Category Archives: Workhike

Trips which involve building/maintaining our huts and trails

Phelix Firewood and Outhouse

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Roland Burton

Not having been up there since we installed the solar lighting this summer, I wanted to know if the lights still worked. I also wanted to know if the loggers had put up another one of those miserable yellow gates, … Continue reading →

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Phelix Hut Solar Lighting Installation

Posted on June 19, 2021 by Roland Burton

We drove up Friday afternoon, June 11th, dining at Pemberton Macdonalds as usual, spent about an hour removing the usual slide on the road at 0.6km, then drove to around 5km, the place where we park. There we found a … Continue reading →

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Phelix Hut April 21-22

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Roland Burton

Around 9 am Tuesday I got an email which said “let’s go to Phelix Hut”. I replied that I’d like to, but first I have to make sure Carla isn’t planning something. It turned out that Carla was staying in … Continue reading →

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Burton (Sphinx) Hut “Workhike” September 5-7, 2020

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Melissa Bernstein

By Melissa Bernstein, with help from Cassandra Elphinstone and Ross Campbell I never thought my first trip to Garibaldi Lake would be what went down on this trip. Before this trip, I had only been up to Garibaldi Park once, … Continue reading →

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Brew wood haul 12/09/2020

Posted on September 14, 2020 by John Wragg

The trip was originally going to be trail maintenance near Harrison hut but due to complications we switched to Brew. I’ve never been to Harrison and was looking forward to being with acquainted with a new hut, but visiting old … Continue reading →

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Paddlers vs Squatters- A Garbage Wars Story.

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Dmitri Oguz

Me-”My car is much happier without the hobo mattresses inside” Alana: “That’s a quote of the day…” In late April a couple friends and I went for a drizzly day paddle up Fraser river. Generally not top destination for either … Continue reading →

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A UVic Interloper Learns the True Meaning of Faffing About on Mt Brew [Workhike]

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Declan Taylor

Mostly written by my cousin and workhike participant Teagan Dawson (a non-VOC member…gasp), with posting and contributions from me (Declan). As a newcomer to the VOC, this workhike up the old Mt Brew trail was eye opening in a number … Continue reading →

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Mystery of the Stove

Posted on August 2, 2019 by John Wragg

Trip report for: [workhike] HMVDITTRAH 2019 – 4th annual How Many VOCers Does It Take To Replace A Helicopter? Mystery of the Stove Written by: John Wragg As this was my first ever VOC trip i was more than ready … Continue reading →

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Brew Outhouse and Door Project (Part 3: Construction)

Posted on September 26, 2018 by George Hill

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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Brew Outhouse and Door Project (Part 2: Helicopter & Foundation)