Category Archives: Ski

Ski Touring, Ski Mountaineering

Companion Rescue Drills

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Inga Sjöberg

Saturday December 2nd, 8 VOC members went towards Garibaldi Provincial Park for some avalanche rescue practice, skiing and touring. The morning weather in Vancouver was rainy, which indicated potential snowy weather in the mountains. The group gathered at McDonalds in … Continue reading →

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Almost getting killed by a tree and too much pow

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Vincent Chan-Ying

Sunday November 19th, 2017 A group of 15 of us parked at the chain up area where a friendly ranger setup a blockade to ensure that vehicles with chains put them on before continuing to the trailhead. As none of … Continue reading →

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Cognac Peak debacle August 19, 2017

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Jeff Mottershead

Participants: Devlin and Jeff Mottershead We were at the Brandywine trailhead eating breakfast when we noticed that the tailpipe was under the front tire. I thought about the odds of exactly that happening and concluded that it was fairly special. … Continue reading →

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Mt. Pootlass Smackdown

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Jeff Mottershead

Where is Mt. Pootlass? Why would one go there? Why were there three rodents? A while back my son, Devlin, was given a copy of Ship’s Whistle by the cafeteria cashier while aboard one of the ferries to Vancouver. It’s … Continue reading →

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2017 Brew Hut Solar Expedition

Posted on June 12, 2017 by George Hill

On June 3rd a crew of 9 organized by Roland Burton drove, hiked, snowshoed and skiied up to Brew Hut to replace the solar panel that had been ripped off during the winter previous. Shu Yu Fan drove one car … Continue reading →

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Garibaldi Park Speed Traverse – Mt Currie to Red Heather

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Christian Veenstra

“You should turn back now,” the passerby said in a thick Russian accent as he watched me wallowing helplessly in the snow “you will die here”. That was more than 10 years ago, on my first trip into Garibaldi Park. Like … Continue reading →

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Mt. Baker Bike’n’Ski: a video

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Martin Cermak

My video-version of Elliott’s trip report

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Skis and Bikes: Self-propelled Surrey to Baker

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Elliott Skierszkan

Martin Cermak, Elliott Skierszkan, Mirko Moeller, May 20-22 2017 About a month before this trip happened, conversations started up around doing a Victoria Day long weekend ski traverse. However, in the few days coming up to the weekend, despite a … Continue reading →

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Digging holes at Elfin

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Jnaneshwar Weibel

Waking up bright and early on Saturday, four of us piled our skis and bodies into Vincent’s car and set off for the mountain!  We got to the chain up area slightly ahead of schedule and waited for Josh to … Continue reading →

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McBride in a night

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Christian Veenstra

“Daddy, why do you have so many owies on your feet?” “Because I skied really far.” “Why did you ski really far?” “Umm, that’s a good question… I don’t know, I guess I just kind of like doing it? Sometimes … Continue reading →

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