Tag Archives: fall

Finding My Ski Legs at Steep Creek

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Lydia Dunkin

When I arrived in Vancouver in September, I didn’t think that I would ski that much. The closest I had been to a ski slope in the last six years was one made of diamond shaped plastic bristles, 96m above … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged access, Beekers cabin, community, fall, inclusive, ski touring, Steep Creek | 3 Comments

Lizzie Cabin Weekend Adventure

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Sean Dempsey

Participants: Simon Tsianikas, Clara Duwel, Sean Dempsey, Sebastian Purdy, Samantha Cohen, Shu Yu Fan, Shaojie Huang, Julia Jancelewicz, Beth Templeton, Marta Oliver, Joseph Meyer, Rachel Kalkman This is a report for a backpacking trip to Lizzie Creek Cabin and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, Anemone Peak, beginner-friendly, fall, hike, hut, Lizzie Cabin, lizzie creek, lizzie lake, Mid Group, overnight, overnight hike, scrambling, september, Table Top Mountain, Weekend, wolves | 1 Comment

G1 2023: Type 2 fun is still fun

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Jasmine Gage

The G1 trip began with an early rise on Saturday September 23rd. As we drove to Brandywine Mountain, my car group shared their hiking backgrounds and were shocked to find out the extent of my experience was St Mark’s Summit … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, autumn, beginner-friendly, Brandywine Falls Provincial Park, fall, Glacier, Glacier School, hike, large group, rain, Snow, Suffering, type 2 fun, Weekend | 5 Comments

The Odyssey of the Pole People – Three Peaks Mt. Seymour Hike

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Rowan Clark

The day began luminously in the darkness of Place Vanier. The bleating of our alarms forcing waves of horror throughout our heads. Bleary eyed we pounded the alarm until it shut up. We fell back into the warm arms of … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged autumn, beginner-friendly, day hike, fall, large group, Mount Seymour | 1 Comment

A Suprisingly Sunny September Saunter to the Spectacular Rampart Ponds

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Miranda Clark

For ten VOCers (Matthew Drenth, Alastair Nicholson, Haven Barr, Patric Berard, Ana Clara Feldman, Anabel Buechner, Chloe Garzon, Jerome Bernard, Cabrinha Clark, and Miranda Clark) this trip began like all other adventure trips, with a large amount of chaos very … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 10 people, 2wd, fall, Garibaldi Park, Intermediate, new friends., overnight hike, Photo Essay, Rampart Ponds, sunny, Weekend | 1 Comment

Phantastic Phun Phound with Phriends at Phelix

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Kevin (KF) Lam

It was late October when I was planning how I should spend my first and last fall reading break at UBC, should I go to Harrison Hot Springs with some friends, fly to Toronto to be cold and miserable, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, fall, First-Time, large group, Phelix Hut, reading week, ski, ski touring, snowshoe, snowshoeing, Winter | 4 Comments

Racing Glaciers: An Expedited Berg Lake Adventure

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Isaac Borrego

Berg Lake: a place of blue waters, roaring waterfalls, and glaciers reaching down from jagged peaks all the way to the water’s edge. From the moment I heard about this special mountain Shangri La I knew I had to visit. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged autumn, backpacking, british columbia, Epic, fall, Mount Robson, overnight, provincial park, Rockies | 4 Comments

Pushing the Limits of Mediocrity: A Cheakamus Canyon Story

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Isaac Borrego

“Some are born mediocre, some achieve mediocrity, and some have mediocrity thrust upon them.” – some famous poet dude I’d like to think that we at the very least managed to achieve some level of mediocrity on a cold October … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged cheakamus canyon, climbing, fall, rock climbing, Squamish | 3 Comments

Dilly-dally to Deep Cove at Dawn for Doughnuts and Doggos

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Nguyen Tang

The plan: Bike to Deep Cove to catch the sunrise at 0744 hours on Wednesday and grab some doughnuts from Honey’s Doughnuts. Bike home. Easy peasy. “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry” – Robbie Burns Things … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports | Tagged beginner-friendly, bike, car-free, day trip, Deep Cove, dog, donuts, fall, sunrise | 4 Comments

A Sunny Fall Trip to Golden Ears Peak (late) Nov 11, 2018

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Chern Jie Chang

Perhaps it was the unseasonably sunny weekend forecast, or perhaps it was the excitement to see and feel snow as winter approached. For some reason, we were craving a snowy summit this weekend. We set our eyes on a two-day … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, british columbia, early season, fall, hike, hiking, huts, multiday, overnight, ridge, scramble, scrambling, Small Group, Snow, summer, sunny, Weekend | 1 Comment