Tag Archives: summer

Seymour Demonstration Forest Bike-Hike

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Liz Lund

Saturday, April 11th, 2015 I joined a small group heading to the Seymour Demonstration Trail for my first official bike-hike. I like biking, and I like hiking, so it sounded like fun. The questionable weather forecast calling for rain left … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports | Tagged beginner-friendly, bike, car-free, day trip, Old Growth Trail, Seymour Lake, Small Group, summer | 2 Comments

Easter climbing in Skaha Bluffs

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Anton Enghoff-Poulsen

Written by Anton Enghoff-Poulsen Annabelle Harvey, Hanne Pedersen, Emmanuel Beraud, Sam Viavant, Pawel Mirski, Natan Villarreal and Anton Enghoff-Poulsen April 3 – April 5, 2015 Leaving from Vancouver early Friday morning heading towards Skaha in a little red car packed … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, Climb, Intermediate, Mid Group, Petincton, rock climbing, Skaha, Skaha Bluffs, summer, Weekend | Leave a comment

Erockita : Introduction to Rock Climbing

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Artem Babaian

By Ella Weik Saturday, 21st March. A group of 20 bravely, adventurous climbers are heading bright and early to the smoke bluffs. No one else is around – because it is raining. Everything is wet and the sky doesn’t look … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, beginner, Climb, large group, rock climbing, Smoke Bluffs, Squamish, summer | 3 Comments

Flora peak -a walk in the sunshine.

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Dmitri Oguz

With the weekend a couple days away, forecast for Saturday turned from questionable to complete crap, eliminating plans of an overnight trip and an alternative plan was needed. Thankfully Sunday was forecasted to be sunny and warm, conducive to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, Chilliwack, Flora Peak, hike, Marcin, overnight, ridge, scramble, Slog, Snow, summer, sunny, Trekking, Weekend | Leave a comment

Shame and Redemption at the Barr Creek Bridge (Oct 22-23 and Nov 7-8)

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Jeff Mottershead

A short preamble: For this to make make any sense to people new to the club I need to give a bit of background. Those familiar can skip this bit. Way back in the day there was keen VOCer Julien … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged dry, Epic, fall, Harrison Hut, Meager Creek, overnight, pemberton, rain, Snow, summer, Trail work, Winter | 2 Comments

Khyber Pass (BC) via Mountain Bike – Summer “Slack” Country

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Michael Cancilla

The Khyber Pass connects Afghanistan, Pakistan and India and, being part of the silk road, is one of the oldest known passes in the world. This trip didn’t take place in that pass. The Khyber Pass (in Whistler) is an … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, bike, biking, cougar, Face, helicopter, hike, mountain bike, scramble, Slog, summer, Weekend, Whistler, Winter | 1 Comment

Alternative Anvil Ascent.

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Dmitri Oguz

“Anvil island is steep, my neck is starting to hurt” said Piotr as we were approaching the East side of Anvil. Rewind to a week ago. In a conversation on another trip, it turned out both of us have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Paddle, Trip Reports | Tagged bear, Climb, climbing, Face, leading, paddle, scramble, scrambling, Slog, summer | 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

First Times at Brew

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Roland Burton

It’s morning. The view around Brew Hut looks a lot like a rip off of a wraparound HD TV nature program. Or maybe it was the other way around-I can’t remember. On one hand, the view from the top floor … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, beginner, Brew Hut, climbing, hike, outhouse, ski, summer, Winter, Workhike | 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