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Newest Brew Trail Work Hike (June 22-23)
Overnight workers: Roland Burton, Carla, Deb Conrady, Ross Campbell, Ru Lai Day warriors: Stephanie Grothe, Clemens Adolphs, Gili Rosenberg, Steven Baldwin, Matthew Topham Day 1 We cleared the 150m path of logs and made a new trail. Gili put … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike
Tagged Black Tusk, Brew Hut, Firewood, helicopter, hike, overnight, Snow, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, Trail work, traverse
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The Tantalus Range South to North (July 28 – August 1): When an Unstoppable Object Meets an Immovable Force
Friday, July 27; Day 0: My initial plan for the weekend was to do some mountaineering in the Chehalis range with Skyler. However, when I received word that Skyler was exhausted from an epic descent off of Mt Slesse, I … Continue reading
Nick stands on some rocks that someone named after our club
Due east of Whistler, just beyond the Spearhead Range, lies a mountain that was named after our club. “VeeOcee Mountain” was named in 1964 and first climbed in 1966 by a party that included one R. Burton. It has been … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Atwell, Baker, Banana Chute, Bootpack, Climb, climbing, Fissile, Glacier, Judge Howay, Marcin, McBride, Naden glacier, powder, ridge, Sir Richard, ski, skiing, Snow, Spring, Squamish, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse, Weekend, Whistler
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Easter Weekend with The Veenstras
Not wanting to spend the weekend in the city and having nothing to do, I ending up join Christian and Line’s trip to Mamquam. It was a good life choice. I got pick up outside Fairview at the relatively comfortable … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Climb, Easter Weekend, Face, Garibaldi Park, McBride, Mt. Garibaldi, ridge, ski, skiing, Slog, Snow, Sphinx Bay, Spring, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse, Weekend
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A Wedge-Currie Traverse: from Blackcomb to Pemberton by ski (Feb 3-5)
The moon is full, casting shadows across the frozen, snowmobile tracked Green river road. I skin along, my skis scraping whenever they cross over ice chunks separating car tracks from snowmobile tracks. It’s 2:00am and my mind is on repeat, … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backcountry, bear, climbing, dry, Face, fall, fog, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, Hope, Joffre, Mystery Creek, overnight, pemberton, powder, ridge, Running, scrambling, ski, skiing, Snow, sunny, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse, turn around, Weekend, Whistler
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