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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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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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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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Alpine Skills Course at Anniversary Glacier
July 6-7-8, 2018 On July 6-7-8, a group of 13 VOCers with three awesome instructors: Luca, Heather and Raz, ventured in the mountains to learn alpine skills. The class content was ambitious, enticing and exciting! Enough seducing for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpine Skills Class, Awesome instructors, backpacking, Cerise Creek Trail, Crevasse, Duffey Lake Road, Glacier, Ice, Intermediate, Joffre Mountain, Keiths Hut, Matier Mount, Mid Group, overnight, Rain or Shine, Rock, Snow, So many new stuff, Weekend
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The Engine and The Guard
An early season ascent of Phyllis’ Engine and a standard season ascent of The Guard Dates: April 25 – 28, 2018 Participants: Duncan Pawson, Nick Hindley, Tobias Huxol Prologue: The trip planning started as all classics do, with a good … Continue reading
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