Tag Archives: hiking

Wrottesley Odyssey

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Harrison Crerar

Mount Wrottesley is the large dome-shaped peak visible across Howe Sound from the Sea-to-Sky Highway, Cypress Mountain resort, most of the Howe Sound Crest Trail, and the UBC area. Like most Vancouverites, I’d seen it hundreds of times, but never … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged Box Canyon, hiking, mountaineering, scrambling, snowshoeing, solo trip, Spring, Sunshine Coast, Weekend, wrottesley | 1 Comment

Howe Lake via the Tatsquan Horseshoe: Should’ve just done Ape Lake.

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Ryan MacDonald

Not a lot of trip reports this winter, even for some of the big events, sad times for readers like myself who’ve been trapped on the surface of mars for the past few months. I had a bit of free … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged Bella Coola, british columbia, hiking, mountaineering, roadtrip, Slog, Small Group, type 2 fun | 2 Comments

Laughton Glacier and the Logbook

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Meg Slot

Sometimes I think the world must be so different from what it was 40 years ago, the influence of technology and the internet must have irreversibly changed human nature at it’s core. Surely, my scrolling of social media must’ve shifted … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged alaska, backpacking, beginner-friendly, cabin, Glacier, hiking, overnight, snowshoeing | 1 Comment

Blinch Peak: a sense of remoteness in Mission’s backyard

Posted on January 30, 2025 by Paul Ramu

January 26th Stats: 17km / 1,200 elevation gain C2C 10 hours (moderate pace with very few breaks) Participants: Harrison C (organizer/leader), Paul R (myself) Gear (all needed): Snowshoes, Crampons, Ice axe, Avy kit, bike (cuts ~5km) Blinch Peak is … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, bushwacking, crampons, day trip, hike, hiking, ridge, Snow, snowshoeing, Stave, sunny, traverse, Winter | Leave a comment

Khaos in Kazakhstan

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Anton Afanassiev

The following is a trip report about our (Anton Afanassiev, Ben Sommerfeld, and Ketan Desai) fairly chaotic and injurious trip to Kazakhstan that happened last summer. Also joining us were Anelia Mynzhasarova and Bree Kehler. Now that the journal is … Continue reading →

Posted in Accidents, Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged accident, hiking, international, NMAG, scrambling, summer | 4 Comments

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

Ups, Downs, Rocks, and Stars: Overnight on Mt. Elsay

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Duncan MacIntyre

August 22 and 23, 2022 At one point during the Mt. Elsay trip, someone mentioned that the newest VOC member writes the trip report. After some awkward staring and deliberation, we determined that I was the newest member, despite also … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged backpacking, hiking, Mount Seymour, Mt. Elsay, Mt. Seymour, North Shore, overnight hike, Seymour | 1 Comment

Heather Trail – Manning Park

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Sasha Soda

Background info: Heather Trail is located in Manning Park. Starting from the Blackwall Peak parking area we walked along the Heather Trail to get to Nicomen Lake Campsite. This was a 2-day, 1-night trip. The total hike was roughly 46km with … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged backpacking, Beautiful BC, british columbia, EC Manning Provincial park, Heather-Trail, hiking, Hope, Manning Park, overnight, summer, sunny, Weekend | Leave a comment

A Feature-length Pinecone Burke Traverse

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Thomas Morrissey

Trip Dates: June 30th – July 4th, 2022 Ever since stumbling across Richard, Birgit, Vincent, and Cassandra’s 2017 trip report, the idea of doing an extended version of their “Pinecone Burke Traverse” had been kicking around my head. During a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, backcountry, backpacking, Beautiful BC, bivy, Bootpack, Bushwhack, Climb, Coquitlam, early season, Epic, Fast and Light, Five Fingers, flagging, hike, hiking, hitchhiking, Mamquam, Meslilloet, mountaineering, multiday, overnight, Pinecone Burke park, Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, Pinecone Lake, ridge, scramble, scrambling, Slog, Snow, snow booting, Snowy, solo trip, summer, Transit Accessable, traverse, Watersprite Lake, Widgeon Creek | 4 Comments

Brandywine Trip Report – June 2022

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Ketan Desai

Anniversary Hike – Brandywine – June 2022 While the original plan for the trip was to visit Mt. Price, a string of weird weather this year dictated that snow conditions would likely not be safe there. Instead the call was … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, awesome people, backpacking, Beautiful BC, beginner-friendly, Bootpack, bootpacking, Brandywine, british columbia, First-Time, First-Trip, frost bite, hike, hiking, Mt. Brandywine, ridge, Semi-Alcoholic Traverse, Snow, snow shoe, sunrise, Weekend, Winter, winter camping | 3 Comments