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Harrison Hut July 2016
Josi was in VOC about four years ago, went on trips, and made some amazing VOC videos., which you can find here: http://tinyurl.com/canada111 Recently she has been in Germany, making videos and messing with drones. This fall she’s going to … Continue reading
Womyn’s Ski Traverse Trip Report
Date: April 9-10, 2016 Route: Blackcomb-Currie Traverse (~ 35km, 2,200m elevation gain) Group: Line Veenstra, Caitlin Schneider, Petra Klupkova, Katie McMahen, Alex Annejohn, Rachel Baldwin, Veronika Schmitt, Klara Steklova, Sarka Vavrova Line took the initiative to organize what has become … Continue reading
Tough beginners take on Mt. Rohr
Participants: Florian Speck, Lena Foerstel, Alberto Contreras Sanz, Natalie Makepeace, and Ross Campbell Date: 9th-10th Apr 2016 A week previously, after a long geographically enforced hiatus, I organised a beginner friendly ski trip to Zoa. 14 people came out … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner-friendly, Mt. Rohr, overnight, ski, ski touring, skiing
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Sooke Loop Recon
The way to the Island. As I expected the buses to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal were loaded with people and bicycles on the first day of Easter long weekend. I was planning to arrive at Bridgeport Station at 7:35 to … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged bike, bike trip, ferry, hiking, Mud, overnight, Tsawwassen, Weekend
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Attacked from behind at Red Heather and the mashed-potato snow–Dec 19-20, 2015
Probably if I’d had some challenge and excitement at any time during my first fifteen years of life I probably wouldn’t have got into nearly as much trouble in school and been a lot happier. I’d always vowed that things … Continue reading
Flora peak -a walk in the sunshine.
With the weekend a couple days away, forecast for Saturday turned from questionable to complete crap, eliminating plans of an overnight trip and an alternative plan was needed. Thankfully Sunday was forecasted to be sunny and warm, conducive to a … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged adventure, Chilliwack, Flora Peak, hike, Marcin, overnight, ridge, scramble, Slog, Snow, summer, sunny, Trekking, Weekend
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Shame and Redemption at the Barr Creek Bridge (Oct 22-23 and Nov 7-8)
A short preamble: For this to make make any sense to people new to the club I need to give a bit of background. Those familiar can skip this bit. Way back in the day there was keen VOCer Julien … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike
Tagged dry, Epic, fall, Harrison Hut, Meager Creek, overnight, pemberton, rain, Snow, summer, Trail work, Winter
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The Mesh Team
So, what were we trying to accomplish? The Harrison Trail passes through two clear cuts, which were heli-logged. This part of the trail involves a lot of walking on logs. We were trying to make the logs less slippery by … Continue reading
MEC Outdoor Nation Summit
150 youth from across Canada gathered at the Cheakamus Centre in Squamish for the first ever MEC Outdoor Nation Summit in Canada. I must say that it was an amazing experience to partake in this conference! Arriving at 9am downtown Vancouver, … Continue reading
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day Scrambling and Climbing
Let’s be honest, we don’t really need an excuse to go out and have fun in the mountains, but if there’s a special occasion to give everything an official flair, then who would mind? As it happens, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day is Quebec’s … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Trip Reports
Tagged 4wd, Climb, climbing, cragging, Face, fall, frost bite, hike, hiking, Lead Ladder, Mud, overnight, Running, scramble, scrambling, self-arrest, Snow, Squamish, summer, sunny, Tricouni, Weekend
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