Category Archives: Ski

Ski Touring, Ski Mountaineering

Duffey Double (?) Crown

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Adelaide Truman

~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 →

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May Avalanche on the Spearhead Traverse

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Jenny Jia

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 →

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Easter Weekend at Sphinx

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Emily Wood

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 →

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Skiing and Sickness in Princess Louisa Inlet

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Hannah Bates

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

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Kyra Przybylski

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 →

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Ladies* Night at Seymour: A collaborative trip report

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Audrey Wahking

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 →

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Neve crew goes up to Brew (Step 3/5 to the Neve Traverse)

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Kevin (KF) Lam

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 →

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The Return of Haggis: Burns ‘n’ Turns 2022

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Settare Shariati

  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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Red Heather + Round Mountain Ski

Posted on January 10, 2022 by William Ungar

On Saturday December 4th, 2021, 11 of us loaded up in three cars and headed out for a ski tour adventure at Red Heather Hut, hoping to summit Round Mountain, venture out to Elfin Lakes, and make some powdery turns. The … Continue reading →

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The VOC Gets Fancy at Kees and Claire Hut

Posted on December 25, 2021 by AJ Dreher

At 6:42 am on December 20th, I set a personal backpack-packing speed record in a frantic effort to stuff all my gear into my pack by 6:45, when I anticipated being picked up by Adam Rodrigues and Melissa Bernstein for … Continue reading →

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