Hut, dry, Firewood, Hope, large group, rain, Snow, Squamish
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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
Wedgemount Lake July 20-21, 2013
We began our trip up to Wedgemount Lake on the later side Saturday morning. Around 8:00 I was picked up, ready to be off on my first outing with the VOC. The Moto car, driven by Spencer and filled with … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne, Climb, Glacier, hike, leading, Mt. Cook, ridge, scramble, self-arrest, Snow, Snowy, spencer, Squamish, Wedgemount Lake, Whistler
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Playing in the Snow: Snowshoeing at Taylor Meadows
It all began with a girl who really likes to play in the snow and who wanted to take a break from all that studying for finals: On Saturday, Dec 7, 2013, Anne Darby took a brave group of snowshoers … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged Anne, bear, beginner, Black Tusk, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Running, Snow, snowshoeing, Squamish, Taylor Meadows, Winter
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Taking the tools for a walk, or how I learned to ice climb
This weekend I had to stay in town on Saturday due to an exam and my ski plans for Sunday-Monday had fallen through. As I was heading home late in the evening, I got a call from Artem. He said … Continue reading
Diego’s “red (nose) point” ascent.
Earlier this week, the Squamish weather forecast was not good. I was hoping to get away for the weekend and either climb in Skaha or Leavenworth.That was until Diego texted me on Thursday night, saying the forecast for the weekend … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Climb, Trip Reports
Tagged bike, biking, Climb, climbing, fall, hike, mountain bike, Offwidth, Skaha, Smoke Bluffs, Squamish, sunny, wasps, Weekend
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A Day to Remember
Earlier this year in the winter, the club replaced the front door at Sphinx (Burton) Hut with a new one. However, the new door had a big gap at the bottom which created various problems; for example, snow drift in, … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Climb, Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, Black Tusk, Climb, day trip, fall, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, helicopter, hike, hiking, Hope, outhouse, paddle, paddling, ridge, Running, scramble, scrambling, Snow, Sphinx Bay, Squamish, summer, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, Trail work, traverse, Weekend, Winter
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G2: Intro to Advanced Alpine Swimming
G2: Intro to Advanced Alpine Swimming As plans for the destination of G2 ran through a series of locations, any serious goals were thrown out the window. It was for this reason Lachlan, Neil and I found ourselves hiking up … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Climb, climbing, dry, Dry tooling, Face, fall, Glacier, hike, hiking, mountaineering, Nepal, ridge, Snow, Squamish, Wedgemount Lake
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NE Buttress of Slesse
The NE Buttress of Slesse is a long and classic climb up a very intimidating mountain and draws climbers from all over the Pacific NW. Rated 5.9 with up to 25 pitches, apparently most climbers either bivy on the way … Continue reading