Archive:Winter Longhike 2009

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Introduction

Everything is different when you go into the backcountry in the winter; that's why there is Winter Longhike, an introductory trip for winter camping. This is usually a big trip with lots of keen people aboard who want to get out, learn some new skills, and sleep in their very own snow shelter while still managing to have fun too. It's an easy, beginner friendly trip, so if you've never even seen snow before you can still have a good time. Other fun activities that often happen at Winter Longhike are a cooking competition, sing alongs, costume competitions, and the occasional great ski run on Sunday.

Past destinations have included:

• Red Heather Meadows in Garibaldi Park
• Fat Dog Creek in Manning Park
• Falls Lake (Coquihalla)
• Mt. Seymour

Date

January 10^th - 11^th, 2009

Pre-trip Meeting

There will also be a mandatory dry school on Tuesday, January 6^th @ 6pm in Buchanan A106 to arrange rides, food, driving instructions, and go over some snowcave theory.

Location

Buchanan A 106

Directions

BUCHANAN BUILDING BLOCK A (Wayfinding at UBC)

Location

Red Heather, Diamondhead Area, Garibaldi Provincial Park

Equipment List

Personal

In winter especially, none of your clothing should be made out of cotton. Anything synthetic is safe. Just remember, Cotton Kills.

• sleeping pad
• sleeping bag (rated for winter, or 3 season if you sleep warm)
• garbage bags (2-3)
• warm jacket (fleece or down)
• warm pants (fleece or thick long underwear)
• long underwear
• layers (fleece or wool sweaters)
• toque, mitts (2 pairs, or a set of waterproof shells)
• goggles and avalanche beacon if skiing Sunday
• warm socks (2 pairs, wool/wool mix)
• waterproof jacket (goretex or coated nylon)
• waterproof pants (goretex or coated nylon)
• gaiters
• cup, bowl, spoon, knife
• good waterproof boots (wax them before the trip) or ski boots
• skis and skins if skiing, or snowshoes
• poles
• toothbrush etc.
• sunscreen and glasses (we can hope, right?)
• water bottle (1L)
• lunch, snacks, breakfast, dinner contribution (in winter you will need 2500-3500 calories per day, fat-rich stuff keeps you warm)
• headlamp
• gas money for your driver
• camera if you want

If you want to go skiing on Sunday before heading out to the cars, make sure to bring

• avalanche transceiver
• shovel
• probe (optional but recommended)

Small Group

3-4 people per group, organized at trip meeting along with car groups

• shovels (1-2)
• probe
• stove + fuel + lighter (you'd be surprised how often one of these stays home)
• pots

Big Group

Everyone

• first aid kits (2)
• song books (4)
• snow saw
• maps, compass, etc

Sign Up

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Put your name down as well as if you have any experience winter camping or building snowcaves.

1. Champagne
2. Emma VB
3. Richard So (good at collapsing snowcaves)
4. Ran Z
   
5. Justin Hall
6. Lewis Kitchen (Is really warm)
7. Dan Boland
8. Agathe Lemaire(Will be away during the Dry School, make sure I have a ride for 2 from 8th and St-George(5bloc east of kingway, Thanks!)
9. Breanne Johnson
10. Christian S. (built a couple with varying degrees of success)
11. Adrian Martynkiw
12. Eliza Boyce
13. Artem Bylinskii
14. Will Whitty (lots and lots of winter camping, some snow cave and quinzhee building)
15. Colin Pither (only winter camping experiences have been in quinzhees)
16. Tony Higginson
17. Andrew Turner
18. Meg Anderson
19. Lisa Erdal
20. Diana Dragomir
21. Rozzy
22. Chantelle Chan
23. Ralph Bragg (Emma VB's Brother!:))
24. Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine
25. Nichole Holdbak
26. Eleanor Humphrey
27. Laura Morrison (winter camping exp., was on this last year)
28. Manuela Hayn
29. Jasmine McEachern
30. Lee Wasilenko
31. Afton Halloran
32. Sophia Toft Moulton
33. Jeremy Sklad
34. Matthew Carroll (have built and slept in various snow shelters, sometimes large, dry, and intentional, sometimes small, wet, and unplanned)
35. Elissa Smith
36. Silja Hund
37. Daniel Ehing
38. Robyn Hooper
39. Emily Ackroyd
40. Jason B
41. Jochen Stoll
42. Colin V
43. Jill Kennedy (went winter camping/snowshoeing once, has never built a snowcave before)
44. Meghan S. Anderson <--(Evil twin of # 19)(No, there are TWO Meghan Andersons in the club now)
45. Sverre Frisch
46. Andrew McGechaen
47. Tif shen
48. Sarah Long
49. Eddie Rothschild (loves winter camping and wants to try helping make a big snow cave this time)
50. Kai Chaplin
51. Veenstra, Christian
52. Veenstra, Line
53. Kristina Lidstone
54. Rebecca Seifert
55. Mike Blicker
56. Phil Tomlinson
57. Jasper Clarke
58. Matthew Baker
59. Kaan Ersahin (exp. in winter camping, have built a snowcave before, has a four-season tent)
60. Jessica Rose
61. Roland Burton (unless I can find a really tough crew of diggers, I'm tenting)
62. Jannu Casanova (winter camped only once)
63. Eric Deal
64. Sam Trounce
65. Anne Vialettes
66. Piotr Forysinski
67. Ed Estabrook
68. Ryan Vandecasteyen
69. Ryan Stelzer
70. Alasdair Burns

Rides

Since this is such a big trip, rides are usually coordinated at the dry school to match drivers with passengers who live close to them. However, please indicate here if you have a car, where you are leaving from and how many people you can transport.

• Driver's Name [email, location leaving from, # of passengers]

• Eliza Boyce [ejunkza@gmail.com, East Van, 4 more passengers if everyone packs light]

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• Matthew Carroll (email, Kits, 6 passengers)

1. Do not sign up in this vehicle yet, it's a CAN rental minivan, and we will determine if it is needed at the pre-trip meeting. If not, the booking will be canceled.
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• Mike Blicker [mikeblicker@gmail.com, Kits, +3 passengers]

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Carless

1. Meg Anderson
2. Colin Pither
3. Emma VB
4. Champagne
5. Ralph Bragg
6. Diana Dragomir
7. Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine (but can rent and drive car without the cost of insurance, which comes free with my credit card; i.e. volunteer driver)
8. Eleanor Humphrey
9. Laura Morrison (at UBC)
10. Manuela Hayn
11. Sophia Toft Moulton (UBC)
12. Chantelle Chan
13. Rebecca Seifert
14. Emily Ackroyd
15. Agathe Lemaire
16. Jochen Stoll
17. Jill Kennedy (Dunbar)
18. Sverre Frisch
19. Sarah Long (UBC)
20. Phil Tomlinson
21. Jasper Clarke
22. Kaan Ersahin (W.4th @ Blenheim)
23. Adrian Martynkiw
24. Jessica Rose
25. Breanne Johnson (UBC)
26. Ryan Stelzer (lives in Richmond)