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Castle Towers ascent – By Ben Heaps and Andrew Cavers
Back in July Andrew and I got to cheakamus lake parking lot a after leaving burnaby at 6:30am. made it to the helm campground quickly, and then to the cinder cone, then up the south side of helm glacier to … Continue reading
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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Harrison Hut Scrambling Aug. 31- Sept. 2
Over the September Long weekend, Andrew, Ryan and I decided to head up to the UBC Varsity Outdoor Club’s Harrison Hut, located near Harrison Hot Springs about 75 km West of Pemberton. The hut is about 30 years old, but … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Huts, Trip Reports
Tagged climbing, dry, flagging, Glacier, Harrison Hut, pemberton, ridge, Running, scrambling, Weekend, Whistler
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G2 at Wedgemount Glacier, September 6-8, 2013
“The youngest writes the trip report.” This is what Olek told me before we began the hike down from Wedgemount Lake. It wasn’t that I had not heard this before but I had never taken it seriously. Last year for … Continue reading
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
Phelix Scrambles July 13-14
Bright and early Saturday morning, the Campbellmobile picked me up for my fourth VOC trip: a weekend of hiking and scrambling around Phelix Hut. It was Ross’s 40th trip, overall, but his first trip as an organizer. It got off … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, 4wd, Climb, climbing, Dmitri, dry, Golden Ears, hike, hiking, Hope, Mt Aragon, Mt Gandalf, pemberton, Phelix Hut, rain, ridge, Running, scramble, scrambling, shadowfax, Snow, Snowy, Squamish, summer, Waddington Hut, Weekend, Whistler
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A Hanging Judge. July 4 Mountaineering.
After sleeping in at the trailhead of Mt Gimli, Jeff and I set off for Revelstoke around 9:00 with the goal of cragging in Begbie bluffs. On the ferry up from Slocan, I picked up a Revelstoke tourist information guide. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bugaboo Provincial Park, Climb, climbing, cragging, ferry, Glacier, hike, mountaineering, ridge, scramble, Slocan, Slog, Snow, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse
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Saxifrage-Cassiope Scrambling July 6-7
Saturday morning we all converged on the well-hidden Modo van downtown, and were remarkably on time given some of our transit adventures. We arrived in Pemberton with just enough fuel, and filled up on gas and caffeine before hitting the … Continue reading
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Tagged bivouac, Climb, pemberton, ridge, scrambling, Squamish
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A Dwarf. July 3 Mountaineering
Jeff Taylor is dirtbagging/ climbing all summer, AKA: living the dream. About 2 weeks ago, he messaged me on Facebook to determine my availability for climbing shenanigans. I had 6 Vancouver friends over to my house in Vernon for the … Continue reading