Tag Archives: Snow

Daughter of Ice 2022

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Jacob McFarlane

My Daughter of Ice experience started late Friday night when Linda and Mason arrived in Vanthony to collect me. I was their last passenger and so together with Seton, Anelia, Anton, and Jeffery and approximately one fuckton of gear in … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, adventure, beginner-friendly, Epic, First-Time, ice climbing, Snow, Suffering, Winter | 1 Comment

The Mountain Gets the Last Laugh(ington)

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Isaac Borrego

When my friend Shane mentioned we would probably need a chainsaw to get to Mount Laughington I should have realized what I was in for. This peak is not well-traveled in the winter, and it turns out there are some good reasons … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, adventure, Alder hell, Car camping, Chilliwack, Mount Laughington, Snow, snowshoeing, Trail work, turn around, Weekend, Winter | Leave a comment

Tricouni Peak: July 18-19

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Isaac Borrego

It’s been over a month since we backpacked out to the Tricouni area, but I’ve decided to write it up anyway. Interestingly, when converted to Covid time, a normal month is roughly equivalent to either 5 months or 5 days, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 4wd, adventure, backpacking, Epic, hike, Mud, overnight, scramble, Snow, Squamish, summer, sunny, Tricouni | 3 Comments

VOC Europe New Year’s 2020 Trip

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Tobias Klenze

A Swede, a Thai, a Canadian, an Italian, two Swiss, two Chinese, three Liechtenstein people and – of course – four Germans set off to celebrate the start of a new year and decade. Fortunately, this is not the beginning … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged bivy, Europe, overnight, Snow, Switzerland | Leave a comment

Werewolves of the Brew Hut

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Kyra Przybylski

After some mild procrastination, I’ve finally gotten around to writing the long-overdue trip report of the Werewolves of the Brew Hut hike that took place from October 19-20. Hopefully everyone can forgive me for my postponement of this report (I … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged autumn, backpacking, Beautiful BC, beginner, Brew Hut, Brew Mountain, british columbia, Camping, cloud, early season, Epic, First-Time, First-Trip, fog, Halloween, hike, hut life, huts, large group, more clouds, Mount Brew, multiday, overnight, potluck, powder, ridge, Sea to Summit, Snow, Snow and Ice, snow camping, snowshoe, snowshoeing, Squamish, Weekend, wildlife, Winter | Leave a comment

Comox Glacier Trip, September 6th, 2019

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Devlin Mottershead

We went to Comox Glacier on this deactivated logging road that really bugs me when my dad’s driving on it because your head bouncing on the seat cushion feels like somebody is hammering your head. I got carsick and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged backcountry, Comox, Crevasse, daytrip, Glacier, hike, hiking, ridge, ski, skiing, Small Group, Snow, summer | 5 Comments

Thwarted on Hamilton Glacier, June 29 to July 4, 2019

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Jeff Mottershead

Participants: Just Devlin and me, again. Our plan was to fly into Chilko Lake, which extends into the Coast Mountains from Interior BC, and hack our way up into the alpine and then go from glacier to glacier until we … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged gong show, Mosquitos, ski, Snow, type 2 fun | 9 Comments

Soak and Stoke 2019

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Mirtha Gamiz

On March 22, a group of VOCers got together, thanks to Glen, to have a nice and relaxing weekend skiing in the mountains. Friday arrived, and after a week of hard (?) work, we departed at 5:00pm to have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged backcountry, hotsprings, overnight, ridge, ski, ski touring, skiing, skitouring, Skookumchuck Hot Springs, Snow, Weekend | Leave a comment

Frosty Garibaldi Neve

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Devlin Mottershead

We went to rubble creek, and when we were waiting, a guy crushed a speed-limit sign on his way to a snow bank. We met Atti and Ildi, who drove us up to the chain-up area at Red Heather. Ildi … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged backcountry, british columbia, Burton Hut, Elfin Lakes, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Neve, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, multiday, overnight, powder, Red Heather, ski, ski touring, skiing, Small Group, Snow, Snowy, Sphinx Bay, sunny, traverse, Weekend, Winter | 4 Comments

A Sunny Fall Trip to Golden Ears Peak (late) Nov 11, 2018

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Chern Jie Chang

Perhaps it was the unseasonably sunny weekend forecast, or perhaps it was the excitement to see and feel snow as winter approached. For some reason, we were craving a snowy summit this weekend. We set our eyes on a two-day … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, british columbia, early season, fall, hike, hiking, huts, multiday, overnight, ridge, scramble, scrambling, Small Group, Snow, summer, sunny, Weekend | 1 Comment