Tag Archives: Glacier

Scrambling Around Wedgemount Lake

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Ben Heaps

Photo credits: A: Adrian Armstrong R: Ryan Stelzer Leaving Vancouver and stopping at Squamish Mcdonalds we started up the trail at 7:40 AM. The weather was perfect on the first day. It took me 3 hours 5 minutes to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged Climb, Face, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, scramble, scrambling, Squamish, Wedgemount Lake | Leave a comment

Glacier 1

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Ben Heaps

Talk about wanting to do glacier 1, one student took a taxi all the way from North Vancouver to the Chance Creek logging road turnoff from Hwy 99. Next we had a bit of a cluster %*$% and parked 2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Other, Trip Reports | Tagged Cypress, Glacier, North Vancouver, scramble, Snow | Leave a comment

Joffre Lakes (August 25-26)

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Art Petrenko

On the weekend of August 25, 2012, split into three cars, 13 VOCers descended upon Joffre Lakes Provincial Park. We pick up the trail at its head. Joffre Lakes are three in number, a lower lake a stone’s throw away … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged Climb, duffey, Glacier, hike, hiking, Joffre, Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, leading, outhouse, pemberton, provincial park, ridge, Snow, Tszil Peak, Weekend | Leave a comment

Semaphore Lakes Scramble (August 25-26)

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Laurent Roberge

My first trip with the VOC! I had done a lot of hiking in my pre-VOC life, but never much scrambling. I decided that a beginner friendly trip to Locomotive and Face Mountain would be a great introduction. On Saturday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged beginner, canoe, dry, Face, Face Mountain, Glacier, hike, hiking, leading, Locomotive, Locomotive Mountain, paddle, pemberton, ridge, scramble, scrambling, Semaphore Lakes, Snow, Snowy, Train Glacier, Whistler | 1 Comment

Pirateering Camp 2012

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Omid Javadi

I arrived at the club room on the August 29th to meet with other people interested in heading up to Mountaineering Camp. After some discussion with those in the room, it seemed like the Chehalis Range didn’t suit our skill … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged Cerise Creek, Climb, Face, fall, Glacier, Joffre, leading, MEC, mountaineering, outhouse, rain, ridge, scramble, ski, Snow, traverse, turn around, Whiteout | Leave a comment

Liberty Ridge

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Nicholas Gobin

July 5th After being skunked for weather on the past two consecutive weekends, the forecast was finally looking up. Nick Matwyuk and I had been eyeing Liberty Ridge on Mt. Rainier ever since our abject failure on Mt. Logan in … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged Baker, Climb, climbing, Face, fall, Glacier, Hope, mountaineering, ridge, scrambling, Snow, sunny | 2 Comments

Nick stands on some rocks that someone named after our club

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Nicholas Gobin

Due east of Whistler, just beyond the Spearhead Range, lies a mountain that was named after our club. “VeeOcee Mountain” was named in 1964 and first climbed in 1966 by a party that included one R. Burton. It has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Atwell, Baker, Banana Chute, Bootpack, Climb, climbing, Fissile, Glacier, Judge Howay, Marcin, McBride, Naden glacier, powder, ridge, Sir Richard, ski, skiing, Snow, Spring, Squamish, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse, Weekend, Whistler | 6 Comments

Chociwa Glacier – Easter Long Weekend 2012

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Piotr Forysinski

Artem and I (Piotr Forysinski) had decided to do something cool together over the Easter long weekend. Our initial plan was to attempt the Cheam Range traverse, but the more I found out about it the more moist my underwear … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged bivouac, Bootpack, Chilliwack, Climb, climbing, Epic, Face, Glacier, Harrison Lake, Hope, leading, Manning Park, overnight, paddling, ridge, ski, skiing, Slog, Snow, Suffering, traverse, Weekend, Winter | 3 Comments

North Joffre Creek Horseshoe Traverse – April 6-8

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Alfred Larsen

Back in December, Sam McKoy and I, along with 4 others, attempted the North Joffre Creek Horseshoe Traverse. Our weekend of good weather became a Sunday of good weather and we started out from the Duffy Lake Road in rain. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, Bootpack, bootpacking, Climb, Face, Glacier, hike, Joffre, panorama, pemberton, rain, ridge, Running, ski, skiing, Snow, traverse, Weekend | 2 Comments

Spearhead in the White March 26-27

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Samuel Belanger-McKoy

It’s amazing how different a traverse like the Spearhead when you do it in whiteout conditions compared to fair weather. As anyone who did it the weekend previous can tell you, this trip report will probably sound quite different from … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Bootpack, Face, Fissile, Glacier, leading, McBride, Naden glacier, pemberton, rain, ridge, Running, Singing Pass, ski, skiing, Snow, snowzone, Spearhead Traverse, sunny, traverse, Weekend, Whistler, Whiteout | Leave a comment