Tag Archives: Intermediate

Two out of Three-Triple Peak on Labor day.

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Dmitri Oguz

Mountains on the island are something of an enigma to many mainlanders,myself included. Mostly because the ferries make logistics a pain and we have lots of pointy things to climb on this side of the pond, on both sides of the … Continue reading →

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Will run for pulled pork: 3rd Annual Harvest Hustle & Post Run Feast

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Hannah Jensen

The 3rd Annual Harvest Hustle was a throw back to the inaugural event. In other words – rainy, wet, and totally typical of Vancouver. I spent the entire week leading up to the run checking the weather forecast and silently … Continue reading →

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Grouse Grind + Crown Mountain (+ BCMC Trail)

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Levi Burns

On Saturday July 29th, seven VOCers gathered at 7:30 am at the Grouse Grind trailhead for a fantastic day of beautiful views that our knees would come to regret. We were not in a rush to do the Grind and … Continue reading →

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Asulkan Valley Base Camp

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Nick Hindley

The original scheme for this trip was to ski some big lines in one of the more seldom visited, but undeniably magnificent areas of Southwest BC; The Tantalus Range. In the days leading up to the pre-trip however, conditions were … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Poor Snow, an Old Van, and an Excellent Weekend

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Alastair White

This was my first VOC trip, and thus it fell to me to write the trip report. I’d been meaning to go on a VOC trip pretty much every weekend since September, but somehow there was always something else that … Continue reading →

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Lake Lovely Water and beyond

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Shane Monks O\'Byrne

30th Sep – 2nd Oct After seeing the weather forecast, plans for the weekend were a bit up in the air; shall we stay or shall we go. Amin, the trip organizer was desperately trying to organize lifts, check people … Continue reading →

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East Ridge of Alpha Mountain

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Artem Babaian

Participants: Artem Babaian and Jeff Taylor, July 21-22, 2016 For the last few weeks I’ve been constantly on the move and my brain flipping between tasks, often all at once. Modern life is a cacophony of stimulation; write the review … Continue reading →

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How I roasted a cougar

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Ilia Capralov

On Tuesday of Canada Day week I realized that I am free from work on Wednesday which extended my long weekend for one more day, which in total made me 4 days off. I picked up a suitable trip from … Continue reading →

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Red Rocks Reading Week Adventure February 13-20, 2016

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Cora Skaien

From February 13-20, 2016, a group of 8 VOCers made their way down to Red Rocks, Nevada for a week of climbing. In our crew we had Jake Jones, Emmanuel Beraud, Annie Maurer, John McKenna, Mike Wathen, Cindy Gu, Lesley … Continue reading →

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The May Bikepacking Trip. Part 1 – Sunshine Coast

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Ilia Capralov

To be honest, I didn’t think that the trip will be popular since it is usually very hard to find people for a long expedition like the one I proposed on the Trip Agenda. When the trip was announced and … Continue reading →

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