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Alpine Skills Course

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Liz Lund

Alpine Skills Course or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Glacier July 10-12 2015 The crew: Sam, Sarah, Amy, Nicole, Nick, Artem, Liz I’ve dreamed of traversing a glacier, but never had the chance to do so. … Continue reading →

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Swimming and galavanting a Brew Hut. Featuring Some Work, too.

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Elliott Skierszkan

As a frequent user of huts and trails, it’s always rewarding to contribute a little maintenance. Somehow I still hadn’t made it to Brew Hut after a couple years of VOC membership, so a work hike organized by our huts … Continue reading →

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Coliseum Mountain Watermelon Picnic

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Kevin Pierce

Fifteen VOC’ers met up on the last day of May for a hike and a picnic at the top of Coliseum mountain, in Lynn Headwaters park. I was tasked with writing the trip report, so here goes, a month and … Continue reading →

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The Zum Peak Fiasco

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Christian Veenstra

A zum (also called a zoa) is the female offspring of a nak (female yak) and a bull (male cow). Zum Peak is a forested summit located almost in the middle of the otherwise very impressive polished granite peaks of the Llamoid Group … Continue reading →

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Howe Sound Crest Trail: Team Slog

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Kevin Pierce

Mike Cancilla suggested a trip to the Howe Sound Crest (HSC) trail, considered by many to be the most pristine trail running and overnight hiking near metro Vancouver. Many people signed up — probably too many for one crew — … Continue reading →

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Howe Sound Crest Trail: Team Carrywater

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Justin Lam

Originally published on The Ubyssey: PLACES TO BE: HOWE SOUND CREST TRAIL ► By Justin Lam Photos Koby Michaels/The Ubyssey Oh boy, some beginner trip this turned out to be. As a new member of the VOC, it quickly became apparent to … Continue reading →

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Black bear and white dog in the Pinecone Burke Day Hike

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Zehua Zheng

On Saturday, June 13, 2015, we set out to hike to the Dennett Lake in the Pinecone Burke park, and reached the Burke Peak shown as the yellow star in the following picture. At 9am we were still sleepy, but we spotted … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday in Hanes Valley

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Lianne Mcradu

On June 7th, we set out to conquer Hanes Valley and Crown Mountain. After the previous weekend to Mount Coliseum, the spectacular views made many of us want to come back to explore other routes in the region. The Hanes … Continue reading →

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Two and a half VOC Huts in a Week

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Cassandra Elphinstone

by Cassandra, Isabel, Tom and Roland Participants: Tom, Benoit, Roland, Isabel and Cassandra This trip was altogether a special trip! Even though we set out to visit and fix up three of the four VOC huts in a week, only … Continue reading →

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Day trip to Mount Seymour from Deep Cove – About expectations and reality

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Artem Babaian

By Teresa Thoering Our day trip to Mount Seymour from Deep Cove started with meeting downtown in the morning. On the bus to Downtown I had time to think about the different understanding about hiking that obviously exist and I … Continue reading →

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