Author Archives: Roland Burton
Seymour Saturday Nov 20
Due to the violent and scary weather last week the hot springs trip got cancelled at the last minute and I found myself without a trip. Seymour is a good solution to this problem so I posted a trip and … Continue reading
Brew Trail Oct 30
History, the Hut and the Debacle: A long time ago the VOC built the Whistler Cabin, and then the AMS decided they wanted it and AMS was reluctantly persuaded to give VOC money to pay us for the “sweat equity” … Continue reading
Phelix Firewood and Outhouse
Not having been up there since we installed the solar lighting this summer, I wanted to know if the lights still worked. I also wanted to know if the loggers had put up another one of those miserable yellow gates, … Continue reading
Wreck Beach, Pancakes, Sept 12
This trip was all about Snow White and the seven dwarfs. Leader Sophia Collins was Snow White. Usually we have about equal amounts of male and female participants but this time it just didn’t happen. I was one of the … Continue reading
Harrison Hut, May 28 – 30
It’s the time of the Covid. Trips are severely hampered by regulations and by our attempts to avoid getting sick. Though most of the people in VOC are young enough and healthy enough to survive Covid, we must look after … Continue reading
Phelix Hut Solar Lighting Installation
We drove up Friday afternoon, June 11th, dining at Pemberton Macdonalds as usual, spent about an hour removing the usual slide on the road at 0.6km, then drove to around 5km, the place where we park. There we found a … Continue reading
Brandywine-Brew trail June 5-6
Why are we doing this? The Authorities removed the bridge across Roe Creek, which we used to get to our hut. Fine, we said, we can build a footbridge. But Powder Mountain Cat Skiing wants a new bridge for their … Continue reading
Phelix Hut April 21-22
Around 9 am Tuesday I got an email which said “let’s go to Phelix Hut”. I replied that I’d like to, but first I have to make sure Carla isn’t planning something. It turned out that Carla was staying in … Continue reading
BrewAccess Dec20
First, a bit of background to this story. VOC has four huts, the most popular being the Brew Hut. Brew has been so popular with others, that VOC members often find that it is full when they go to use … Continue reading
Phelix Hut Oct 2-3
Long ago Shuyu offered to organize a firewood trip to Phelix Hut, then it appeared we were going to Harrison instead, but the Harrison Permit wasn’t ready, so it was Phelix. Shuyu and I decided to drive up Friday night … Continue reading