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A Game of Chances: Not in Our Favour
Part 1: Birth of a Ski Trip It is a dark and stormy night. Raindrops rap on my windowsill. My eyes have glazed over, centred on my tattered notebook. My hands scribble down the last question of my homework. I … Continue reading
Intro to Backcountry – Learning to fall gracefully edition
Catching a bit of the Whistler traffic, we arrived at the Rainbow Falls parking lot, a little after 8, with Moose, the gorgeous dog, greeting us at the parking lot. We split the groups into “have never been touring/toured once”, … Continue reading
Women’s* Seymour Snow Day
Trip date: Saturday, February 4th, 2023 The day started off misty and rainy, leaving many of us perhaps questioning what exactly we signed ourselves up for. The walk from the car to the cafeteria already soaked through my first pair … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner-friendly, Brockton Point, large group, Mount Seymour, resort skiing, ski touring, Type 1 fun, Winter
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Duffey Double (?) Crown
~Here is an extremely late trip report about a ski trip in April 2022 that I am just getting around to publishing now that I am bored at home with covid and have run out of better things to do. … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, fun, Joffre Peak, Matier, ski, ski touring, skimo, Winter, Winter Small Group
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Brandywine Trip Report – June 2022
Anniversary Hike – Brandywine – June 2022 While the original plan for the trip was to visit Mt. Price, a string of weird weather this year dictated that snow conditions would likely not be safe there. Instead the call was … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 4wd, awesome people, backpacking, Beautiful BC, beginner-friendly, Bootpack, bootpacking, Brandywine, british columbia, First-Time, First-Trip, frost bite, hike, hiking, Mt. Brandywine, ridge, Semi-Alcoholic Traverse, Snow, snow shoe, sunrise, Weekend, Winter, winter camping
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Easter Weekend at Sphinx
April 15-17, 2022 Trip members: Shu Yu Fan, Beth Roskilly, Kyra Przybylski, Joseph Meyer, Martin Kuerbis, Emily Wood With one exam done and 4 more in the next 8 days, I decided that the best way for me to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Bookworms, Bootpack, bootpacking, british columbia, Burton Hut, Easter Weekend, Garibaldi Lake, huts, Mid Group, overnight, ski, skitouring, Sphinx Hut, Winter
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Ladies* Night at Seymour: A collaborative trip report
Trip date: Wednesday, March 9th 2022 Audrey When I first saw the “Ladies Night at Seymour [Beginner Friendly, learn to ski!, helpers needed (workhike)]” trip posting on the VOC website, I jumped at the chance for a beginner, women, … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports, Workhike
Tagged beginner-friendly, Brockton Point, large group, Mount Seymour, night trip, resort skiing, ski touring, treasure box, Winter
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Neve crew goes up to Brew (Step 3/5 to the Neve Traverse)
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
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Daughter of Ice 2022
My Daughter of Ice experience started late Friday night when Linda and Mason arrived in Vanthony to collect me. I was their last passenger and so together with Seton, Anelia, Anton, and Jeffery and approximately one fuckton of gear in … Continue reading
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Tagged 4wd, adventure, beginner-friendly, Epic, First-Time, ice climbing, Snow, Suffering, Winter
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The VOC Gets Fancy at Kees and Claire Hut
At 6:42 am on December 20th, I set a personal backpack-packing speed record in a frantic effort to stuff all my gear into my pack by 6:45, when I anticipated being picked up by Adam Rodrigues and Melissa Bernstein for … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged hut, skiing, Whistler, Winter, Winter Small Group
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