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Burton Hut Money Box Installation (June 17-18, 2018)
On June 17 we set out to Burton Hut. We went on the Rubble Creek Trail. Garibaldi Lake was melted out, so we had to do the dumbest trip ever. We first went on Taylor Meadows. We could see the … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backcountry, Black Tusk, british columbia, Burton Hut, Epic, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, Helm Creek, hike, hiking, huts, Marmots, Mt. Garibaldi, overnight, Phyllis Engine, provincial park, ski, ski touring, skiing, skitouring, Small Group, Snow, Sphinx Bay, Sphinx Hut, Spring, Suffering, sunny, Taylor Meadows, Weekend, Workhike
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Bears, Uzbeki Trout soup, and paddle boards; truly epic nonsense!
Participants: Ross Campbell, Birgit Rogalla, Natalie Makepeace, and Gabe Frame Our week was fast hurtling towards the Canada Day long weekend and our weekend plans still consisted of a long, impenetrable e-mail faff of about 10 different options. My solution … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports
Tagged bears, Castle Towers, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, gentian peak, Panorama Ridge, Sphinx Hut, summer, traverse, Uzbek soup, Veenstra Traverse
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Learning to Survival Ski 2016 March 5-6
As sometimes happens, there’s a couple of people who want to try skiing. Not Alpine Touring with the expensive bindings, and not Tele, where they actually know how, but just a bit of survival skiing. So we head off to … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner, dry, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Harrison Hut, powder, rain, Red Heather, Red Heather meadows, ski, skiing, Snow, summer, toddler, traverse
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Black Tusk in Two Days (Sept 9, 2015)
Written by Harry Cobb, Photos and Captions by Tobias This being my first month in the VOC, I don’t know if there’s a particular formula for Trip Reports (although I read a bunch – strong work!). So I’m just gonna … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, accident, Black Tusk, Burton Hut, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, hike, huts, Mid Group, rain, summer, Weekend
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Garibaldi Neve Traverse with Summit of Mt. Garibaldi
Written by Dan Rohn Matt Kennedy, Cora Skaien, Dakotah Fozzard, Noah Besen, Dan Rohn, Adam Osuchowski, Roland and Carla Burton Friday March 6, 2015 We piled up into our vehicles and got on the road mid-afternoon. Most of the gang … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Castle Towers, Elfin Lakes, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Intermediate, Mid Group, Mt. Garibaldi, Neve Traverse, Phyllis Engine, ski, ski touring, Sphinx Bay, Sphinx Hut, Weekend, Winter
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Early spring trudge to Elfin Hut
On a Thursday morning, Feb. 19th, a newly inducted VOC member Kelsey Miller (and myself) took off from Vancouver in her ol’ boat of a Chrysler. We made the lovely morning drive along the Sea-to-Sky, and arrived at the Elfin/Diamond … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Other, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, beginner-friendly, Elfin Hut, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, hike, snowshoeing, Weekend, Winter
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Take 2: Black Tusk and Lake Garibaldi
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
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Skiing trip to Burton Hut, March 29–30
Trip report and photos by Endre Nerhus Oeen. On Saturday March 29th, six skiers and one on snow shoers left the parking spot near the highway in rain and foggy conditions. Some skinning and some boot packing up the Garibaldi … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Burton Hut, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, rain, skiing, Snow, Sphinx Bay
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Burton Hut Feb 19th – 21st
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
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Playing in the Snow: Snowshoeing at Taylor Meadows
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
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