Tag Archives: First-Time

An Acquired Taste: Mosquitos, Beer, and Some Phelix Trail Maintenance

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Roman Di Girolamo

Saturday, 06/21/2025, 06:15 AM This trip was many firsts for me. It was my first VOC trip, my first time backpacking overnight, and my first time really even being in the backcountry. What was a universal first for our entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 4wd, beer, bushwacking, First-Time, Intermediate, large group, Mosquitos, Mt Gandalf, Phelix, Phelix Hut, Rainy Day, scrambling, type 2 fun, Weekend, Workhike | 3 Comments

Winter Longhike 2025

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Elisabeth Giroud

When I moved to Vancouver several years ago, I instantly fell in love with the mountains and decided I needed to experience this thing known as “winter camping”. Did I understand what it entailed? Certainly not. I just wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged beginner-friendly, Brockton Point, First-Time, large group, Longhike, Mt. Seymour, snow caves, snowshoeing, Weekend, Winter | 1 Comment

Brew Hut and Cypress N1

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Jenni Nguyen

Trip dates: September 27 – 29, 2024 Trip members: Ryan McCallum, Jenni Nguyen, Tim Generalov, Aaron Golden, Abhy Chauhan, Lucas Rucchin, Ed Riley, John Conlon, Manon Bourahla, Cole Gauthier, Julia Jancelewicz, Morgan Tidler, Hedda Wintervoll, Astrid Molin, Avelene Snip, Marek … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged backpacking, Brew Hut, Cypress Peak, First-Time, large group, Mount Brew, Weekend | 1 Comment

Skinning and Skiing the Slopes like Major (beginner) Slayers

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Elizabeth Chu

Co-Leaders: Maiya Callisterstar, Eric Daiglestar Participants: Diego Fernandez, Joseph Chiao, Elizabeth Chu, Felix Dorn, Chloe Garzon, Duncan MacIntyre, Josh Lafondsta An early morning pick up had us crossing the Lion’s Gate Bridge at 7:30am. Although sleepy, I didn’t mind the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged beginner-friendly, day trip, First-Time, Red Heather, round mountain, ski touring | 3 Comments

!GURI |AIB (The White Streak)

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Nina Robertson

Learning to Route Develop and Big Wall Climb in Spitzkoppe, Namibia Preparatory Ramblings Preparatory Ramblings It has taken me some time to submit this report. On my return from Namibia, I was greeted by a series of emergencies … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, africa, Alpine Climbing, alpine start, awesome people, backcountry, beast, big wall climbing, bigwall, birthday, Climb, climbing, development, Epic, Expediation, expedition, expert, Face, faff, first ascent, First summit, First-Time, gong show, Hauling, instruction, instructional, Intermediate, international, intro, leading, multi-pitch, multiday, namibia, near-miss, Neil Mackenzie, Neil Mackenzie Adventure Grant, Neil MacKenzie Memorial Fund, new route, NMAG, overnight, Photo Contest, Photo Essay, portaledge, Rock, rock climbing, route development, runout, slab, slab-master, Slog, slog-fest, smal group, Small Group, So many new stuff, stars, story, stupidity, sunny, teaching, the white streak, type 2, type 2 fun, wildlife | 2 Comments

Potluck in Phelix (October 21-23, 2022)

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Stefanija Rekasius

Day 1: It was a great day to start out the trip. All 3 cars met up at 7:30/8pm at the McDonalds in Pemberton. There we enjoyed a mini-carb fest of burgers, fries, and ice cream. We then left all … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, backpacking, cheese board, fall/winter, Feast, First-Time, Frodo, Gandalf, Intermediate, large group, Northwest Knob, Peregrine, Phelix Hut, potluck, stars, swimming, type 2 fun, Weekend | Leave a comment

Joffre Lakes Backpacking Trip

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Rhea Dayal

Ah, the Joffre lakes backpacking trip. Waiting over a month before working on this trip report, you’d think the memories of what occured on the trip would have been more hazy. Thanks to Lucy Luo and Josh Thorsteinson (the wonderful … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged backpacking, beginner-friendly, First-Time, Mid Group, overnight, summer | 2 Comments

Brandywine Trip Report – June 2022

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Ketan Desai

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 →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | 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 | 3 Comments

Beginner Hike – The Chief

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Sasha Soda

A week after joining the VOC club, I decided to create a beginner hiking trip to see how things would go. I first created a group chat through Facebook messenger to organize some logistics of the trip such as timing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike | Tagged beginner-friendly, day hike, day trip, First-Time, First-Trip, hike, hiking, Squamish, sunny | 2 Comments

Daughter of Ice 2022

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Jacob McFarlane

My Daughter of Ice experience started late Friday night when Linda and Mason arrived in Vanthony to collect me. I was their last passenger and so together with Seton, Anelia, Anton, and Jeffery and approximately one fuckton of gear in … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, adventure, beginner-friendly, Epic, First-Time, ice climbing, Snow, Suffering, Winter | 1 Comment