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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
Red Heather Debacle 2024
Trip date: November 24th, 2024 Condolences to Ross who dropped his phone into the parking lot outhouse. The sound of the splash will forever live in our hearts. May he get pants with more secure pockets. This is a trip … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged 4wd, beginner-friendly, broken ski, Epic, Red Heather, ski touring, Winter
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To the unclimbed peaks
In April of 2024, Anya Boardman, Declan Dawson Taylor, our friend Mats Bjorkman (who was visiting from Sweden for a conference on tundra plant ecology) and I ended up spending three nights at Phelix. It was a wonderful ski trip … Continue reading
Daughter of Drytool 2024
Trip Date: Nov. 13th, 2024 Participants: Noah Macdonald, Peter Gledhill, Hannah Saarimaki, Xinran Cai, Trevor Breen, Nicole Lopez, Lucas Braun §1 | Trip Report Daughter of Drytool is the VOC’s annual introductory drytooling trip (and drytooling is the practice of climbing … 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
Posted in Hike, Other, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged 4wd, backcountry, day hike, fun, snowshoeing
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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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The Fellowship of the Sling (First Ascents in the Tolkien Range)
TRIP DATES: Nov 1st-3rd, 2024 PARTICIPANTS: Ethan Somji, James Maltman, & Noah Macdonald This trip report is divided into two sections: an actual TR with details of our shenanigans, and a separate entry with beta on our new* routes. — … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Huts, Trip Reports
Tagged Alpine Climbing, BC, Brian Waddington Hut, first ascent, mixed climbing, Phelix, Phelix Hut, shadowfax, Snow, Tolkien Range, Type 1 fun, Waddington Hut, Winter Climbing
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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
The Big Burton Hut Restoration
In mid-June, I got a report that the roof of Burton hut was leaking. Some people had noticed some water stains inside the hut. No big deal I thought as I asked if anyone was planning to head up there … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike
Tagged Burton Hut, helicopter, hut, Sphinx Bay, Sphinx Hut, Work-hike, Workhike
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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
Posted in Hike, Huts, Special Reports, Trip Reports, Workhike
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