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Skiing Baker in July
Dates: July 2nd-July 3rd 2024 Participants: Lewis Clarkson, Ivan Fediaev, Julian Larsen, Joe Meyer, Stefanija Rekasius, Nick Voth All it took for this trip to happen was for Ivan to ask on the Discord if anyone wanted to ski Mt. … Continue reading
Khaos in Kazakhstan
The following is a trip report about our (Anton Afanassiev, Ben Sommerfeld, and Ketan Desai) fairly chaotic and injurious trip to Kazakhstan that happened last summer. Also joining us were Anelia Mynzhasarova and Bree Kehler. Now that the journal is … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, hiking, international, NMAG, scrambling, summer
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Groundhog Day and Garibaldi Lake
Participants: Nadine Bruneau, Oliver Capko, the legendary Christian Veenstra Back when we were replacing the roof on the Brian Waddington Hut, we had a bunch of VOC volunteers, who were there for the weekends, Jacob, who stayed the whole time, … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Ski, Special Reports, Trip Reports
Tagged Epic, Garibaldi Park, ski, swim, swimpacking, Taylor Meadows
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An SOS call, frostbitten toe, and very nearly lost ski – a bit too much adventure at Sphinx Hut
Authors/trip participants: AJ Dreher, Joe Meyer AJ and I had been gunning to go to Sphinx hut for a while. One of the main objectives was to ski the Sphinx – an iconic mountain towering above Sphinx Bay, visible from … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Huts, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, Burton Hut, ski, ski touring, Sphinx Bay, Sphinx Hut, The Sphinx
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May Avalanche on the Spearhead Traverse
Here is the Avalanche Canada report: on the west face of Mt. Pattison, we triggered a size 2 avalanche where all five of us in the team were partially buried. In additional detail to the report, we observed that the … Continue reading
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Girlz Ski Gin: Narrowly avoiding disaster while everyone else has a lovely time
That morning as I drove up the Sea to Sky, my car packed with skis and a couple other ladies, I breathed some sighs of relief as I enjoyed the view and blasted some road trip tunes. I thought that … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Ski, Special Reports, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, broken ski, day trip, Gin Peak, Hanging Lake, ski touring, skiing
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Cowichan Valley Bikepacking Adventure!
This trip report is a collaborative effort by Brendan Tai and Chester Chan Day 1 and 3 are written in Brendan’s POV. Day 2 is written in Chester’s POV. Day 1: Vancouver to Gordon Bay Distance: 136km Elevation Gain: 1,314m … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Cycle, Special Reports, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, adventure, bike, bike touring, bikepacking, cycling, gravel
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2 Fast 2 Furious: Pemberton Drift
This is a true story. The events depicted in this trip report took place in Minnesota Semaphore Lakes in 1987 August 2021. At the request of the driver some names have been changed. Out of respect for everyone else the rest … Continue reading
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Cheeky trip up Mulligan, Feb 15, 2021
Note: All covid protocols were taken seriously on this trip. Mt mulligan trip report: Feb 15 2021 The team: Tobias, Edward, William, Kevin, and Myself. Posts on south coast touring on February 14 made Mulligan a desirable target for the … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged 4wd, accident, Intermediate, mulligan, ski touring, Winter
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Climbing Mt.Robson
I had never actually seen the summit of Mount Robson. Every time I drove by in the past the top half of the mountain was engulfed in a boiling tower of clouds. Standing in the parking lot with Seton Kriese, … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Climb, Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged adventure, climbing, mountaineering
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