Tag Archives: Garibaldi Lake

Learning to Survival Ski 2016 March 5-6

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Roland Burton

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 | 1 Comment

Black Tusk in Two Days (Sept 9, 2015)

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Tobias Klenze

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 | Leave a comment

Garibaldi Neve Traverse with Summit of Mt. Garibaldi

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Matt Kennedy

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 | Leave a comment

Early spring trudge to Elfin Hut

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Thea Rodgers

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 | 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

Skiing trip to Burton Hut, March 29–30

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Alfred Larsen

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 | 1 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

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