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Beginner Hike – The Chief
A week after joining the VOC club, I decided to create a beginner hiking trip to see how things would go. I first created a group chat through Facebook messenger to organize some logistics of the trip such as timing, … Continue reading
Posted in Hike
Tagged beginner-friendly, day hike, day trip, First-Time, First-Trip, hike, hiking, Squamish, sunny
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Sea to Sky Trail Report
The Sea to Sky Highway has been the main connection between those of us living in the Vancouver Lower Mainland to access many destinations in the great outdoor that British Columbia offers. Every time I sit in a car going … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner-friendly, bike touring, bikepacking, cycling, pemberton, Squamish, Whistler
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Pushing the Limits of Mediocrity: A Cheakamus Canyon Story
“Some are born mediocre, some achieve mediocrity, and some have mediocrity thrust upon them.” – some famous poet dude I’d like to think that we at the very least managed to achieve some level of mediocrity on a cold October … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Trip Reports
Tagged cheakamus canyon, climbing, fall, rock climbing, Squamish
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Tricouni Peak: July 18-19
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
Werewolves of the Brew Hut
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
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Hitting the Deck on a Top 100 “Protected” 5.9
Sunday, Oct 6: Having just learned trad at Rock Party the week before, I’ve been eager to get out to Squamish and practice leading on as many climbs as I can before heading off on a five-month Arctic excursion with … Continue reading
Jericho to Squamish Kayaking Trip
Philippe LeBillon, Lukas Schreiber and Alex Wharton kayaked from Jericho to Squamish at the end of August to begin the end of what had been a fun filled VOC summer. Similar to the previous two summers in Vancouver, smoke from … Continue reading
Lovely Humans to Lake Lovely Water – July 20-22, 2018
Trip Organizer: Maria Berno Trip Attendees: Maria, Tom, Mark, Glen, Mirtha, Glen, Graham, Derek, Tabea, Christine, Robert After hearing so many lovely things about Lake Lovely Water but many horror stories about the approach I decided it was my turn … Continue reading
G2 in Squam September 9/10
On September 8/9/10 a group of 8 eager & excited VOCers headed up to Squamish to participate in the (not so dry) dry school of G2 lead by our enthusiastic instructors Heather and Raz. Due to the rain and the interests of the group … Continue reading
A Minor Fiasco (Red Heather January 22)
Participants: Old, flappy Jeff Mottershead and Devlin Mottershead I’m supposed to be a climber, but even in the middle of summer my son, Devlin, would rather hike up to some random snow patch or glacier and get some turns in … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged backcountry, Garibaldi Park, Red Heather, ridge, ski, ski touring, skiing, Small Group, Snow, Squamish, Winter
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