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Another Brew Trip Feb 20-21
This was originally to be Anna Geller’s and my trip because we both have birthdays on Feb 20. I looked at the Huts Registration page and it said that there would be 8 people at the Hut. I emailed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha, beginner, dry, huts, musical, powder, ski, skiing, Snow, turn around, Weekend, Whistler
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Ski Red Heather – Nov 23
Last weekend a group of 8 VOCers headed up to Red Heather to get in some turns and in the words of Alfred ‘it was easily the best skiing of the season so far’. Two all star drivers, Kasia and … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Epic, rain, Red Heather, ski, skiing, Snow, turn around, Weekend, Whistler
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Burton Hut Feb 19th – 21st
It is difficult to write a better trip report than Roland’s so I thought I should just add some details and quote his summary of the trip. “Executive Summary: Sphinx Camp seemed small this year. Just Cassandra and me. Can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Trip Reports
Tagged birthday, Black Tusk, Burton Hut, ferry, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Hope, huts, outhouse, ski, skiing, Snow, Taylor Meadows, turn around
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Cold Dark and Awesome-Deception Pass Dash 2013
“Dude,you’re nuts” said my boss when I mentioned that I’ll be racing in this year’s Deception Pass Dash. With the recent cold spell and temperatures into the -5 range and lower, when the only paddling I normally do is at … Continue reading
Posted in Paddle, Trip Reports
Tagged boat, canoe, kayaking, paddle, paddling, turn around
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The Misty Icefield Traverse (April 20-28)
On April 20, Piotr Forysinski, Ben SP, Clemens Adolphs, Stephanie Grothe and I (Julien Renard) decided to put an end to the month long email faff that was threatening to overload my email account and finally go explore the Misty … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Alpine Climbing, backcountry, Baker, bivouac, Climb, climbing, Epic, Face, fishing, Garibaldi Neve, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, Judge Howay, Lillooet River, McBride, North Shore, pemberton, rain, ridge, scramble, ski, skiing, Skookumchuck Hot Springs, Snow, Suffering, trad, traverse, turn around
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Brewski Brew Ski
Rain and a lot of snow… pretty much the same weather than the last attempted trip to Brew Hut two weeks ago. Because we were only 5 instead of 20, we came to the conclusion that we would be faster, … Continue reading
Pirateering Camp 2012
I arrived at the club room on the August 29th to meet with other people interested in heading up to Mountaineering Camp. After some discussion with those in the room, it seemed like the Chehalis Range didn’t suit our skill … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Trip Reports
Tagged Cerise Creek, Climb, Face, fall, Glacier, Joffre, leading, MEC, mountaineering, outhouse, rain, ridge, scramble, ski, Snow, traverse, turn around, Whiteout
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TR Mt. Rohr February 18th and 19th 2012
The not-quite-the-summit-yet-shot taken by Scott MacPherson. Veronika Schmitt, Anne Vialettes, Nicole Ong, Steffen Randahl, Scott MacPherson, Andrew Hill, Isabel Verse, Thomas Vogel, Jake Alleyne, Anna Stemberger, Thierry Heger, Adriana Muja. Anne and Veronika organised a great trip up to Mt. … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Anne, backcountry, fall, leading, Mt. Rohr, overnight, rats, ski, skiing, Snow, Squamish, Telemark, turn around, 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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New Years at Phelix
Philip, Olek, Annie, and I headed up on the 30th. We left Vancouver a full two hours after everyone else, but none the less, reunited at the trailhead with the big crowd. Breanne was supposed to be coming from across … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Climb, climbing, Face, Glacier, Mt Aragon, powder, ridge, scrambling, shadowfax, ski, skiing, Snow, turn around, Whiteout
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