Tag Archives: North Vancouver

North Shore Triple Crown

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Christian Veenstra

Nick: “My butt hurts”. Me: “There’s a reason for that – it’s because you’ve been able to sit down”. We joked as we strapped our skis back onto our bikes for the last time, just before sunset outside the “Crazy … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged bike touring, bike trip, car-free, cycling, Cypress, North Vancouver, self propelled, Seymour, ski, ski touring, skiing, Spring | 5 Comments

Stairs: An account of the Baden Powell Trail

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Linda Kiritchkov

After waking up at the obscenely early time of 5:30am on a Saturday, I made my way to the bus stop, hopped on to the first bus that came by and struggled not to fall asleep as I made my … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged Baden Powell, Baden Powell trail, beginner, beginner-friendly, car-free, day hike, day trip, Dayhiking, daytrip, Deep Cove, ferry, Grouse Mountain, Lynn creek, Lynn valley, Mid Group, North Vancouver, Quarry Rock, rainy, Rainy Day, Spring, sunny, type 2 fun | 1 Comment

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

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

Norvan Falls Day Hike

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Erin Stadnyk

After a fairly sluggish early-morning stumble to the bus loop to meet up with the group, I was officially out on my first VOC trip. Originally, the plan was for half the group to hike Lynn Peak and the other … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged beginner-friendly, car-free, day hike, hike, Lynn valley, North Vancouver, Norvan falls, rain, Winter | Leave a comment

Indian Arm – Sept. 27-28

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Koby Michaels

Paddling Indian Arm: A Study Break There is only one good reason to wake up before sunrise on a Saturday and it is to go kayaking. I drag myself out of bed as the alarm drills it’s way into my … Continue reading →

Posted in Paddle, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, boat, british columbia, Climb, Deep Cove, dry, Feast, Granite Falls, Indian arm, kayaking, leading, motorboat, North Shore, North Vancouver, paddle, paddling, scramble, Weekend | 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