Category Archives: Hike

Hiking, Trail Running, Snowshoeing

Rock Smash: The Third Tri-Annual Phelix Shitfest

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Trip Members: John Sherk (Boss), Hannah Saarimaki (Big Boss), Anton Afanassiev (Mini Boss), Stefanija Rekasius (Miniature Boss), Lucas Braun (HR), Ketan Desai, Erik Reimers, Nolwenn (Nono) Deschamps, Andrew Carriere, Simon Tsianikas and special guest of Seth Trip Dates: Friday October … Continue reading

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Manic Mamquam

September 28-30, 2024 Participants: Zac Wirth, Emi Ikemura, Timmy Wong, Lucas Braun (Lucas) Clarke Outrigger No More Our initial plans for the long weekend involved a much different objective; one that we had been hoping to do for at least … Continue reading

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The VOC Pizza Delivery Company on Seymour

  Participants: Toji Nakabayashi, Jamie Boyle, Erik Reimers, Frederik Skamris Holm, Tereza Machackova Early Saturday morning (11am) I get out of bed and don my uniform. The armor of a food delivery warrior. I checked my messages and got an … Continue reading

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The Roof is Maybe Fixed

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At the recent workhike to the Julian Harrison Hut, we fixed the roof. Maybe. Quintus already wrote a great report about the trip, so I’m going to restrict myself to What Work We Did, and Sharing Mediocre Photos (and Some Good … Continue reading

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Harrison Hut Workhike (Fall 2024)

Trip Leader: Duncan Maclntyre Participants: Lyra Gui, Juliane Bonnefoy, Sophie Wigman, Joseph Chiao, Sara Bellman, Timm Rohweder, Zihan (Quintus) Zhou Note: please refer to Duncan’s report which will be published shortly after this one for details regarding the hut and … Continue reading

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The Sunshine Coast Trail: fast, but not that fast; light, but not that light; fun, but what really is fun.

On the traditional unceded territory of the Tla’amin people In short: 178km, 4.5 days, heavy weight fast packing is a stupid concept especially when you wear approach shoes, the sunshine coast is home to some beautiful and unique terrain and … Continue reading

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Snowshoeing to Metal Dome

Trip date: November 3rd, 2024 This is a report for a snowshoeing and backcountry ski/snowbaord trip to Metal Dome on November 3rd. Overall it was a success, with moments of clear sky for views. Early snow season was good althought a … Continue reading

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Bonks, Blueberries, and the Bonnycastle

Participants: Cameron Varcoe, Aaron Lee Dates: Oct. 12-13, 2024 This is a story about two VOC/UBC Sailing club members banding together on a Sea-to-Sky weekend for the books. Sorry Allen if the picture book below made editing this TR infinitely … Continue reading

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Take a lap

Having spent my summer in the rockies of Colorado, I found that my fitness from the altitude training carried over even to mid October. With the rainy season coming to Vancouver, I thought it was time to get in one … Continue reading

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Red Heather day trip

The VOC gets a mix of trip reports ranging from quite impressive to people managing to somehow epic pretty hard on a day trip to Red Heather through a combination of poor planning, taking too much junk, and being softer … Continue reading

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