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Intro to Backcountry – Learning to fall gracefully edition
Catching a bit of the Whistler traffic, we arrived at the Rainbow Falls parking lot, a little after 8, with Moose, the gorgeous dog, greeting us at the parking lot. We split the groups into “have never been touring/toured once”, … Continue reading
Women’s* Seymour Snow Day
Trip date: Saturday, February 4th, 2023 The day started off misty and rainy, leaving many of us perhaps questioning what exactly we signed ourselves up for. The walk from the car to the cafeteria already soaked through my first pair … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner-friendly, Brockton Point, large group, Mount Seymour, resort skiing, ski touring, Type 1 fun, Winter
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Duffey Double (?) Crown
~Here is an extremely late trip report about a ski trip in April 2022 that I am just getting around to publishing now that I am bored at home with covid and have run out of better things to do. … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, fun, Joffre Peak, Matier, ski, ski touring, skimo, Winter, Winter Small Group
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May Avalanche on the Spearhead Traverse
Here is the Avalanche Canada report: on the west face of Mt. Pattison, we triggered a size 2 avalanche where all five of us in the team were partially buried. In additional detail to the report, we observed that the … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Ski, Special Reports, Trip Reports
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Easter Weekend at Sphinx
April 15-17, 2022 Trip members: Shu Yu Fan, Beth Roskilly, Kyra Przybylski, Joseph Meyer, Martin Kuerbis, Emily Wood With one exam done and 4 more in the next 8 days, I decided that the best way for me to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Bookworms, Bootpack, bootpacking, british columbia, Burton Hut, Easter Weekend, Garibaldi Lake, huts, Mid Group, overnight, ski, skitouring, Sphinx Hut, Winter
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Skiing and Sickness in Princess Louisa Inlet
March 21st-28th, 2022 Participants: Jessica Brown, YYen Gallup, Simeon Faehndrich, Ben Van Raalte, and Hannah Bates “We were somewhere around Barstow Egmont on the edge of the desert ocean when the drugs sickness began to take hold.” – from Fear and Loathing in … Continue reading
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Girlz Ski Gin: Narrowly avoiding disaster while everyone else has a lovely time
That morning as I drove up the Sea to Sky, my car packed with skis and a couple other ladies, I breathed some sighs of relief as I enjoyed the view and blasted some road trip tunes. I thought that … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Ski, Special Reports, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, broken ski, day trip, Gin Peak, Hanging Lake, ski touring, skiing
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Ladies* Night at Seymour: A collaborative trip report
Trip date: Wednesday, March 9th 2022 Audrey When I first saw the “Ladies Night at Seymour [Beginner Friendly, learn to ski!, helpers needed (workhike)]” trip posting on the VOC website, I jumped at the chance for a beginner, women, … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports, Workhike
Tagged beginner-friendly, Brockton Point, large group, Mount Seymour, night trip, resort skiing, ski touring, treasure box, Winter
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Neve crew goes up to Brew (Step 3/5 to the Neve Traverse)
Saturday Feb 12 2022 The third step to prepare for the Neve (neh-vay and not neev as I found out) was a 2-day trip to the Brew Hut. The Brew Hut always seemed to be quite scary to me, with … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Brew Hut, Brew Mountain, easy, large group, Neve Traverse, overnight, ski touring, sunny, Weekend, Winter, winter camping
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The Return of Haggis: Burns ‘n’ Turns 2022
The moment I stepped out of the car on the icy parking lot of Phelix Creek trailhead, my feet slipped out from under me, and I found myself hanging up in the air in an L-seat for a second … Continue reading
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Tagged awesome people, backcountry, huts, large group, Phelix Hut, Scotland, ski touring, snowshoeing
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