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Steps Towards The Neve 2023 · Fri. Dec. 1st, 2023 - Tue. Apr. 30th, 2024
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Start: Friday, Dec. 1st
End: Tuesday, Apr. 30th
Description:
SIGN-UP Tool is here to show you who else is interested in this series. Signing-up here does not get you into any STTN specific trip. Please sign-up on the specific Step trip too
Ski-traversing has a long history in the VOC, and it is one of the best ways to experience the Coast Mountains in the winter. To carry yourself across a frozen landscape with nothing but the gear on your back is a truly liberating feeling. It also allows you to experience some of the most gorgeous areas in the world in a truly intimate way. If this causes your heart to skip a beat, but you have no (or little) experience with backcountry skiing, backcountry camping, and/or winter camping, the Steps Towards The Neve Trips are for you!
We (more experienced VOCers) are going to lead a series of instructional trips to get you (novice backcountry skiers) into the backcountry and to a skill level where, this coming spring we can ski a traverse together, and create a big happy skiing community!
There are 5 Steps, with a month between each trip so you can practice your skills.
January: A day trip in the backcountry (Red Heather)
January: Longer day trip in the backcountry (Zoa is one possibility)
February: Backcountry overnight trip (Elfin is one possibility)
March: Longer Backcountry overnight trip with winter camping (Burton is one possibility)
March/April: Traverse! (The Garibaldi Neve is one possibility)
Between-trip skiing can be done at a ski resort (i.e. any North Shore mountain, or at Whistler) or on other beginner-friendly VOC trips. Keep your eye out for additional “steps”-specific instructional/practice trips on select Saturdays and evenings.
Everybody can attend the “steps” trips! Preference will be given to those who have done the previous trips to keep them moving through the program. To do Step 5 (the traverse), you will need to attend each of the steps (or have equivalent experience)
If you can’t attend one of the scheduled steps, send me ([email protected]) or Sri ([email protected]) an email and we’ll try to help you find an equivalent one to join. Objectives and dates will be determined as the series progresses, based on conditions and the group.
Pre-requisites:
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Confident skiing on greens and can get down a blue! This trip series is intended for people with little to no prior backcountry skiing experience! If you have more experience, watch out for similar non-steps-specific trips!
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Completed the free AvySavvy course on avalancecanada.ca
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Stoked about ski traversing
Two final points to remember:
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We are not guides or instructors. We are just people who love skiing and want to share this awesome sport with others!
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For any trip that runs (ever), you must always sign up as committed and attend the pre-trip if you want to go.
Enjoy some photos from Sri!
Posted: 2023-11-22 17:56:45
Last modified: 2023-12-20 14:01:56