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Advanced Hotspringing in the Pitt River: An Elaho Epic
For Labour Day long weekend, I planned an overland trip to the Pitt River Hot Springs, starting at Watersprite Lake. The evening before we were going to leave, I got an email from Ryan MacDonald saying that he didn’t really … Continue reading
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A Sunrise Adventure
October 19th, 2019: It was to be an early morning adventure. Plagued by midterm season, us students sought a weekend outdoor adventure, yet wanted to alot time for studying. Thus, the sunrise hike was planned. I was awoken from a … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner-friendly, day trip, Dayhiking, First-Time, Mid Group, Rainy Day, St. Marks Summit
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My First VOC Trip: Bikes, Hikes, and Lessons Learned
I just moved to Vancouver from Montreal. Like any good Easterner transplanted onto the West Coast, this meant that I was about to go full outdoorsy. Step one? Join the VOC! Step two? Sign up for a trip. I had … Continue reading
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Tagged biking, First-Trip, hiking, Mid Group, Mt. Elphinstone, ninja camping, rain, self propelled, Sunshine Coast, Weekend
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Iron Chef of Brew Hut in the Clouds – Round 3! (alternate title: Doggone days)
Mom came home the other night as I was sitting around on the sofa pondering my existence, and promptly stared vacantly into the fridge. It was pretty barren, from what I could see. She then proceeded to sigh, one of … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner-friendly, Brew Hut, cloud, competition, dog, hike, hut, iron chef, rainy, white out, winner
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Mt. Gardner day-hike on Bowen Island
Although the meteorologists had lied again and it was not just light-showers but massive downpours in the morning, a large group of VOCers were motivated enough to meet at 6:15 am by the UBC bus loop, to start our … Continue reading
Sky Pilot to Mountain Lake traverse
This trip was inspired by a traverse Nick Elson did on skis during the winter, linking up Sky Pilot and the Mountain Lake area via a north-south ridge system. After a bit of faff setting up a car at Furry … Continue reading
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The long way to the top: Mount Baldy circumbike-n-hike [Cycling the Kettle Valley Rail Trail]
Cycling the Kettle-Valley Railroad or The long way to the top: Mount Baldy circumbike-n-hike Participants: Lucy Buchanan-Parker, Alberto Contreras-Sanz, Elliott Skierszkan, Emily Skierszkan I can’t quite decide the best title for this trip report, so I’ve listed a couple of … Continue reading
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Preliminary Reconnaissance: Rediscovering Memorial Day Cave
Note: There is also a cave known as Memorial Day Cave located in Germany Valley, West Virginia. As it happens, I am on very good terms with the Potomac Speleological Society, one of the local grottos that discovered and surveyed … Continue reading
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Tagged Cave, Chilliwack, Chilliwack River Valley, Mt. McGuire, Reconnaissance, Slesse-Borden Creek FSR, Slog
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Eager to Meager – Ski Carrying trip
I was curious about the road condition of FSRs leading to Meager Creek / Harrison Hut / Pemberton Icecap. So I decided to go take a look. Well, not quite to the hut, but to the pools. In short, (1) … Continue reading
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A Sunny Fall Trip to Golden Ears Peak (late) Nov 11, 2018
Perhaps it was the unseasonably sunny weekend forecast, or perhaps it was the excitement to see and feel snow as winter approached. For some reason, we were craving a snowy summit this weekend. We set our eyes on a two-day … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, british columbia, early season, fall, hike, hiking, huts, multiday, overnight, ridge, scramble, scrambling, Small Group, Snow, summer, sunny, Weekend
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