Tag Archives: Black Tusk

Garibaldi Weekend

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Carly Peterson

Rachel: “If you change your mind, I’m the first in line; honey, I’m still free, take a chance on me!” The first sign that the weekend was off to a good start was getting into Kat and Artem’s car bright … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, Black Tusk, Climb, Garibaldi Park, Intermediate, Mid Group, scramble, summer, Weekend | Leave a comment

Castle Towers (September 20-21, 2014)

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Tianna Sturdy

Intrepid adventurers: Brendan, Caitlin, Paul, Reid and Tianna After a surprisingly efficient meet up at the Timmies in Squamish the 5 of us headed towards the rubble creek parking lot Saturday morning. Paul, Reid and I started up the trail … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged bear, Black Tusk, Castle Towers, Climb, Elfin Lakes, fall, Garibaldi Park, ridge, Running, Squamish, teaching, Weekend | Leave a comment

Take 2: Black Tusk and Lake Garibaldi

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Ailsa Naismith

It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday. The birds were chirping, the skies were doing what skies do, and of course no one was on time to the meeting point. However, the force was with us and we managed to assemble … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, bears, Black Tusk, Climb, dry, expert, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, hike, leading, panorama, Panorama Ridge, rain, ridge, ski, skiing, Snow, Squamish, Stanley Park, sunny, Taylor Meadows, Weekend | Leave a comment

Burton Hut Feb 19th – 21st

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Cassandra Elphinstone

It is difficult to write a better trip report than Roland’s so I thought I should just add some details and quote his summary of the trip. “Executive Summary: Sphinx Camp seemed small this year. Just Cassandra and me. Can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged birthday, Black Tusk, Burton Hut, ferry, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Hope, huts, outhouse, ski, skiing, Snow, Taylor Meadows, turn around | Leave a comment

Playing in the Snow: Snowshoeing at Taylor Meadows

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Henry Zhang

It all began with a girl who really likes to play in the snow and who wanted to take a break from all that studying for finals: On Saturday, Dec 7, 2013, Anne Darby took a brave group of snowshoers … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged Anne, bear, beginner, Black Tusk, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Running, Snow, snowshoeing, Squamish, Taylor Meadows, Winter | 3 Comments

A Day to Remember

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Shane Duan

Earlier this year in the winter, the club replaced the front door at Sphinx (Burton) Hut with a new one. However, the new door had a big gap at the bottom which created various problems; for example, snow drift in, … Continue reading →

Posted in Accidents, Climb, Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged accident, Black Tusk, Climb, day trip, fall, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, helicopter, hike, hiking, Hope, outhouse, paddle, paddling, ridge, Running, scramble, scrambling, Snow, Sphinx Bay, Squamish, summer, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, Trail work, traverse, Weekend, Winter | Leave a comment

Newest Brew Trail Work Hike (June 22-23)

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Ruanne Lai

Overnight workers: Roland Burton, Carla, Deb Conrady, Ross Campbell, Ru Lai Day warriors: Stephanie Grothe, Clemens Adolphs, Gili Rosenberg, Steven Baldwin, Matthew Topham Day 1 We cleared the 150m path of logs and made a new trail. Gili put … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged Black Tusk, Brew Hut, Firewood, helicopter, hike, overnight, Snow, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, Trail work, traverse | 3 Comments

Super duper sunny fun times at the Neve!

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Luka Culibrk

So, sometime between last week and the dawn of time, there was an idea to ski the Neve on the weekend of the 22nd. I myself wasn’t aware of this fact until the Wednesday before the trip, as I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Atwell, Black Tusk, Bootpack, Elfin Lakes, fall, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, huts, leading, MEC, rain, Red Heather, ski, Slog, Snow, snowshoe, Squamish, sunny, Taylor Meadows, traverse, Trek, Weekend | 2 Comments

Banana Chute

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Alfred Larsen

Months ago, I mentioned to Ryan McKenzie that I really wanted to ski Banana Chute. I had been gawking at the line for several years, and was really excited after he suggested doing it this weekend. We thought the NW … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Banana Chute, Black Tusk, Bootpack, Fissile, musical, ridge, Singing Pass, ski, Snow, Trek, Weekend, Whistler | 1 Comment

Chronicles of Taylor Meadows Nov 12-13

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Rodrigo Samayoa

It was 5:30am and the sun showed no signs of rising. A brave group of adventurers were waking up and preparing to embark on a journey that would take them to them to Taylor Meadows in search of the fabled … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, Black Tusk, early season, Garibaldi Park, Mid Group, multiday, ski, ski touring, Taylor Meadows | Leave a comment