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Heather Trail – Manning Park
Background info: Heather Trail is located in Manning Park. Starting from the Blackwall Peak parking area we walked along the Heather Trail to get to Nicomen Lake Campsite. This was a 2-day, 1-night trip. The total hike was roughly 46km with … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, Beautiful BC, british columbia, EC Manning Provincial park, Heather-Trail, hiking, Hope, Manning Park, overnight, summer, sunny, Weekend
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A Feature-length Pinecone Burke Traverse
Trip Dates: June 30th – July 4th, 2022 Ever since stumbling across Richard, Birgit, Vincent, and Cassandra’s 2017 trip report, the idea of doing an extended version of their “Pinecone Burke Traverse” had been kicking around my head. During a … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged adventure, backcountry, backpacking, Beautiful BC, bivy, Bootpack, Bushwhack, Climb, Coquitlam, early season, Epic, Fast and Light, Five Fingers, flagging, hike, hiking, hitchhiking, Mamquam, Meslilloet, mountaineering, multiday, overnight, Pinecone Burke park, Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, Pinecone Lake, ridge, scramble, scrambling, Slog, Snow, snow booting, Snowy, solo trip, summer, Transit Accessable, traverse, Watersprite Lake, Widgeon Creek
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Brandywine Trip Report – June 2022
Anniversary Hike – Brandywine – June 2022 While the original plan for the trip was to visit Mt. Price, a string of weird weather this year dictated that snow conditions would likely not be safe there. Instead the call was … Continue reading
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Tagged 4wd, awesome people, backpacking, Beautiful BC, beginner-friendly, Bootpack, bootpacking, Brandywine, british columbia, First-Time, First-Trip, frost bite, hike, hiking, Mt. Brandywine, ridge, Semi-Alcoholic Traverse, Snow, snow shoe, sunrise, Weekend, Winter, winter camping
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Harrison Hut Workhike!
Twas a week among midterms and all across Vancouver, VOC members heard the beckoning call of a backcountry siren otherwise known as Anya Boardman whispering tantalizing phrases such as “hut trip” and “trail work,” among other concepts powerful enough to … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike
Tagged 4wd, autumn, Beautiful BC, beginner-friendly, cookies, Harrison Hut, hut life, large group, Lola by the Kinks, pemberton, Trail work, Weekend
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Manning Park in ‘Flashmob Style’
Trip dates: July 10-11 2021 The June 2021 heatwave impressed on me the urgency of doing some view-intensive trips before the summer smog season begins in earnest. Melissa’s trip to Manning Park’s Skyline Trail advertised some fantastic views, and this … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, Beautiful BC, british columbia, e.c. manning, ec manning, ec manning park, EC Manning Provincial park, hike, hiking, large group, Lightning Lakes, Mosquitos, North Cascades, overnight, overnight hike, ridge, scramble, scrambling, summer, Weekend
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Werewolves of the Brew Hut
After some mild procrastination, I’ve finally gotten around to writing the long-overdue trip report of the Werewolves of the Brew Hut hike that took place from October 19-20. Hopefully everyone can forgive me for my postponement of this report (I … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, backpacking, Beautiful BC, beginner, Brew Hut, Brew Mountain, british columbia, Camping, cloud, early season, Epic, First-Time, First-Trip, fog, Halloween, hike, hut life, huts, large group, more clouds, Mount Brew, multiday, overnight, potluck, powder, ridge, Sea to Summit, Snow, Snow and Ice, snow camping, snowshoe, snowshoeing, Squamish, Weekend, wildlife, Winter
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Ripple Ridge Cabin with some extra action
On October 18th we went to the Ripple Ridge Cabin in Kootenay Pass. We left after school on Thursday because Friday was a Pro-D day. We went to A&W in Osoyoos. We got a baby mug (holds about 75ml). We … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, Beautiful BC, beginner, beginner-friendly, dry, fall, golden larches, hike, hiking, huts, kootenay, larches, mountaineering, multiday, overnight, ridge, Small Group, sunny
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Brilliant Larches and Cheeky Birds in Manning Park
The best part of this VOC trip to EC Manning Provincial Park is that besides the main goal (getting to the top of Frosty Mountain), we also wanted to see the magnificent Alpine Larch trees that characterize Canadien autumns. Once … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful BC, beginner-friendly, fall, First-Time, Frosty Creek Camp, Frosty Loop trail, hike, Manning Park, Weekend
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Tolkien Range – July Long Weekend
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
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Daughter of Ice · Feb. 5th – Feb. 8th, 2016
I’de like to… I’de like to say something, I’ve prepared. Hello. How about that ride in? I guess that’s why they call it Marble Canyon. Haha. You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a … Continue reading