Tag Archives: Running

Pacific Spirit Ultramarathon

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Noah Macdonald

Date: March 24th, 2024 Participants: Noah Macdonald, Alex Beauchemin, Ine Østmo, Maiya Callister, Sean McKay TRIP REPORT: On March 24th, 2024, five VOCers set out to cover every trail in Pacific Spirit Park in a single push. No one in … Continue reading →

Posted in Other, Trip Reports | Tagged Pacific Spirit, Running, trail running, ultramarathon | 3 Comments

Garibaldi Lake Run – Sept 15, 2018 (aka Plan B to the Annual Cheakamus-Rubble Creek Traverse)

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Hannah Jensen

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 | Leave a comment

Mt Currie Trail

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Roland Burton

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 | Leave a comment

New Year Fiasco in Kootenay. Part 2

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Ilia Capralov

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 →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged bikepacking, Castlegar, climbing, huts, kayaking, kootenay, Nelson, Rossland, Running, Salmo, ski, skiing, Slocan, Snow, summer, traverse | 2 Comments

Mt Seymour, 19 March

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Roland Burton

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 →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged Nepal, Running, Seymour, Snow, Spring | Leave a comment

Valentine’s + Whitewater

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Kevin Pierce

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 | Leave a comment

Scraping up the Scree – Beginner Friendly Scrambling in Wedgemount Lake

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Nate Willett

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 | 3 Comments

Castle Towers (September 20-21, 2014)

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Tianna Sturdy

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 →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged bear, Black Tusk, Castle Towers, Climb, Elfin Lakes, fall, Garibaldi Park, ridge, Running, Squamish, teaching, Weekend | Leave a comment

Glacier School G1

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Katie Cullen

-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 | 2 Comments

Harrison Hut Renos: a week of hard work in a beautiful place

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Caitlin Schneider

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 | 5 Comments