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
Runner-up: Katie sends it in the backcountry of Babine Mountains Provincial Park, Northern BC
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
Winner: Matt Kennedy climbing Pigeon Spire in the Bugaboos.
Photo by Tobias Klenze
2. Club Life
Runner Up: Island Debacle on Garibaldi Lake
Photo: Katharina Rothe
Winner: Gathered round the fire, Son of Rock participants share stories and laughs in between ruthless marshmallow fights.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
3. Flora and Fauna
Runner up: After an early September snowfall, a hungry deer eats quietly in Assiniboine Provincial Park.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
Winner: Curious Marmot posing in Front of the Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park.
Photo by Tobias Klenze
4. Portrait
Runner up: Katie Cullen ecstatic for the first fresh snow to fall in days.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
Winner: Tom in True Form. Red Rocks, Nevada.
Photo by Dylan Heerema
5. Miscellaneous
Runner up: Katie pauses before taking the plunge into the frigid glacial waters of Berg Lake. Mount Robson Provincial Park.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
Winner: No sky, no landscape, no horizon. The dizzying white-outs at Brew hut are a spectacular experience; follow the person ahead of you and don’t lose the person behind you. No matter how far you go, everything remains the same.
Photo by Artem Babaian
6. Landscape
Runner up: Dance of the Northern Lights over Mount Robson Provincial Park.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
Winner: While being Eaten by Mosquitoes, North Twin Sister, Washington
Photo by Veronika Schmitt
Grand Prize
Runner up: The Mighty Atwell – VOCers discuss lines on Atwell Peak during a crossing of the Garibaldi Neve.
Photo by Matt Kennedy
Winner: Phelix hut on a cold and clear night during the New Years Eve 2016 trip.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
Cool. Can’t see the winner for portraits though.
Fixed = D
Didn’t know this was NSFW…