Each year the VOC holds a contest to show-off the best photos taken by members. There are six categories: Action Shots, Club Life, Flora and Fauna, Portrait, Miscellaneous, Landscape and an Overall Best Photo winner.
1. Action Shot

Runner-up: Katie sends it in the backcountry of Babine Mountains Provincial Park, Northern BC
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
2. Club Life

Winner: Gathered round the fire, Son of Rock participants share stories and laughs in between ruthless marshmallow fights.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
3. Flora and Fauna

Runner up: After an early September snowfall, a hungry deer eats quietly in Assiniboine Provincial Park.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski

Winner: Curious Marmot posing in Front of the Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park.
Photo by Tobias Klenze
4. Portrait

Runner up: Katie Cullen ecstatic for the first fresh snow to fall in days.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
5. Miscellaneous

Runner up: Katie pauses before taking the plunge into the frigid glacial waters of Berg Lake. Mount Robson Provincial Park.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski

Winner: No sky, no landscape, no horizon. The dizzying white-outs at Brew hut are a spectacular experience; follow the person ahead of you and don’t lose the person behind you. No matter how far you go, everything remains the same.
Photo by Artem Babaian
6. Landscape

Runner up: Dance of the Northern Lights over Mount Robson Provincial Park.
Photo by Nathan Starzynski
Grand Prize

Runner up: The Mighty Atwell – VOCers discuss lines on Atwell Peak during a crossing of the Garibaldi Neve.
Photo by Matt Kennedy
Cool. Can’t see the winner for portraits though.
Fixed = D
Didn’t know this was NSFW…