Tag Archives: beginner-friendly

Spectacular Snow caving at Seymour

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Shane Monks O\'Byrne

It was decided that the winter longhike this year was to be held at Seymour and the stoke was high. Very high in fact; there was such a demand that trip-organizer Byron Wilson had to increase the number of places … Continue reading →

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Indian Arm Kayaking 2016

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Maya Motyka

I rolled out of bed on Saturday morning with my first thought being of the weather. I quickly go online and saw a “mixture of sun and clouds”. As good as it sounds, I know that I live in Raincouver and that … Continue reading →

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Phelix Hut Work Trip July 01-03

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Roland Burton

This was advertised as a work trip. We did not have to climb any of the mountains in the area, so we could concentrate on getting things done. We spent July 01 working on the trail, July 02 at the … Continue reading →

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Lakes, glaciers, snow & sledding at Joffre Lakes and Tszil Peak

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Birgit Rogalla

June 25 – 26, 2016 Participants: Kimmy Hofer, Brenden Bantayen, Scott MacDonald, Birgit Rogalla, Kelsey Miller, Alannah Wallace, Kevin Boland, Bailey Ramsey, Rebecca Frederick, Eric Wilson, Chrisel Brako, Steve Cabral, Dmitri Oguz, Cauchy Lee, Theresa Pauly, Rebekke Schulze Trip report written … Continue reading →

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Workhike to Lizzie: A beginner’s perspective

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Taniya Adak

The Lizzie trail-builder crew comprised of Roland Burton, Simon Litchwark, Vincent Hanlon, Alexander Girard, Julien Renard, Erica Acton, Kasia Celler, Filip Kilibarda, Mirko Moeller, Jeff Taylor, Jin Guo and me (Taniya Adak). Interestingly, Jin got to know of VOC’s existence … Continue reading →

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A Lizzie Creek Workhike

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Vincent Hanlon

Loyal workhikers: Alex Girard, Jeff Taylor, Filip Kilibarda, Mirko Moeller, Roland Burton, Taniya Adak, Jin Guo, Vincent Hanlon, Julien Renard, Erica Acton, Kasia Celler, Simon Litchwark, Lea Zhecheva This is going to be one of two trip reports about (the … Continue reading →

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Zealous Zoa Zigzaggers Zoom Zanily

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Lucy Buchanan-Parker

I was unlucky enough to be one of 2.5 people awake in the Modo van on the drive back from Zoa, so I got tasked with writing the trip report… Having decided relatively late in the season that I actually … Continue reading →

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Tough beginners take on Mt. Rohr

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Ross Campbell

Participants: Florian Speck, Lena Foerstel, Alberto Contreras Sanz, Natalie Makepeace, and Ross Campbell Date: 9th-10th Apr 2016   A week previously, after a long geographically enforced hiatus, I organised a beginner friendly ski trip to Zoa. 14 people came out … Continue reading →

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The ‘Beginner’ Phelix VOCyssey

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Caroline Sutton

It was pitch black when my alarm went off, way too early. That’s the way every good VOC trip starts, but in the moment it didn’t make it any better after only getting 2 hours of sleep. A special pre-trip … Continue reading →

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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 →

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