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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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Companion Rescue Drills
Saturday December 2nd, 8 VOC members went towards Garibaldi Provincial Park for some avalanche rescue practice, skiing and touring. The morning weather in Vancouver was rainy, which indicated potential snowy weather in the mountains. The group gathered at McDonalds in … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged avalanchetraining, backcountry, day trip, daytrip, early season, Garibaldi Park, pauls ridge, powder, Red Heather, ski, ski touring, skiing, skitouring, Snowy, Winter
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Garibaldi Park Speed Traverse – Mt Currie to Red Heather
“You should turn back now,” the passerby said in a thick Russian accent as he watched me wallowing helplessly in the snow “you will die here”. That was more than 10 years ago, on my first trip into Garibaldi Park. Like … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged FKT, Garibaldi Park, McBride, Neve, Spearhead, Speed Traverse, Wedge-Currie
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Red Heather for a beginner
On Saturday January 28th 12 keen VOCers headed to Red Heather for some beginner friendly skiing. To make hauling all the ski gear easier Tim Fisher’s van was utilized and we all met downtown to pile the gear in at … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner-friendly, Garibaldi Park, Red Heather, ski
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A Minor Fiasco (Red Heather January 22)
Participants: Old, flappy Jeff Mottershead and Devlin Mottershead I’m supposed to be a climber, but even in the middle of summer my son, Devlin, would rather hike up to some random snow patch or glacier and get some turns in … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged backcountry, Garibaldi Park, Red Heather, ridge, ski, ski touring, skiing, Small Group, Snow, Squamish, Winter
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Black Tusk Trail Race: The Sunny Rendition
Sept 21, 2016 Short Summary and Beta: Geneviève Savard and I (Elliott Skierszkan) did a trail run up and down Black Tusk with fantastic weather. The roundtrip took 5 hours. Beta: there is lots of it online, but the jist … Continue reading
Running from Cheakamus to Rubble Creek – Just Your Average Anniversary Activity
Running from Cheakamus to Rubble Creek – Just Your Average Anniversary Activity by Hannah Jensen On September 19, 2015, I met my boyfriend, Michael Stone, doing the VOC “Black Tusk in a Day” trail run. This year, we took over … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, day trip, Garibaldi Park, Helm Creek, Rainy Day, Small Group, Taylor Meadows, trail running
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Crevasse rescue practice June 2016
Caitlin Schneider and I (Julien Renard) went to the Wedgemount glacier to practise crevasse rescues. Are you confident travelling on a glacier? Can you self-arrest? Can you rescue people out of a crevasse? While these are perfectly valid questions to … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Other, Special Reports, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, Crevasse, Crevasse Rescue, Data Report, daytrip, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, Glacier School, Hauling, Rescue, self-arrest, Snow and Ice, Wedge
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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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TBT1: Unusual Climbs in Garibaldi (1958)
The VOC is turning 100 next year, as Archivist I thought it would be cool to revisit some old VOC Journals and archives to share some of the interesting stories and articles we’ve accumulated. I’m hoping to find stories which … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Other, Trip Reports
Tagged adventure, Alpine Climbing, Bookworms, Climb, Garibaldi Park, Mt. Davidson, Phyllis Engine, Small Group, Throwback
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