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The longest distance between two points: five days backpacking in the Grand Canyon
Day One: Saturday, April 19, 2025. I awoke to the sound of birds, with a stiff breeze billowing my tent fly. Poking my head out into the morning air, I took a deep breath as the first rays of light … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, Grand Canyon, Intermediate, Mid Group, Spring, Tonto Trail, USA
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Winter Longhike 2025
When I moved to Vancouver several years ago, I instantly fell in love with the mountains and decided I needed to experience this thing known as “winter camping”. Did I understand what it entailed? Certainly not. I just wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner-friendly, Brockton Point, First-Time, large group, Longhike, Mt. Seymour, snow caves, snowshoeing, Weekend, Winter
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Wrottesley Odyssey
Mount Wrottesley is the large dome-shaped peak visible across Howe Sound from the Sea-to-Sky Highway, Cypress Mountain resort, most of the Howe Sound Crest Trail, and the UBC area. Like most Vancouverites, I’d seen it hundreds of times, but never … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged Box Canyon, hiking, mountaineering, scrambling, snowshoeing, solo trip, Spring, Sunshine Coast, Weekend, wrottesley
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Trip Dates: April 19-21, 2025 Trip Participants: Alexander Liu, Ayano Miyamoto, Lillian McCallum, Marie Sandler, Matilda Ridge, Morgan Tidler, Roseisa Weeraratne, & Sarah Tischer Have you ever been on a VOC trip where you set-off after 10am and arrived back … Continue reading
Red Heather Chaos: Hot Chocolate Tasting, Overslept Alarms, and Tree Wells – A Trip to Remember
Trip date: Saturday, March 15th Trip participants: Ann-Cathrin (AC) Muller, Sri Chaitanya, Diego Fernandez, Le Tra Mi Do, JJ James, Lucile Paschal, Eemaan Alam, Ellen Scott, Roseisa Weeraratne, Faisal Maqbool, Tristan Lefferts, Joanne Ho, Zack Peachell, Cecily Downs, Ivana Sanchez … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner-friendly, concussion, hot chocolate, large group, skiing, tree well
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Howe Lake via the Tatsquan Horseshoe: Should’ve just done Ape Lake.
Not a lot of trip reports this winter, even for some of the big events, sad times for readers like myself who’ve been trapped on the surface of mars for the past few months. I had a bit of free … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged Bella Coola, british columbia, hiking, mountaineering, roadtrip, Slog, Small Group, type 2 fun
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Laughton Glacier and the Logbook
Sometimes I think the world must be so different from what it was 40 years ago, the influence of technology and the internet must have irreversibly changed human nature at it’s core. Surely, my scrolling of social media must’ve shifted … Continue reading
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Tagged alaska, backpacking, beginner-friendly, cabin, Glacier, hiking, overnight, snowshoeing
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Blinch Peak: a sense of remoteness in Mission’s backyard
January 26th Stats: 17km / 1,200 elevation gain C2C 10 hours (moderate pace with very few breaks) Participants: Harrison C (organizer/leader), Paul R (myself) Gear (all needed): Snowshoes, Crampons, Ice axe, Avy kit, bike (cuts ~5km) Blinch Peak is … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged adventure, bushwacking, crampons, day trip, hike, hiking, ridge, Snow, snowshoeing, Stave, sunny, traverse, Winter
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Brewhahome: One Hut, Too Many Hikers
Trip Date: Saturday, January 11th to Sunday, January 12th, 2025 This report covers our trip to Brew Hut over the weekend of January 11th–12th. With 23 people in total, it was a successful trip with great weather. Trip Leaders: Duncan … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Other, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged backcountry, day hike, skiing, snowshoeing
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Life’s a Freeze at G1
Trip Dates: September 10 + 14-15th 2024 This year’s G1 did not disappoint with its crazy weather but as with every trip, it started indoors with a pre-trip and ropes skills. We practiced our ascending (and descending) in the Aviary, … Continue reading