Tag Archives: scramble

A Tame(ish) Tale of the Tantalus Traverse

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Julian Larsen

Date: July 22-24, 2024 Participants: Julian Larsen, Alex Barth, Erik Reimers Most returning VOC members already know of the Tantalus traverse, but in case you don’t or you’re new to the club, it is a beautiful mountain ridge traverse … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged Glacier, mountaineering, scramble, Tantalus, Tantalus Traverse | Leave a comment

Stats: 13km 1,300m elevation gain C2C 9.5h (incl. lots of breaks) Participants: Isaac Borrego (organizer), Connor Jakes, Kathleen Griffin, Raymond MacNeil, Tristan Russel, Michelle Podrebersek, Sebastian Gitt, Paul Ramu. July 6th / July 7th Birkenhead is one of the few ultra-prominent … Continue reading →

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Paul Ramu | 1 Comment

Alpine Skills 2023 – Face Mountain

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Nelson Fretenburg

Participants: Kevin Lam, Victor Sira, Nelson Fretenburg, Sri Chaitanya Bonthula, Mona Yu, Marko Smitran, Jacob Grossbard, Kaylie Robinson Saturday July 15 (Kevin’s POV) This trip started as any other VOC trip, sleeping later and waking up earlier than I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged Alpine Skills Class, Face Mountain, Hurley, overnight, scramble, Semaphore Lakes, summer | Leave a comment

Garibaldi Grand Tour

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Julian Larsen

Participants: Julian Larsen, Allen Zhao, Adam French, Timothy Warkentin, Daniel Smidov, Gudrun (Gucki) Überacker Allen organized a trip to do a counterclockwise circumnavigation of Garibaldi Lake, while bagging as many peaks as possible along the way. I had never been to … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged backcountry, Black Tusk, british columbia, Burton Hut, Castle Towers, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, gentian peak, hiking, Panorama Ridge, Price, scramble, scrambling, summer | 1 Comment

A Rip Up To Phelix

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Noah Wyse

I attempted to jot down a few notes during the last night at Phelix, the are as follows… -furst dday, early am at breka -we did not run with axes pr chainsaws during this trip -the community of voc… Now … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged 2wd, beginner-friendly, Phelix Hut, scramble, shadowfax, Workhike | 4 Comments

A weekend of silliness at Mt Marriot

Posted on October 22, 2022 by AJ Dreher

While everybody else was at Rock Party, Emily, Joe, and I went on an overnight trip to scramble Mt Marriott. Nobody on this trip was really into taking photos, so as the single Arts student on the trip (and perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged bird, dog, pemberton, scramble, stars, stupidity | 4 Comments

Howe Sound Crest Trail Redemption

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Amy Ker

After previously huffing and puffing along the Howe Sound Crest trail last summer in the rain/clouds, I (Amy) have been determined to give the HSCT another go. So Mykal B.W. and I set out on a sunny August weekend to … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged backpacking, Cypress, Howe Sound Crest Trail, near Vancouver, overnight, overnight hike, scramble | 1 Comment

A Feature-length Pinecone Burke Traverse

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Thomas Morrissey

Trip Dates: June 30th – July 4th, 2022 Ever since stumbling across Richard, Birgit, Vincent, and Cassandra’s 2017 trip report, the idea of doing an extended version of their “Pinecone Burke Traverse” had been kicking around my head. During a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, backcountry, backpacking, Beautiful BC, bivy, Bootpack, Bushwhack, Climb, Coquitlam, early season, Epic, Fast and Light, Five Fingers, flagging, hike, hiking, hitchhiking, Mamquam, Meslilloet, mountaineering, multiday, overnight, Pinecone Burke park, Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, Pinecone Lake, ridge, scramble, scrambling, Slog, Snow, snow booting, Snowy, solo trip, summer, Transit Accessable, traverse, Watersprite Lake, Widgeon Creek | 4 Comments

More Wet than Golden, Again: Golden Ears Backpack Aug 7-8

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Lucy Luo

Out of the twenty-four interested VOCers to the eleven committed to the six that actually showed up, I was part of the final crew who decided that spending my weekend in the pissing rain on a mountain with the white … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, backpacking, hike, hiking, overnight, rain, scramble, Small Group, summer, Weekend | 1 Comment

Manning Park in ‘Flashmob Style’

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Thomas Morrissey

Trip dates: July 10-11 2021 The June 2021 heatwave impressed on me the urgency of doing some view-intensive trips before the summer smog season begins in earnest. Melissa’s trip to Manning Park’s Skyline Trail advertised some fantastic views, and this … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged backpacking, Beautiful BC, british columbia, e.c. manning, ec manning, ec manning park, EC Manning Provincial park, hike, hiking, large group, Lightning Lakes, Mosquitos, North Cascades, overnight, overnight hike, ridge, scramble, scrambling, summer, Weekend | Leave a comment