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* This Hut is open to everybody on a first-come first served basis.
Welcome to the VOC's Brew Hut


* The Brew Hut is maintained by the Varsity Outdoor Club of the University of British Columbia.  A Hut fee of $5 per person per night applies to all users to support maintenance and to supply firewood. Fees should be sent to:
Brew Hut III, the third incarnation built by the University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoors Club, was erected in the spring and summer of 2005, following Brew I (1982-1983) and Brew II (1984-2005).


Box 98, Student Union Building
6138 Student Union Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2B9


===Heating and Fire===
=== Hut Etiquette: ===


* The woodshed is located just west of the hut. You really can't miss it. Please make sure the door is closed up tight or it will get filled completely with snow and the wood will get wet.
==General:==
*Fill stoves and lanterns outside. Note that all the appliances here burn White Gas (aka Coleman Fuel or Naphtha). There are, in fact, no appliances here which run on kerosene.
*There is an outhouse located roughly 30m North East of the hut, please use it. If it is buried in snow, dig it out and use it. The outhouse has a hand-crafted stained glass window.
*There are two nearby tarns for drinking water, located about 100m SW and 100m E of the Hut. Please do everything you can to keep these tarns clean. Do not clean dishes, throw out food, or go to the washroom in the areas that drain into these tarns – even in winter.
*In the winter, the snow near the hut is for drinking water, so don't put bad things there. Go in the direction of the outhouse, and go at least 20m before washing dishes etc.
*Please open the door when cooking, to let out the steam. The hut was constructed with vapour barrier, and there is no place for steam to escape to.
*Pack out what you pack in. Do not leave things (even food) in the hut, especially your garbage. The only exception is white gas, which can be left in the lanterns, stove or the 1 gallon tins.
*Remove boots before going upstairs.
*Close and latch all windows and doors when you leave. Don't forget about the outhouse and woodshed.
*Add an entry to the hut log book (on the shelf) to let us know how your trip went.


* Firewood is lumber from the old hut (East down the hill), or scraps from building the new hut. Please leave some wood in the hut, ready for the next user, not a lot but a little. Wood that is stored underneath the hut is not to be used for firewood.
==Wood Stove and Heating:==
*The wood stove can be adjusted to consume fuel rapidly and send the heat out the chimney (knob out), or slowly and put out maximum heat to the hut (knob in). The knob should only be out when lighting the stove.
*Do not cut or split wood inside the hut or on the porch. Do this outside, and use a second piece of wood if you need a base. There is a hatchet and saw provided for this purpose.
*Firewood is from the old hut (East down the hill), deposited in the woodshed to the West and also piled beside the Hut. Wood found under the hut is not to be used for firewood.
*Please leave a small amount of wood inside the hut, dry and ready for the next user. Not a lot, but a little.
*Please be conservative with firewood, once the scraps are gone firewood will have to be flown in at great cost. The hut is very well insulated, and will warm quickly with just the lanterns in spring and fall. If the firewood disappears too fast and nobody is paying their $5, the VOC will be forced to lock the stove for paying parties.
*Please restock the woodshed from the scrap wood piled beside (not under) the hut – but please remove any nails first. Do NOT cut down living trees – they take a long time to grow up here and do not even burn well anyway.
*Ashes go in the metal can provided.
*If you want to keep the upstairs cooler than downstairs (when the wood stove is burning), close all the downstairs windows. This will draw cool air in through the hole in the roof around the stovepipe. Open the upstairs window if you need more cool air.


* Please be conservative with firewood, and only use the wood stove during winter.  Once the scraps are gone, firewood needs to be flown in by helicopter at a great cost, and the supply must last the whole winter. The hut is well insulated, so running the coleman lanterns is enough to keep the hut warm in the spring and fall. If the firewood disaperars too fast and not everyone pays the $5 fee, the VOC will be forced to lock up the stove for paying parties only.
==To our non-VOC Guests:==
All VOC huts are left unlocked because we in the VOC believe backcountry huts should be available to all. However, although the love and volunteer labour we put into our huts is free, building supplies are not. As such we ask, on the honour system, that all non-VOC members pay $5 per person per night to help build and maintain our huts.


* The wood stove can be adjusted to either consume fuel rapidly and send all the heat up the chimney (knob out), or to consume fuel slowly and put out maximum heat to the hut (knob in). The knob should only be out when lighting the stove.
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* Ashes go in the metal can provided.
This $5 per person per night can be left in the blue deposit box in the stairwell, or sent to:


* Do not cut or split wood in the hut or directly on the porch.  Cut or split wood outside using another piece of firewood as a base. 
UBC Varsity Outdoors Club


* Do not cut any living trees.  They take a long time to grow up here and do not burn well.
Box 98, Student Union Building


* If you want to keep the upstairs cooler than downstairs (when the wood stove is going), close all the downstairs windows.  Cool air will then be drawn into the Hut upstairs through the roof hole where the stovepipe fits. You can open an upstairs window if you need more cool air. 
6138 Student Union Mall


* Fill stoves and lanterns outside.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2B9


* To light the coleman stove, turn the little lever on the fuel tank up and light it.  Run it for 60 seconds before turning the lever down.  This little leaver controls whether vapour (from the top of the tank) or liquid fuel (from the bottom) is fed into the stove.  If the lever is turned down too soon, the stove is not hot enough to vapourize the liquid fuel.  The fuel will pool in the bottom, underneath the burner where it is slow to evaporate, and thus the stove will burn yellow flames for a long time.
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* This particular Coleman stove has a quirk where the fuel/air mixing chamber catches fire and the stove 'pops'. The only fix is to run both burners at the same time, which seems to reduce the problem.
You may, of course, also use the above address if you notice pressing maintenance requirements or wish to send letters of praise. Further information about joining the VOC can be found on our website: www.ubc-voc.com


===Water===
'''There is no reservation or priority system, and ''there is always room for one more.'''''
 
* There are 2 nearby tarns for drinking water, located about 100m SW and 100m E of the Hut.  Please do everything you can to keep these tarns clean.  Do not clean dishes, throw out food or go to the washroom in areas that drain into either of these tarns.
 
* There is a lake 500m E, below the old hut.
 
* In the winter, melt snow; the heater can be used for this. 
 
* Treat all drinking water.
 
===Outhouse===
 
* The outhouse is 30m NE of the hut.  Use it. 
 
* Close the shutter on the outhouse window before you leave.
 
===Others===
 
* Remove boots before going upstairs
 
* Do not leave food or garbage at the hut.  Pack out what you pack in.  The only exception is white gas, which can be left in the lanterns or in the stove.
 
* Close and latch all windows and doors when you leave.  It gets very windy up here and we want to keep the mice out.
 
* Please report any hut maintenance tasks that you notice to the VOC to ensure that problems can be fixed by the next VOC party visiting the hut.
 
* Please add an entry to the hut log book (on the shelf) to let us know how your trip went.

Latest revision as of 03:07, 1 July 2008

Welcome to the VOC's Brew Hut

Brew Hut III, the third incarnation built by the University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoors Club, was erected in the spring and summer of 2005, following Brew I (1982-1983) and Brew II (1984-2005).


Hut Etiquette:

General:

  • Fill stoves and lanterns outside. Note that all the appliances here burn White Gas (aka Coleman Fuel or Naphtha). There are, in fact, no appliances here which run on kerosene.
  • There is an outhouse located roughly 30m North East of the hut, please use it. If it is buried in snow, dig it out and use it. The outhouse has a hand-crafted stained glass window.
  • There are two nearby tarns for drinking water, located about 100m SW and 100m E of the Hut. Please do everything you can to keep these tarns clean. Do not clean dishes, throw out food, or go to the washroom in the areas that drain into these tarns – even in winter.
  • In the winter, the snow near the hut is for drinking water, so don't put bad things there. Go in the direction of the outhouse, and go at least 20m before washing dishes etc.
  • Please open the door when cooking, to let out the steam. The hut was constructed with vapour barrier, and there is no place for steam to escape to.
  • Pack out what you pack in. Do not leave things (even food) in the hut, especially your garbage. The only exception is white gas, which can be left in the lanterns, stove or the 1 gallon tins.
  • Remove boots before going upstairs.
  • Close and latch all windows and doors when you leave. Don't forget about the outhouse and woodshed.
  • Add an entry to the hut log book (on the shelf) to let us know how your trip went.

Wood Stove and Heating:

  • The wood stove can be adjusted to consume fuel rapidly and send the heat out the chimney (knob out), or slowly and put out maximum heat to the hut (knob in). The knob should only be out when lighting the stove.
  • Do not cut or split wood inside the hut or on the porch. Do this outside, and use a second piece of wood if you need a base. There is a hatchet and saw provided for this purpose.
  • Firewood is from the old hut (East down the hill), deposited in the woodshed to the West and also piled beside the Hut. Wood found under the hut is not to be used for firewood.
  • Please leave a small amount of wood inside the hut, dry and ready for the next user. Not a lot, but a little.
  • Please be conservative with firewood, once the scraps are gone firewood will have to be flown in at great cost. The hut is very well insulated, and will warm quickly with just the lanterns in spring and fall. If the firewood disappears too fast and nobody is paying their $5, the VOC will be forced to lock the stove for paying parties.
  • Please restock the woodshed from the scrap wood piled beside (not under) the hut – but please remove any nails first. Do NOT cut down living trees – they take a long time to grow up here and do not even burn well anyway.
  • Ashes go in the metal can provided.
  • If you want to keep the upstairs cooler than downstairs (when the wood stove is burning), close all the downstairs windows. This will draw cool air in through the hole in the roof around the stovepipe. Open the upstairs window if you need more cool air.

To our non-VOC Guests:

All VOC huts are left unlocked because we in the VOC believe backcountry huts should be available to all. However, although the love and volunteer labour we put into our huts is free, building supplies are not. As such we ask, on the honour system, that all non-VOC members pay $5 per person per night to help build and maintain our huts.

This $5 per person per night can be left in the blue deposit box in the stairwell, or sent to:

UBC Varsity Outdoors Club

Box 98, Student Union Building

6138 Student Union Mall

Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2B9

You may, of course, also use the above address if you notice pressing maintenance requirements or wish to send letters of praise. Further information about joining the VOC can be found on our website: www.ubc-voc.com

There is no reservation or priority system, and there is always room for one more.

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