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A Long Walk in the Dark: A Single-Push Base-to-Base Spearhead Traverse
TRIP DATES: March 6th – 7th, 2025 PARTICIPANTS: Erik Reimers, Evan Wong, Noah Macdonald BACKGROUND: The Spearhead The Spearhead Traverse is a classic ski mountaineering route in Garibaldi Provincial Park. It is a horseshoe-shaped circuit that links Blackcomb and Whistler Mountains. The … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged overnight, Ski Mountaineering, ski touring, ski traverse, Spearhead, Spearhead Traverse, Speed Traverse, Type 1 fun, type 2, type 2 fun
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Howe Lake via the Tatsquan Horseshoe: Should’ve just done Ape Lake.
Not a lot of trip reports this winter, even for some of the big events, sad times for readers like myself who’ve been trapped on the surface of mars for the past few months. I had a bit of free … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged Bella Coola, british columbia, hiking, mountaineering, roadtrip, Slog, Small Group, type 2 fun
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Yamophilia
Yamophilia /jæmˈoʊfɪliə/ (noun) A love of or obsession with the mountain officially known as Mount Laurie (better known as Mount Yamnuska: a name borrowed from the Stoney Nakoda name Îyâmnathka, meaning “flat-faced mountain”). Yamnuska (abbreviated as “Yam”) is the birthplace … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Trip Reports
Tagged Alberta, Alpine Climbing, choss, climbing, Epic, rock climbing, Rockies, Thunderstorm, trad, Type 1 fun, type 2, type 2 fun, Yamnuska
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What makes an alpine climb a classic? [Revised January 2025]
Introduction This essay and collection of trip reports were originally published in VOCJ66 (2023-24, pp. 62-80). Since publication, I’ve had a chance to refine the ideas in the essay portion; I now think that my previous category of an “aesthetic classic” … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Alpine Climbing, Banff, Bugaboo Provincial Park, classics, Epic, essay, North Cascades, Rockies, Ski Mountaineering, ski touring, trad, Type 1 fun, type 2 fun
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G1 2023: Type 2 fun is still fun
The G1 trip began with an early rise on Saturday September 23rd. As we drove to Brandywine Mountain, my car group shared their hiking backgrounds and were shocked to find out the extent of my experience was St Mark’s Summit … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 4wd, autumn, beginner-friendly, Brandywine Falls Provincial Park, fall, Glacier, Glacier School, hike, large group, rain, Snow, Suffering, type 2 fun, Weekend
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!GURI |AIB (The White Streak)
Learning to Route Develop and Big Wall Climb in Spitzkoppe, Namibia Preparatory Ramblings Preparatory Ramblings It has taken me some time to submit this report. On my return from Namibia, I was greeted by a series of emergencies … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, africa, Alpine Climbing, alpine start, awesome people, backcountry, beast, big wall climbing, bigwall, birthday, Climb, climbing, development, Epic, Expediation, expedition, expert, Face, faff, first ascent, First summit, First-Time, gong show, Hauling, instruction, instructional, Intermediate, international, intro, leading, multi-pitch, multiday, namibia, near-miss, Neil Mackenzie, Neil Mackenzie Adventure Grant, Neil MacKenzie Memorial Fund, new route, NMAG, overnight, Photo Contest, Photo Essay, portaledge, Rock, rock climbing, route development, runout, slab, slab-master, Slog, slog-fest, smal group, Small Group, So many new stuff, stars, story, stupidity, sunny, teaching, the white streak, type 2, type 2 fun, wildlife
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Halloween On The West Knob
Participants: Kevin Lam, Noah Wyse, Justin Angsana, Adam French, Lillian McCallum, Diana Bratu, Richard Pan, Mabel Moses, Grantham Gace, Param Mody, JJ James, Chester Chan, Lucas Braun, Rehaan Raother, Sparsh Inanda, and Aaryan Raina. Halloween was quickly approaching, and many … Continue reading
Potluck in Phelix (October 21-23, 2022)
Day 1: It was a great day to start out the trip. All 3 cars met up at 7:30/8pm at the McDonalds in Pemberton. There we enjoyed a mini-carb fest of burgers, fries, and ice cream. We then left all … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, backpacking, cheese board, fall/winter, Feast, First-Time, Frodo, Gandalf, Intermediate, large group, Northwest Knob, Peregrine, Phelix Hut, potluck, stars, swimming, type 2 fun, Weekend
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Type 1.5 Fun: Ski Touring near Red Heather Hut
I have been meaning to join the VOC for a few years and only recently did I finally sign up and find a trip to go on, with encouragement from Jacob Grossbard and Cass Berno among others. I was planning … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged day trip, First-Time, First-Trip, Garibaldi Park, Spring touring, Type 1 fun, type 2 fun
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Thwarted on Hamilton Glacier, June 29 to July 4, 2019
Participants: Just Devlin and me, again. Our plan was to fly into Chilko Lake, which extends into the Coast Mountains from Interior BC, and hack our way up into the alpine and then go from glacier to glacier until we … Continue reading