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May 16th – May 20th, 2025 Participants: Joanna Gower (Wildflower Lover), Alexander Liu (Always Positive), Lukas Kunz (Quiet Force), Paul Ramu (Weather-Cursed) Stats: ~200km, ~4,300m elevation gain (Saturday morning to Monday afternoon) Route: Okanagan Falls->Okanagan FSR->Haynes Lake->KVT to Penticton->Okanagan Falls … Continue reading
Bike Touring Gabriola (22.05.27)
Return group photo at Horseshoe Bay. From left to right: Kai Schwarz, Chrisel Brako, Johnson Liu, Katie Chen, Lara Emma Solie, Settare Shariati, Bree Summers, Andressa Louise I woke to the familiar sound of my 5:47AM alarm, yet there was no hint … Continue reading
Sea to Sky Trail Report
The Sea to Sky Highway has been the main connection between those of us living in the Vancouver Lower Mainland to access many destinations in the great outdoor that British Columbia offers. Every time I sit in a car going … Continue reading
Cowichan Valley Bikepacking Adventure!
This trip report is a collaborative effort by Brendan Tai and Chester Chan Day 1 and 3 are written in Brendan’s POV. Day 2 is written in Chester’s POV. Day 1: Vancouver to Gordon Bay Distance: 136km Elevation Gain: 1,314m … Continue reading
Golden Gals Self-Propel Golden Ears
July 27-29, 2020 Gabrielle Booth & Charlotte Scholten On our trip, to the best of my understanding, Charlotte and I traveled through the following traditional, ancestral, and unseeded territories: səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Stz’uminus, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), … Continue reading
Skis and Bikes: Self-propelled Surrey to Baker
Martin Cermak, Elliott Skierszkan, Mirko Moeller, May 20-22 2017 About a month before this trip happened, conversations started up around doing a Victoria Day long weekend ski traverse. However, in the few days coming up to the weekend, despite a … Continue reading
North Shore Triple Crown
Nick: “My butt hurts”. Me: “There’s a reason for that – it’s because you’ve been able to sit down”. We joked as we strapped our skis back onto our bikes for the last time, just before sunset outside the “Crazy … Continue reading
Thanksgiving on Wheels (Four Lakes Bike Tour)
Having been VOC members for almost a year and having gone on more trips than we can count, we figured it was time to organize a trip ourselves, and Thanksgiving on Wheels was born. Ian later named it the ‘Four … Continue reading
How I roasted a cougar
On Tuesday of Canada Day week I realized that I am free from work on Wednesday which extended my long weekend for one more day, which in total made me 4 days off. I picked up a suitable trip from … Continue reading
Bike touring in Kootenay. May 2015.
Hello my name is Ilya! I have done a bike trip in West Kootenay in May 2015 so just wanted to share some pictures and thoughts about that journey. I went on this trip alone so this made all of … Continue reading