Category Archives: Workhike

Trips which involve building/maintaining our huts and trails

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

Harrison Hut Stove and the Quest for an Epic Butt–Oct 24-25, 2015

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Jeff Mottershead

The last time I was up at Harrison Hut the back fell off of the stove. For a couple days it had been puffing smoke out of where you’d think smoke wasn’t supposed to come from, much to Roland’s misgivings, … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 4wd, autumn, Harrison Hut, hike, huts, Small Group, Weekend, Workhike | 3 Comments

Another Harrison Hut Fiasco: Flood

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Jeff Mottershead

Participants: Pemberton SAR, the RCMP, Blackcombe Aviation, Mother Nature, a marmot, the Luggable Loo, Roland Burton, Jeff Mottershead, Christian Veenstra, Lea Zhecheva, Lianne McRadu, Joachim Klungseth, Henri Brunel, Ola Esten Roessum, Ben Farrow, Jacob Emil Toennesen, Ben Singleton-Polster, Meredith who’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Accidents, Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 2wd, accident, Harrison Hut, helicopter, hike, huts, Mid Group, multiday, Pemberton Icefield, Workhike | 12 Comments

Phelix Hut – The Outhouse edition

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Artem Babaian

By: Natalie Makepeace Crew = Roland, Artem, Lianne, Genevieve, Gesa, Sarah, Alexis & Natalie In short – we drove up Friday and spent Saturday-Monday up there scrambling and working on the new outhouse hole. Best scramble was the “direct East … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 2wd, backpacking, bears, Climb, hike, huts, med group, Mt Aragon, Mt Frodo, Mt Gandalf, multiday, pemberton, Phelix Hut, Workhike | Leave a comment

Swimming and galavanting a Brew Hut. Featuring Some Work, too.

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Elliott Skierszkan

As a frequent user of huts and trails, it’s always rewarding to contribute a little maintenance. Somehow I still hadn’t made it to Brew Hut after a couple years of VOC membership, so a work hike organized by our huts … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 2wd, Brew Hut, hike, huts, midgroup, summer, Weekend, Workhike | Leave a comment

Shame and Redemption at the Barr Creek Bridge (Oct 22-23 and Nov 7-8)

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Jeff Mottershead

A short preamble: For this to make make any sense to people new to the club I need to give a bit of background. Those familiar can skip this bit. Way back in the day there was keen VOCer Julien … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged dry, Epic, fall, Harrison Hut, Meager Creek, overnight, pemberton, rain, Snow, summer, Trail work, Winter | 2 Comments

The Mesh Team

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Roland Burton

So, what were we trying to accomplish? The Harrison Trail passes through two clear cuts, which were heli-logged. This part of the trail involves a lot of walking on logs. We were trying to make the logs less slippery by … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 4wd, fall, hike, overnight, pemberton, rain, Snow, Spring | Leave a comment

Barr Creek Log Pullarama

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Jeff Mottershead

This is a fairly late trip report, but better late than never. I’d been prompted by Ben Singleton-Polster to remove the log jam that threatened the bridge over Barr Creek for over a year. I had intended to do this … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged Harrison Hut, hike, hiking, outhouse, Spring | 1 Comment

Harrison Hut Renos: a week of hard work in a beautiful place

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Caitlin Schneider

There was a bit of confusion as to whether I was going in the first place, but after many of my other summer plans had fallen through, I was pretty determined to get up to the Harrison Hut for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 2wd, dry, Harrison Hut, helicopter, hike, hiking, outhouse, pemberton, powder, rain, Running, summer, sunny, Trail work, Weekend, Whistler, Workhike | 5 Comments