Category Archives: Huts

Trips involving one of the VOC huts

Little Brew Adventure

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Haley Foladare

Roland, Aaron, and I went up to Brew, and stayed one night. We called it a workhike, and figured that there would be things to do, such as carry journals, empty the cashbox, measure the doorframe, and deal with the … Continue reading →

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A Minor Brew Hut Fiasco: Turds

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Jeff Mottershead

Participants: Anita, Devlin, the tirfor, poop and me On Friday, April 27, Anita (not of the VOC), Devlin and I started off towards to Brew Hut with the heaviest post hole digger I could find and a couple buckets labelled … Continue reading →

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Halloweekend at Phelix Hut

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Julia Ramos Bujalil

I woke up on Saturday morning around 4:00am in a daze of nerves but mostly excitement about going on my first real VOC trip. Else picked me up and soon we were on the Sea to Sky highway headed to … Continue reading →

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Phelix Road Brushing Workhike

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Martin Carnogursky

This was a short workhike on the weekend of Nov 11, 2017. Our crew was Jodie Nowell, Tom Curran, Cassandra Elphinstone, Fabian Frank, and myself (Martin Carnogursky). We drove up early on Saturday morning. The road had patchy snow starting … Continue reading →

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Iron Chef at Brew Hut

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Erica Haugland

The snow stared falling about half way up the logging road, as we snuggled in the back of the car. After arriving at the trail head, we leisurely hiked to Brew Hut, making it there in less than three hours. … Continue reading →

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2017 Brew Hut Solar Expedition

Posted on June 12, 2017 by George Hill

On June 3rd a crew of 9 organized by Roland Burton drove, hiked, snowshoed and skiied up to Brew Hut to replace the solar panel that had been ripped off during the winter previous. Shu Yu Fan drove one car … Continue reading →

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Women’s backcountry adventure

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Agnes Gronvall

It’s Monday at 10:00 am and I just got up. My body is screaming – which is a good sign. It tells me I have been on an adventure this weekend; that I have pushed myself to new limits. Even … Continue reading →

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Why I thought it’d be a good idea to drag a snowboard up the Phelix Hut Trail

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Marc Rizkallah

I arrived in Vancouver in December 2016 with the main purpose of “getting to know the backcountry better” and it was already dumping snow, which I knew to be relatively rare in Vancouver. I wanted to make the most of … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Poor Snow, an Old Van, and an Excellent Weekend

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Alastair White

This was my first VOC trip, and thus it fell to me to write the trip report. I’d been meaning to go on a VOC trip pretty much every weekend since September, but somehow there was always something else that … Continue reading →

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Kenai’s Big Weekend at the Brew!!!

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Kane Reed-Andreev

Hi my name’s Kenai, I’m 3 ½ years old and this is the story of my weekend at Brew.   I woke up on Saturday morning, looking forward to a day of relaxing and maybe going for a walk, but … Continue reading →

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