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Brew Hut 2019 (VOC & VOCO Joint Trip!)
On Friday March 15th, three other ladies and I drove from Kelowna to Vancouver with excitement to begin our journey into Brew Hut, a backcountry hut built by VOC near Squamish. I was nervous because it was going to be … Continue reading
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Frosty Garibaldi Neve
We went to rubble creek, and when we were waiting, a guy crushed a speed-limit sign on his way to a snow bank. We met Atti and Ildi, who drove us up to the chain-up area at Red Heather. Ildi … Continue reading
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Tagged backcountry, british columbia, Burton Hut, Elfin Lakes, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Neve, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, multiday, overnight, powder, Red Heather, ski, ski touring, skiing, Small Group, Snow, Snowy, Sphinx Bay, sunny, traverse, Weekend, Winter
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The Great White Mane of Shadowfax
Trip Date: 2018 December 27-Jan1 Participants: Cody Lai, Armarn Roland, Nathan Slater, Robert Shilton, Ilya Capralov, George Hill, Will Matous, Martin Carnogursky The following is an account of Phelix New Years as originally written in my Journal edited only for spelling and … Continue reading
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Lovely Humans to Lake Lovely Water – July 20-22, 2018
Trip Organizer: Maria Berno Trip Attendees: Maria, Tom, Mark, Glen, Mirtha, Glen, Graham, Derek, Tabea, Christine, Robert After hearing so many lovely things about Lake Lovely Water but many horror stories about the approach I decided it was my turn … Continue reading
Iron Chef at Brew Hut
The legendary Iron Chef at Brew Hut started off strong as, although our organiser Joe “Energy Legs” O’Brien told us to expect snowy slushy hiking, we came up to the most beautiful of sunny and mostly dry days. The initial … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner-friendly, Brew Hut, cooking, dog, dry, large group, Mount Brew, overnight, sunny
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Brew Outhouse and Door Project (Part 3: Construction)
Trip Date: 2018 September 8-9 Participants: George Hill, Luc Harvey, Alastair White, Tom Curran, Cassandra Elphinstone, Haley Foladare, Will Kirby, Alex Wharton, Shu Yu Fan, Robert Shilton, Aye Min, Lukas Schreiber, Daniel Tan, Eric Pollard. Part 1 – Part … Continue reading
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Tagged Brew Hut, huts, outhouse, Workhike
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Brew Outhouse and Door Project (Part 2: Helicopter & Foundation)
Trip Date: 2018 September 1-3 Participants: George Hill, Luc Harvey, Haley Foladare, Will Kirby, Alex Wharton, Jackson Dagger, Lukas Schreiber, Heather Van Tassel, Alia Sanger. Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 Saturday September 1st, the day before the helicopter. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Brew Hut, huts, outhouse, Workhike
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Brew Outhouse and Door Project (Part 1: Design & Preconstruction)
Trip Date: 2018 March 1-Aug31 Participants: George Hill, Edward Lim, Luc Harvey, Haley Foladare, Will Kirby, Alex Wharton, Derek Hiemstra, Lukas Schreiber. Part 1 - Part 2 – Part 3 Brew Hut is one of the VOC’s most popular huts … Continue reading
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Tagged Brew Hut, huts, outhouse, Workhike
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Flinging a Weasel in Tetrahedron Park–Sept 14-16, 2018
Participants: Devlin, Anita and Ethan This was supposed to be a totally pleasant but not-worth-writing-up trip. Anita and her 6-year-old son, Ethan, were over for a hut trip, arriving Friday afternoon. The plan was to go to the Batchelor Lake … Continue reading
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Sharp Tusk – A Tale of Choss Anchors
Lukas and I had discussed attempting the true summit of the Black Tusk some weeks ago, after fresh and detailed beta arose courtesy of local fulltime peakbagger Steven Song. Knowing that it’s only seen three recorded ascents in the past … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Climb, Trip Reports
Tagged Alpine Climbing, Black Tusk, day trip, expert, near-miss, Small Group, summer, type 2 fun
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