Category Archives: Huts

Trips involving one of the VOC huts

Fay’s non-technical trip report of the Lizzy Lake workhike

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Fay Chen

I registered for membership in the VOC. I dropped my fee off during the Gear Hours. I signed up for a trip that seemed interesting. I went to the pre-meeting and….found myself the only one not wearing outdoor apparel in … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 2wd, backpacking, First-Trip, large group, Lizzie Cabin, Weekend, Workhike | 3 Comments

Dutch Expedition September 11–13

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Roland Burton

Else emailed me to ask if it would be irresponsible to go to our Phelix Hut during the grizzly bear “closure” with her friends from Holland who were on the “Felix” rowing team, and would they be eaten by bears. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged backpacking, bear, Phelix Hut, Small Group | 4 Comments

Tolkien Range – July Long Weekend

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Eric Wilson

July 30th: 5 A.M. Saturday morning. Beep beep beep beep beep. Rise and shine. Early mornings have never been my sort of thing, but the alarm clock doesn’t seem as daunting whenever action and adventure is on the weekend agenda. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Special Reports, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, 4wd, adventure, backpacking, Beautiful BC, Black Flies, Epic, First-Time, Lightning, Marmots, MEC, Mid Group, Mosquitos, Mt Aragon, Mt Gandalf, overnight, Phelix Hut, Rainy Day, summer, Waddington Hut, Weekend | 3 Comments

Harrison Hut July 2016

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Roland Burton

Josi was in VOC about four years ago, went on trips, and made some amazing VOC videos., which you can find here: http://tinyurl.com/canada111 Recently she has been in Germany, making videos and messing with drones. This fall she’s going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, accident, bear, climbing, fall, Glacier, Harrison Hut, Mud, overnight, pemberton, summer, Weekend, Whistler | Leave a comment

Bears, Uzbeki Trout soup, and paddle boards; truly epic nonsense!

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Ross Campbell

Participants: Ross Campbell, Birgit Rogalla, Natalie Makepeace, and Gabe Frame Our week was fast hurtling towards the Canada Day long weekend and our weekend plans still consisted of a long, impenetrable e-mail faff of about 10 different options. My solution … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged bears, Castle Towers, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, gentian peak, Panorama Ridge, Sphinx Hut, summer, traverse, Uzbek soup, Veenstra Traverse | 4 Comments

Hauling Firewood

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Roland Burton

The Objective We had driven up to the Brew trail head a couple of weeks previously and cut what we estimated was about half a ton of firewood. Now we were curious to see if we could carry it … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 4wd, Brew Hut, Firewood, Workhike | Leave a comment

Red Raincoats head to Brew (May 21-23 2016)

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Sarah Chay

People who came up to Brew: Roland Burton, Lucy Buchanan-Parker, Alberto Contreras Sanz, Sarah Chay, Perrine Mezin, Jean-Yves Maetz, Xiaojiao Stacy Wang, Tomasz Smith, Bruno Godin, Scott Webster, The Veenstra Family (Christian, Line, Fenya), Lea Zhecheva Tasks: Get firewood, fix … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Ski, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged adventure, aquatabs turn to cynide, Brew Hut, Brew Mountain, hike, hiking, large group, outhouse, snowman, toddler, toilet advice, Workhike | 2 Comments

New fire extinguishers for Phelix Hut Jan 15-17

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Sebastian Prass

Thanks to the lickety-split actions of a few VOC members, the attempt to burn down the Brian Waddington (aka Phelix) Hut on New Year’s Eve failed, however, the hut needed afterwards a pair of new fire extinguishers. So Tianna, Roland, … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 4wd, Intermediate, Phelix Hut, powder, ski touring, Small Group, Waddington Hut, Weekend, Workhike | Leave a comment

A newbie’s trip to Brew Hut with some cool people

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Karen Campbell

Who: Seven awesome new friends (Mirko, Lukas, Alex, Aleberto, Rachel, Marius, and Karen) What: A trip on skis up to the VOC Brew Hut Where: Oops, I guess I kind of already did that one! Why: Isn’t this kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Brew Hut, skiing, Small Group | Leave a comment

Brew Hut Smackdown–Dec 5

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Jeff Mottershead

My son, Devlin, was all fired up to skin up to Brew on his own steam. I’d been looking at the snow forecast thinking that maybe it wasn’t meant to be this weekend but we went anyways because he didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, beginner-friendly, Brew Hut, huts, ski, ski touring, skitouring, Small Group | 4 Comments