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Hike to Norvan Falls
After Mary and I picked everyone up from UBC we made a beeline for Lynn Regional Headwaters park where the beginning of the trail was, coffee in hand. The weather turned out to be perfect that day for a hike, … Continue reading
2021-09-19 Golden Ears Summit, seasoned by hail storm and chased by thunder storm.
The first thing is Stats: Member: Alex Barth, Felix Vlack, Kaila Bonnel, Yiyi Yan Distance: 25.5km Elevation Gain: 1,778m Moving Time: 9:09:45 Avg Speed: 2.8kph, avg moving speed 4.3kph Temperature: 11C-23C, avg 17C (Left to right: Alex Barth, Felix Vlack, … Continue reading
2021-09-13 Mount Currie Summit Attempt, and marmot hunting
Sitting at 2,591 meters, Mt. Currie is one of the highest mountains that most of us have ever attempted. The elevation gain is brutal yet consistent, and with a surprisingly well-maintained trail, this could easily be a type 1 fun hike on … Continue reading
More Wet than Golden, Again: Golden Ears Backpack Aug 7-8
Out of the twenty-four interested VOCers to the eleven committed to the six that actually showed up, I was part of the final crew who decided that spending my weekend in the pissing rain on a mountain with the white … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, hike, hiking, overnight, rain, scramble, Small Group, summer, Weekend
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Manning Park in ‘Flashmob Style’
Trip dates: July 10-11 2021 The June 2021 heatwave impressed on me the urgency of doing some view-intensive trips before the summer smog season begins in earnest. Melissa’s trip to Manning Park’s Skyline Trail advertised some fantastic views, and this … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, Beautiful BC, british columbia, e.c. manning, ec manning, ec manning park, EC Manning Provincial park, hike, hiking, large group, Lightning Lakes, Mosquitos, North Cascades, overnight, overnight hike, ridge, scramble, scrambling, summer, Weekend
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Golden Gals Self-Propel Golden Ears
July 27-29, 2020 Gabrielle Booth & Charlotte Scholten On our trip, to the best of my understanding, Charlotte and I traveled through the following traditional, ancestral, and unseeded territories: səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Stz’uminus, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), … Continue reading
Banff/Jasper Scrambles and Kayaking
As the end of the summer of 2020 approached, my dream of a Rocky Mountain road trip seemed to be fading. The deadline to present my thesis proposal was nearing, making it difficult to fit any kind of trip into … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Alberta, Banff, Canmore, Cirque Peak, Epic, hike, Jasper, Kananaskis, kayaking, Maligne Lake, Mount Temple, paddling, Rocky Mountains, scramble, Spirit Island, summer
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Trip to Malcom Island
This trip begins right after the first online baby shower I have ever attended. My family, scattered across the globe, joined a Zoom call to welcome the latest member into the family. This occurred during the summer of 2020 when … Continue reading
Journey to the South Chilcotin
First we drove. And drove. Then drove some more. Finally we walked. And walked. And then walked a bit more. Somewhere along this great distance we left the gray rock and glaciers of the Coast Range behind and found ourselves … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, british columbia, Epic, Gold Bridge, hike, Slog, Small Group, South Chilcotin Provincial Park, South Chilcotins, summer
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Tricouni Peak: July 18-19
It’s been over a month since we backpacked out to the Tricouni area, but I’ve decided to write it up anyway. Interestingly, when converted to Covid time, a normal month is roughly equivalent to either 5 months or 5 days, … Continue reading