Tag Archives: Semaphore Lakes

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

A newbie’s first summit at Semaphore Lakes

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Jory Wong

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged First summit, Semaphore Lakes | 14 Comments

Semaphore lakes trip

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Vickie Irish

Wide eyed and bushy tailed, we set off at stupid o’clock in the morning from Vancouver to meet at the Petro-Canada station in Pemberton to buy some much needed coffee, it was then that the excitement of the trip settled … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged christmas, Face, Face Mountain, fall, hike, instruction, Locomotive, Locomotive Mountain, Mud, pemberton, scramble, scrambling, Semaphore Lakes, skiing, Snow | 2 Comments

Semaphore Lakes Scramble (August 25-26)

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Laurent Roberge

My first trip with the VOC! I had done a lot of hiking in my pre-VOC life, but never much scrambling. I decided that a beginner friendly trip to Locomotive and Face Mountain would be a great introduction. On Saturday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged beginner, canoe, dry, Face, Face Mountain, Glacier, hike, hiking, leading, Locomotive, Locomotive Mountain, paddle, pemberton, ridge, scramble, scrambling, Semaphore Lakes, Snow, Snowy, Train Glacier, Whistler | 1 Comment

Locomotive Mountain (Oct. 15th – 2011)

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Matthew Laraghy

Everyone arrived at the trailhead parking lot, northwest of Pemberton, around 9:30am and after quickly redistributing tents and food the groups headed out. Unlike the entrainment group, our pace was a lot slower. The weather could not have been better; … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, autumn, beginner-friendly, hotsprings, Locomotive Mountain, Mid Group, scramble, Semaphore Lakes, Snow, Weekend | Leave a comment

Locomotive Mountain – Entrainment Group (Oct. 15th – 2011)

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Danker Kolijn

After an early start on Saturday morning (October 15th) the entrainment group started from the trailhead parking lot northwest of Pemberton. This was at an elevation of about 1380m. The group decided to set a high tempo to reach the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, autumn, daytrip, Enchainment, Face Mountain, Glacier, Intermediate, Locomotive Mountain, scramble, Semaphore Lakes, Small Group, Snow | 1 Comment