Tag Archives: ridge

Spearhead in the White March 26-27

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Samuel Belanger-McKoy

It’s amazing how different a traverse like the Spearhead when you do it in whiteout conditions compared to fair weather. As anyone who did it the weekend previous can tell you, this trip report will probably sound quite different from … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Bootpack, Face, Fissile, Glacier, leading, McBride, Naden glacier, pemberton, rain, ridge, Running, Singing Pass, ski, skiing, Snow, snowzone, Spearhead Traverse, sunny, traverse, Weekend, Whistler, Whiteout | Leave a comment

How Christian’s awesome-ness saved my day

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Kate Wootton

Members: Christian Veenstra, Line Veenstra, Kate Wootton, Jeff Taylor, Johannes Erhardt, Len Goff, Scott MacPherson Oh dear, what a trip. It wasn’t off to a particularly auspicious start when I was woken ten minutes after the scheduled pick up time … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Chilliwack, day trip, Face, hiking, rain, ridge, ski, skiing, Snow | 3 Comments

Mt. Matier February 11th/12th 2012

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Veronika Schmitt

Mt. Matier Veronika Schmitt, Todd Mackenzie, Charlie Beard, Erica Lay, Knut Kitching Good weather and low avalanche danger made the decision to climb Mt. Matier easy. It was around 7 am when Todd, Charlie and I picked up Knut, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Baker, birthday, Climb, climbing, Face, Glacier, Joffre, Joffre Peak, pemberton, powder, ridge, ski, skiing, Snow, sunny, Weekend | 2 Comments

A Wedge-Currie Traverse: from Blackcomb to Pemberton by ski (Feb 3-5)

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Breanne Johnson

The moon is full, casting shadows across the frozen, snowmobile tracked Green river road. I skin along, my skis scraping whenever they cross over ice chunks separating car tracks from snowmobile tracks. It’s 2:00am and my mind is on repeat, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, backcountry, bear, climbing, dry, Face, fall, fog, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, Hope, Joffre, Mystery Creek, overnight, pemberton, powder, ridge, Running, scrambling, ski, skiing, Snow, sunny, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse, turn around, Weekend, Whistler | 1 Comment

New Years at Phelix

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Jeff Taylor

Philip, Olek, Annie, and I headed up on the 30th. We left Vancouver a full two hours after everyone else, but none the less, reunited at the trailhead with the big crowd. Breanne was supposed to be coming from across … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Climb, climbing, Face, Glacier, Mt Aragon, powder, ridge, scrambling, shadowfax, ski, skiing, Snow, turn around, Whiteout | Leave a comment

The Dismal Ski Trip of Gloom (Jan 7-8, 2012)

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Breanne Johnson

While the Friday potluckers trickled home in the early hours of Saturday morning, I set my alarm for a few hours later. A snippet of sleep, and I was suddenly zooming up the sea to sky. Having given up a … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged climbing, duffey, Face, fall, powder, ridge, Rohr Lake, Seymour, ski, skiing, Snow, Weekend | 2 Comments

Coastal Ramblings of the VOC Ski Early Retirees (Dec 12-15, 2011)

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Breanne Johnson

I awoke Monday morning expecting to open my eyes to my dorm room, and laptop computer sitting mere inches away from my face, out of pure habit. It’s amazing how difficult it is to shake five years of habit. Merick … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged boat, Face, Feast, ferry, pemberton, powder, provincial park, ridge, ski, skiing, Snow, snowman, Sunshine Coast, Weekend | 3 Comments