Category Archives: Huts

Trips involving one of the VOC huts

The Roof is Maybe Fixed

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At the recent workhike to the Julian Harrison Hut, we fixed the roof. Maybe. Quintus already wrote a great report about the trip, so I’m going to restrict myself to What Work We Did, and Sharing Mediocre Photos (and Some Good … Continue reading

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Harrison Hut Workhike (Fall 2024)

Trip Leader: Duncan Maclntyre Participants: Lyra Gui, Juliane Bonnefoy, Sophie Wigman, Joseph Chiao, Sara Bellman, Timm Rohweder, Zihan (Quintus) Zhou Note: please refer to Duncan’s report which will be published shortly after this one for details regarding the hut and … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Brew Hut and Cypress N1

Trip dates: September 27 – 29, 2024 Trip members: Ryan McCallum, Jenni Nguyen, Tim Generalov, Aaron Golden, Abhy Chauhan, Lucas Rucchin, Ed Riley, John Conlon, Manon Bourahla, Cole Gauthier, Julia Jancelewicz, Morgan Tidler, Hedda Wintervoll, Astrid Molin, Avelene Snip, Marek … Continue reading

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Fixing Roland’s Hut

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This September, I had the privilege of working on the first eight days of the roof replacement project at the Roland Burton Hut. This was the longest VOC trip I’ve ever been on (by one night). It was also the … Continue reading

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Last Night At Burton: Gatorade Is A Spice

Intro In late July, after abrupt and considerable unpleasant disruption to my life, I decided the best thing to do with myself was to pick up the pieces and move to Australia for 2+ years with around sixty days to … Continue reading

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Wasps, Chili Mac, and Reflections on the Neve

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Over the Labor Day weekend, I had the opportunity to join Jeff Mottershed, Adam Steele, and Sean McKay for a summer traverse of the Garibaldi Névé, where we would also do an improvised glacier school. As it turns out, it’s … Continue reading

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Phelix Workhike July 2024

Dates: July 20th – July 21st, 2024 Participants: Marie Sandler, Andrew Carriere, Matthew Jarvis-Cross, Xi Liang, Louis Mercier Day 1: After leaving Vancouver at around 7:00am, we arrived at the winter Phelix parking lot following a brief stop at the … Continue reading

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Touring Tetrahedron (bike+ski)

It was the week before the Easter long weekend, and a ski touring VOC trip to Tetrahedron that I was planning on going on had just been canceled for reasons of snow conditions (for fairly good reason). However, my weekend … Continue reading

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