Tag Archives: Mid Group

Adventure of the drowned turkeys (Thanksgiving, VOC style) Oct 10th

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Hannah Jensen

“No one’s going to like me after this,” I bemoaned as Michael, Taylor and I trekked our way up the longest hill section of the run, “No one is going to want to come over afterwards because everyone is going … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, autumn, Baden Powell trail, Bridle Path, Dale's Trail, day trip, dry, Fisherman's Trail, Good Sir Martin trail, Harvest Hustle, hike, Intermediate, Mary Kirk trail, Mid Group, Mount Seymour, Mushroom Parking Lot, Mystery Creek, North Vancouver, NS High School League Trail, Old Buck Connector, Old Buck trail, trail running | 1 Comment

Hot Springs Adventure, December 11 – 12

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Roland Burton

Executive Summary: We were four beautiful people, plus an old hairy guy with a Jeep. I drove for 11 hours on Friday, and 5 hours on Saturday. We didn’t get to Keyhole due to excessive snow and other excuses but … Continue reading →

Posted in Other, Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, dry, hike, hotsprings, Keyhole hotsprings, Mid Group, pemberton, Skookumchuck Hot Springs, Weekend, Winter | Leave a comment

Mt. Frosty – Hike the Golden Carpets

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Tom Curran

Over the October 17-18th weekend, 8 of us headed up to see BC’s tallest trees in EC Manning Provincial park, which is east of Hope. The larches there turn a beautiful gold in the fall before dropping their needles, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, autumn, backpacking, EC Manning Provincial park, Frosty Creek Camp, Frosty Loop trail, hike, Lightning Lakes, Mid Group, Mt Frosty, Pacific Crest Trail, Similkameen River, Weekend, Windy Joe | Leave a comment

Indian Arm – 2015

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Koby Michaels

Slowly opening my eyes, I lay in bed and listened. Silence. My body clock had beaten the alarm at its own game. Summoning the will to get out of bed I drew the curtains and looked out towards North Vancouver … Continue reading →

Posted in Paddle, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, autumn, Granite Falls, Indian arm, Mid Group, paddle, rain | Leave a comment

Gulf Island Cycle Series – Galiano

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Gregory Reynen

Cast of characters: Kevin Pierce, Alex Annejohn, Tom Curran, Liz Lund, Anna Stemberger, Greg Reynen At 4:45 a.m. my alarm went off and, with an audible groan, I stood up and looked out at the world. Cycle touring is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports | Tagged beginner-friendly, bike touring, car-free, cycle, Galiano Island, Mid Group, summer | Leave a comment

The Black Tusk Trail Race: 25k of fun (but wet) running!

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Elliott Skierszkan

Black Tusk Trail Race [Sept 19, 2015] By Birgit Rogalla, Elliott Skierszkan and Micheal Stone Intro: While many of us VOC’ers spend our weekends rambling about the mountains, there is a select few of us who decided to join Artem … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, autumn, beginner-friendly, Black Tusk, Chekamus, daytrip, Garibaldi Park, Mid Group, Mud, rain, trail race, trail running | Leave a comment

Another Harrison Hut Fiasco: Flood

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Jeff Mottershead

Participants: Pemberton SAR, the RCMP, Blackcombe Aviation, Mother Nature, a marmot, the Luggable Loo, Roland Burton, Jeff Mottershead, Christian Veenstra, Lea Zhecheva, Lianne McRadu, Joachim Klungseth, Henri Brunel, Ola Esten Roessum, Ben Farrow, Jacob Emil Toennesen, Ben Singleton-Polster, Meredith who’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Accidents, Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 2wd, accident, Harrison Hut, helicopter, hike, huts, Mid Group, multiday, Pemberton Icefield, Workhike | 12 Comments

Hornby Island

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Jessica Mellage

Here I was, completely disturbed by the sound of my alarm clock while it was still pitch black outside. I don’t know how I did it but somehow I was able to get my stuff together and ride my hot … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports | Tagged bike touring, Buckley Bay, car-free, cycle, ferry, hitchhiking, Hornby Island, Mid Group, Weekend | Leave a comment

PHXTR August 23-25

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Roland Burton

The Plan: This trip was originally going to the Harrison Hut and staying for a week, but the forest fires closed the road west of Pemberton and pretty soon we realised that the Harrison trip wasn’t going to happen. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, hike, huts, Mid Group, pemberton, Phelix Creek, Phelix Hut, summer, Weekend, Workhike | 1 Comment

Mt Fromme – Mountain Bike – Train & Play

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Kevin Woo

A medium sized group of ridiculously good looking people set off to take their training wheels off and give Mt. Fromme a shot. Unfortunately I failed hard and didn’t get any pictures of anything that happened before our lunch break…my … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports | Tagged accident, car-free, cycle, day trip, Mid Group, mountain bike, Mt Fromme, North Vancouver, summer | Leave a comment