Tag Archives: Garibaldi Park

My Toxic Relationship with the Splitboard

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Joseph Chiao

Like that ex you keep going back to hook up with after they hurt you, I have a similar relationship with the club splitboard. A couple of months ago, I had an absolute horror show on that board at … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski | Tagged Garibaldi Park, ski touring | 7 Comments

Groundhog Day and Garibaldi Lake

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Jeff Mottershead

Participants: Nadine Bruneau, Oliver Capko, the legendary Christian Veenstra Back when we were replacing the roof on the Brian Waddington Hut, we had a bunch of VOC volunteers, who were there for the weekends, Jacob, who stayed the whole time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Accidents, Ski, Special Reports, Trip Reports | Tagged Epic, Garibaldi Park, ski, swim, swimpacking, Taylor Meadows | 20 Comments

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

Garibaldi Grand Tour

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Julian Larsen

Participants: Julian Larsen, Allen Zhao, Adam French, Timothy Warkentin, Daniel Smidov, Gudrun (Gucki) Überacker Allen organized a trip to do a counterclockwise circumnavigation of Garibaldi Lake, while bagging as many peaks as possible along the way. I had never been to … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged backcountry, Black Tusk, british columbia, Burton Hut, Castle Towers, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, gentian peak, hiking, Panorama Ridge, Price, scramble, scrambling, summer | 1 Comment

A Long Walk in the Cold: A Single-Push Neve Traverse

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Noah Macdonald

Trip Date: Feb 23rd-24th, 2023 Participants: Noah Macdonald, Zach Bloom [Below is a trip report written by Zach. My comments are appended on the end. I’m posting this on his behalf because he isn’t a VOC member, though he is … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged BC, Epic, frostbite, garibaldi, Garibaldi Neve, Garibaldi Park, Single Push | 3 Comments

19 Hours for Castle Towers

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Isaac Borrego

When I envisioned my Castle Towers backpack early this summer I had no idea that we would also be summiting the Black Tusk on the same trip. I definitely didn’t expect to get back to the trailhead at 2am, after … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, backpacking, Black Tusk, british columbia, Castle Towers, Epic, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, hike, overnight, Slog, summer | 3 Comments

Type 1.5 Fun: Ski Touring near Red Heather Hut

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Melissa Bernstein

I have been meaning to join the VOC for a few years and only recently did I finally sign up and find a trip to go on, with encouragement from Jacob Grossbard and Cass Berno among others. I was planning … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged day trip, First-Time, First-Trip, Garibaldi Park, Spring touring, Type 1 fun, type 2 fun | Leave a comment

Frosty Garibaldi Neve

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Devlin Mottershead

We went to rubble creek, and when we were waiting, a guy crushed a speed-limit sign on his way to a snow bank. We met Atti and Ildi, who drove us up to the chain-up area at Red Heather. Ildi … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged backcountry, british columbia, Burton Hut, Elfin Lakes, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Neve, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, multiday, overnight, powder, Red Heather, ski, ski touring, skiing, Small Group, Snow, Snowy, Sphinx Bay, sunny, traverse, Weekend, Winter | 4 Comments

A Beginner’s Birthday in the Backcountry

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Declan Taylor

Never having been on a backcountry ski trip before, I have no points of reference on how these things go – so excuse any presumptuous writing on my part. D The rain was cold as I trudged down main mall in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged beginner, beginner-friendly, december, Elfin Lakes, Garibaldi Park, ski, ski touring | 1 Comment

Garibaldi Lake Run – Sept 15, 2018 (aka Plan B to the Annual Cheakamus-Rubble Creek Traverse)

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Hannah Jensen

The Cheakamus-Rubble Creek traverse is a breathtaking backcountry route through Garibaldi Provincial Park, stretching from the Cheakamus Lake parking lot to the Rubble Creek parking lot. After meeting at a VOC trail running version of the traverse in 2015, Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Other, Trip Reports | Tagged autumn, day trip, fall, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Mid Group, rain, Running, trail running, traverse | Leave a comment