Tag Archives: sunny

First Weekend Brew Hut Workhike!

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Lucas Braun

Participants: Ana Ciocoiu, Akash Madhav Gondaliya, Anja Westermann, Annabelle Damude, Cameron Donnelly, Cassandra Elphinstone, Charlotte Mittelstaedt, Chen Qin, Elaine Zhou, Eric Daigle, Haley Foladare, Isabella Negrini, Jacob Grossbard, Laura Mantin, Lucas Braun, Richard Pan, Shruti Yogesh Vansia, Tom Curran, Zachary … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged Brew Hut, overnight hike, sunny | Leave a comment

Heather Trail – Manning Park

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Sasha Soda

Background info: Heather Trail is located in Manning Park. Starting from the Blackwall Peak parking area we walked along the Heather Trail to get to Nicomen Lake Campsite. This was a 2-day, 1-night trip. The total hike was roughly 46km with … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged backpacking, Beautiful BC, british columbia, EC Manning Provincial park, Heather-Trail, hiking, Hope, Manning Park, overnight, summer, sunny, Weekend | Leave a comment

Beginner Hike – The Chief

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Sasha Soda

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 | 2 Comments

Neve crew goes up to Brew (Step 3/5 to the Neve Traverse)

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Kevin (KF) Lam

Saturday Feb 12 2022 The third step to prepare for the Neve (neh-vay and not neev as I found out) was a 2-day trip to the Brew Hut. The Brew Hut always seemed to be quite scary to me, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Brew Hut, Brew Mountain, easy, large group, Neve Traverse, overnight, ski touring, sunny, Weekend, Winter, winter camping | 3 Comments

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

Winter Longhike 2020

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Jesse Watt

As a first-year, new member of the VOC, and novice to winter hiking I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I first signed up for this trip. However, after hiking, sledding, eating, and partying with my fellow VOCers turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, beginner-friendly, First-Time, large group, Longhike, Mount Seymour, snow caves, snowshoeing, sunny, Weekend, Winter, winter camping | 2 Comments

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

Ripple Ridge Cabin with some extra action

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Devlin Mottershead

On October 18th we went to the Ripple Ridge Cabin in Kootenay Pass. We left after school on Thursday because Friday was a Pro-D day. We went to A&W in Osoyoos. We got a baby mug (holds about 75ml). We … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, Beautiful BC, beginner, beginner-friendly, dry, fall, golden larches, hike, hiking, huts, kootenay, larches, mountaineering, multiday, overnight, ridge, Small Group, sunny | 1 Comment

Iron Chef at Brew Hut

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Lucas Bezerra

The legendary Iron Chef at Brew Hut started off strong as, although our organiser Joe “Energy Legs” O’Brien told us to expect snowy slushy hiking, we came up to the most beautiful of sunny and mostly dry days. The initial … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Other, Trip Reports | Tagged beginner-friendly, Brew Hut, cooking, dog, dry, large group, Mount Brew, overnight, sunny | 5 Comments