Category Archives: Hike

Hiking, Trail Running, Snowshoeing

Brew Hut and Cypress N1

Trip dates: September 27 – 29, 2024 Trip members: Ryan McCallum, Jenni Nguyen, Tim Generalov, Aaron Golden, Abhy Chauhan, Lucas Rucchin, Ed Riley, John Conlon, Manon Bourahla, Cole Gauthier, Julia Jancelewicz, Morgan Tidler, Hedda Wintervoll, Astrid Molin, Avelene Snip, Marek … Continue reading

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Lizzie Cabin Weekend Adventure

Participants: Simon Tsianikas, Clara Duwel, Sean Dempsey, Sebastian Purdy, Samantha Cohen, Shu Yu Fan, Shaojie Huang, Julia Jancelewicz, Beth Templeton, Marta Oliver, Joseph Meyer, Rachel Kalkman This is a report for a backpacking trip to Lizzie Creek Cabin and the … Continue reading

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A Rowdy Romp Around the Deeks Lake Basin

September 28th and 29th Errol Bowman and Erik Reimers On the beautiful traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations Because I love the idea of “car free adventures” (and because I don’t own a car…), one of … Continue reading

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BYOC: Bring Your Own Cheese Backpacking

Backpacking to Semaphore Lakes, September 14-15, 2024 Participants: Marie Sandler, Clara Duwel, Silvija Grava, Joseph Chiao, Ryan Dowd, Altai Battulga, Aieshini Udumullage, Matthew Jarvis-Cross, Ellen Scott, Morgan Tidler, Joanne Ho, Sudha Kotapalli, Duncan MacIntyre, Ann-Cathrin Muller, Luke Mantle First, let … Continue reading

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Wasps, Chili Mac, and Reflections on the Neve

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Over the Labor Day weekend, I had the opportunity to join Jeff Mottershed, Adam Steele, and Sean McKay for a summer traverse of the Garibaldi Névé, where we would also do an improvised glacier school. As it turns out, it’s … Continue reading

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Non-Alcoholic Traverse

The Alcoholic Traverse has been on my list for a long time, but it always seems to get put aside for another trip. So when my friend Sophie asked what I wanted to do for 3 days in Whistler, a … Continue reading

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A Tame(ish) Tale of the Tantalus Traverse

Date: July 22-24, 2024 Participants: Julian Larsen, Alex Barth, Erik Reimers   Most returning VOC members already know of the Tantalus traverse, but in case you don’t or you’re new to the club, it is a beautiful mountain ridge traverse … Continue reading

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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

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Goldilocks and The Three Hikers on Cypress Glacier

Cypress Glacier via Roe Creek Dates: July 27th – July 28th, 2024 Participants: Sean McKay, Stefanija Rekasius, Kathleen Griffin, Goldilocks the bear (non-VOC member, special guest) Once upon a time, there was a little brown bear whose fur sparkled gold in … Continue reading

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Phelix Workhike July 2024

Dates: July 20th – July 21st, 2024 Participants: Marie Sandler, Andrew Carriere, Matthew Jarvis-Cross, Xi Liang, Louis Mercier Day 1: After leaving Vancouver at around 7:00am, we arrived at the winter Phelix parking lot following a brief stop at the … Continue reading

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