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==Synopsis==
==What?==


Veenstra is organizing a beginner trip to the [[Brew Hut]].  People interested in participating should probably have some winter camping skills, have carried an over night pack and have been on backcountry skis before '''or be very keen/tough/willing to suffer a bit'''.  The last point is key - if you don't mind suffering and are in reasonable shape, I'll make sure you make it to the hut.
A hiking trip to one of the VOC huts this weekend.  It will probably be the Brew Hut, since it's the closest, but other options include the Harrison Hut or the Phelix Hut.
 
In fact, that's the whole point.  This should be a trip in the classic VOC skiing style - a bunch of keen VOCers, never having been on tele skis before, will tough their way up to the hut and discover that (despite the suffering) they really love the mountains in winter.  Exchange students who've never seen snow before are ideal, and this is probably the best place to start if you want to be skiing across the Garibaldi Neve this spring (this, or one of Roland's Red Heather trips...).
 
Past trips of this style have taken anywhere from 4 to 17.5 hours to reach the hut (in the good old days before GPSs sometimes they didn't find the hut at all).  Days are short and the snow is fluffy - so put your headlamp at the top of your pack.


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== Sign Up ==
== Sign Up ==


{{Trip signup|day=22|month=11|year=2008|open=14|pretrip=3}}


Nominal capacity is '''12''', and the most I've ever seem the hut hold was '''16''' (it was crowded).  Let's try and keep enough hut space for the beginners, and those looking after them.
Nominal capacity is '''12''', and the most I've ever seem the hut hold was '''16''' (it was crowded).  Let's try and keep enough hut space for the beginners, and those looking after them.

Revision as of 01:56, 30 October 2008

Old Trip
This is the sign up and organization page for an old trip. It already happened. Please do not sign up for it.

What?

A hiking trip to one of the VOC huts this weekend. It will probably be the Brew Hut, since it's the closest, but other options include the Harrison Hut or the Phelix Hut.

Date

The trip meeting is Wednesday November 19st, 6:00pm, in the clubroom

The trip is November 22nd - 23rd, 2008

Equipment List

Main article: Intro_to_Backcountry_Skiing#Equipment_List
or see template:gear list:backcountry skiing hut trip

Please consult the above links for all information regarding proper skiing clothing and gear. In winter especially, none of your clothing should be made out of cotton. Anything wool or synthetic is probably safe. Just remember, Cotton Kills.

Sign Up

Nominal capacity is 12, and the most I've ever seem the hut hold was 16 (it was crowded). Let's try and keep enough hut space for the beginners, and those looking after them.

Signup for hut space

Trip leaders (email me first)

  1. Veenstra
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Beginners













About tents...

If you would still like to come, you can bring a tent - but it must be a 4-season mountaineering tent. The hut is on a very windy col, and a 3 season tent will likely not survive. You are also not encouraged to plan on a snowcave without bringing a tent backup. The snow close to the hut is usually poor for snowcaving (if there is enough - this is November) and we will likely arrive well after dark (at winter longhike the days are substantially longer, and most beginners take the better part of a day to build theirs).

Extra space on the trip for people with tents will depend on the number of experienced people who are coming with tents.

Rides

Please indicate here if you have a car, where you are leaving from and how many people you can transport.

Veenstramobile, leaving from Dunbar and 21st

  1. Veenstra
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Carless People

For people that don't have a car

  • Name, leaving location
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