Author Archives: Roland Burton

Mt (Confidential) This is a story of a trip that happened Saturday December 16. Because it was to a secret location, I am not allowed to tell you anything about getting there, or make any recommendations, and we didn’t take … Continue reading →

Hollyburn is one of the places we go to when the weather’s looking nice and we don’t feel like driving very far. The other one is Seymour. For those of you who don’t know, Hollyburn is the cross country skiing … Continue reading →

So we thought we’d give Seymour a run, on Saturday Nov 18. Why Seymour?  Well it’s close; you don’t spend half a day driving. The lifts weren’t operating, so it wouldn’t be crowded. Both Kevin and I were suffering from … Continue reading →

The Plan: I decided it might be “interesting” to visit the Snowspider Hut. There are several ways to get to it; none of them include a trail. The Twin One FSR approach looked like we might drive to within 2 … Continue reading →

Executive Summary: The bridge, plywood, and door were all delivered by helicopter. Chain saw was hauled up and left at the hut. The bridge was assembled. The load of garbage was flown out. The old bridge was not flown out … Continue reading →

Executive Summary: Four of us went up to VOC’s Brew Hut on a hot sunny summer weekend.  All photos were taken by Josi’s drone. The road has been recently graded so it’s much better, almost Honda CRV level up to … Continue reading →

Executive Summary: Rather than boring you with yet another trip report, I will attempt to describe some issues regarding leading beginner friendly trips with random people of unknown competence. However, we did achieve most of our objectives, the solar eclipse … Continue reading →

Executive Summary: Carla, Josi, Roland did lots of driving, visited Illecillewaet campsite in Rogers Pass, Lake Louise, Cory Pass in Banff, the Calgary Zoo, Ha Ling peak just outside of Canmore, Banff Springs Hotel, and Icefields Parkway between Banff and … Continue reading →

Mt Currie is the big (2500m) mountain that you see from Pemberton. There’s a well-built but longish trail going up, and it doesn’t see much use. Carla, Lia and I got a ways up the trail last summer, http://www.ubc-voc.com/2016/06/06/mt-currie-trail before … Continue reading →

I’m not up for the “ski every month” club, but I’m working on “hot springs every month”. So far we have been to Clear Creek in May, and to Meager in June, so I needed something for July. Thirty-three years … Continue reading →