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Garibaldi Lake Run – Sept 15, 2018 (aka Plan B to the Annual Cheakamus-Rubble Creek Traverse)
The Cheakamus-Rubble Creek traverse is a breathtaking backcountry route through Garibaldi Provincial Park, stretching from the Cheakamus Lake parking lot to the Rubble Creek parking lot. After meeting at a VOC trail running version of the traverse in 2015, Michael … Continue reading
Posted in Other, Trip Reports
Tagged autumn, day trip, fall, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Mid Group, rain, Running, trail running, traverse
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Mt Currie Trail
A couple of years ago the village of Pemberton, hoping to attract tourists, built a trail up Mt Currie. The TH is semi-reachable by car if you can do water bars and cross small streams. None of us had ever … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports, Workhike
Tagged beginner, Brandywine, helicopter, hike, pemberton, Running, Snow, traverse
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New Year Fiasco in Kootenay. Part 2
Do you know that feeling when you first get up in the morning and for several seconds have no idea where you are or how you got there? I had this same feeling that morning just before I completely woke … Continue reading
Mt Seymour, 19 March
As usual when we don’t have anything better planned and the weather’s looking OK, our thoughts turn to the local mountains. Not too much driving. Cheap, like the birdies say. You should arrive at the parking lot before 9 am, … Continue reading
Valentine’s + Whitewater
Whitewater is under-represented in VOC. Hopefully this will change. A few of us are devoted to it. Nobody really talks about it. I don’t even know if anyone is interested in it. There aren’t really any trip reports. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Paddle, Trip Reports
Tagged boat, Epic, Face, fog, kayaking, Mud, Oregon, paddle, rain, Running, scrambling, washington, Whistler
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Scraping up the Scree – Beginner Friendly Scrambling in Wedgemount Lake
Standing outside my house early on Saturday morning, my pack fully loaded with gear, I was struck by how quiet and serene the city is in the early hours of the morning, while most normal people are still in bed. … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Trip Reports
Tagged Anne, backcountry, beginner, Climb, climbing, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, hike, hiking, Mt. Cook, Mud, ridge, Running, scramble, scrambling, ski, Wedgemount Lake
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Castle Towers (September 20-21, 2014)
Intrepid adventurers: Brendan, Caitlin, Paul, Reid and Tianna After a surprisingly efficient meet up at the Timmies in Squamish the 5 of us headed towards the rubble creek parking lot Saturday morning. Paul, Reid and I started up the trail … Continue reading
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Tagged bear, Black Tusk, Castle Towers, Climb, Elfin Lakes, fall, Garibaldi Park, ridge, Running, Squamish, teaching, Weekend
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Glacier School G1
-Photos by Nathan Starzynski Lesson 1: The Alpine Start On the morning of September 5th, 55 or so VOCers keen to learn about glacier travel could be found winding their way up towards Cypress Peak for Glacier School, G1. Alpine … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Other, Trip Reports
Tagged climbing, Cypress, dry, fall, Glacier, Glacier School, Hope, instruction, leading, ridge, Running, scramble, self-arrest, Snow, summer, sunny, traverse, Weekend
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Harrison Hut Renos: a week of hard work in a beautiful place
There was a bit of confusion as to whether I was going in the first place, but after many of my other summer plans had fallen through, I was pretty determined to get up to the Harrison Hut for a … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike
Tagged 2wd, dry, Harrison Hut, helicopter, hike, hiking, outhouse, pemberton, powder, rain, Running, summer, sunny, Trail work, Weekend, Whistler, Workhike
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Alpine climbing in the Manatee Group (Aug 1st – 9th)
Somewhere above the Lillooet valley a great tower of rock rises out of the glacier below, imposing itself upon the surrounding landscape. The group to which it belongs, the Manatees, is a remote place. It sees just a few visits … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, adventure, Alpine Climbing, Climb, climbing, Face, fall, Glacier, Harrison Hut, hike, hiking, Hope, leading, mountaineering, rats, ridge, Running, scramble, scrambling, ski, Slog, Snow, Squamish, summer, Trek, Winter
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