Archive:Trip Agenda 2010

January

This is where we put trips after they have already happened.

• January 4^th – Term 2 begins, Winter Session: All faculties.

• January 9^th - 10^th – Winter Longhike 2010

• January 16^th - 17^th – Avalanche course (AST 1)
  • One day at Seymour and one day at Whistler COURSE IS FULL

• January 16^th - 17^th – Avalanche course (AST 1)
  • Two days at Seymour COURSE IS FULL

• January 22^nd - 29^th – VIMFF 2010

• January 23^rd – Tele School 2010

• January 23^rd - 24^th – Avalanche course (AST1)
  • One day at Seymour and one day at Whistler Course is full

• January 23^rd - 24^th and 30^th - 31^st – Advanced avalanche course (AST 2)
  • Cancelled due to insufficient participants

• January 30^th - 31^st – Intro to Backcountry Skiing 2010
  • Two parties, led by Christian and Christian
• January 30^th - 31^st – Intermediate level ski trip to Phelix

February

• February 5^th – VOC Beer Garden

• February 7^th – Beginner day trip to Red Heather

• February 6^th - 7^th – Beginner Ski Trip Feb 6-7, 2010 to Brew Hut

• February 11^th – VOC joins Olympic Torch Relay at UBC

• February 13^th - 14^th: Snowshoe trip to Brew Hut CANCELLED, Roland has a cold
  • See Message Board or email Roland

• February 15^th - 26^th: Two-week extended mid-term break for most faculties.

• February 14^th - ? – Sphinx Ski Camp 2010
  • Includes Intro to Ski Mountaineering (February 19^th - 21^st)

• February 20^th – VOC Journal Submission Deadline
  • See Message Board or wiki for details on how to get your stories in print.

March

• March 1^st: Back in class after huge break.

• March 6^th - 7^th – Beverley Creek trail marking put up signs and trail markers in Beverley Creek. Beginners welcome.

• March 9^th – VOCJ EDITING EXTRAVAGANZA 2010 at the Veenstra's

• March 11^th – VOC joins Paralympic Torch Relay at UBC Cancelled

• March 13^th - 14^th – Janine's Trip to Phelix Hut

• March 19^th - 21^st – Joint ACC/VOC Garibaldi Neve Traverse 2010

• March 27^th - 28^th – Hanging Lake trail marking put up signs and trail markers along route from Whistler Olympic Park to Hanging Lake.

• March 29^th – Climbing Wall Competition 2010

April

• April 2^nd - April 5^th – Easter: University closed.

• April 2^nd - April 5^th – Backcountry ski trip to Brew Hut (see Trips message board)

• April 2^nd - April 5^th – Climbing @ Vantage, WA

• April 7^th – VOC Banquet 2010
  • AGM, 2010 - 2011 VOC Exec Elections, 2010 - 2011 Budget, Slideshow, Dinner, VOCJ52

• April 10^th – Kayaking trip
  • Note: Should have some kayaking experience (at least some pool sessions).

• April 15^th – Last day of classes for most faculties.
  • Note: Memberships sold after this date will expire in September 2011

• April 17^th - 18^th – Wilderness First Aid April 2010 With Slipstream 20hrs
  • Note: Registration closed.

• April 19^th – Term 2 examinations begin (day and evening classes) for most faculties.

• Thursday April 22^nd First (monthly) exec meeting 12:30 Clubroom (3rd Thu of the month)

May

• May 1^st – Last day of Term 2 examinations for most faculties.

• May 2^nd – WW Kayaking trip_May 2nd. Some experience required

• May 2^nd – Bike ride to pie - May 2nd

• May 4^th – May 2010 MEC Clubs Night - come to MEC after hours, get 10% off, and find out about MEC, and how the VOC and ACC work together! -Champagne (or Jacob)

• Wednesday May 5^th – VOC Summer BBQ First monthly VOC BBQ of the summer!

• May 16^th MEC gear swap. Buy/sell good stuff at good prices.

• May 22 ^nd- 23^rd - 24^th Brew Hut recce trip -Geoff

• May 29 ^th- 30^th Son of Rock

June

• Wednesday June 2^nd VOC Summer BBQ VOC BBQ first Wed each month of the summer!

• 2010 June 5-6 Ring Callaghan Traverse On skis.

• June 12^th/13^th Geoff's Beginner Friendly Mountaineering Trip

• June 23^rd, 7pm. Get that monkey off your back: A workshop for packing lighter, cohosted by James Murphy and others

• June 26^th-27^th Official Brew Hut Renovation Workhike

July

• July 1^st Skypilot on Canada Day, We'll celebrate Canada's birthday by scrambling Skypilot.

• July 1 - 4 Mt Mamquam on skis. Contact Line Veenstra

• July 2 - 4 Phelix Hut with the ACC . Contact Rob Brusse, ACC

• July 1^st - 4^th 2010 July 1-4 Skaha Mellow trip out to Skaha to do some climbing on a sort of long weekend.

• Wednesday July 7^th VOC Summer BBQ VOC BBQ first Wed each month of the summer

• July 24-25 Lizzie Creek Cabin Workhike trail work (Steve ) Hut work (Geoff), bridge work ?

• July 30^th-Aug 2^nd BC Day Todd's Beginner Friendly Brian Waddington Hut Scrambling Trip

• July 30^th-Aug 2^nd BC Day Geoff's August Long Weekend Tantalus Trip

August

• Wednesday Aug 4^th VOC Summer BBQ VOC BBQ first Wed each month of the summer

• Aug 7-8^th (Sat-Sun) Veenstra's annual "Moderate Friendly Summer Traverse" around Powder Mountain

• Aug 9-12^th (Mon-Thurs) Multi-day Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island bike trip Bike touring loop

• Aug 14-15^th (Sat-Sun) Veenstra's annual "Moderate Friendly Summer Traverse" around Powder Mountain postponed to here due to weather.

September

• Wednesday Sept 1^st VOC Summer BBQ VOC BBQ first Wed each month of the summer, but it might not be summer any more.

• Sept 4^th-5^th-6^th Mountaineering Camp 2010 Jacob

• Sept 11^th-12^th Brew Hut trip

• Sept 18^th-19^th Glacier_School_2010

• Sept 22^nd-24^th Clubs Days 2010 Come out and volunteer at our VOC booth, to help us recruit new members! Your volunteering counts as a workhike.

• Sept 25^th-26^th Beginner Friendly Needle Peak Scramble

• Sept 25^th-26^th Callaghan Ski Trails Workhike

• Monday Sept 27^th Intro night 2010 Let Veenstra show you how to get on trips, how to get a ride, how to use the wiki and the notice board, how to organize trips and all that stuff. Everything you ever wanted to know about the VOC.

• Wed Sept 29^th, 7pm, MATH 100 Longhike pretrip meeting You should attend this if you are going on Longhike.

• Thursday Sept 30^th, 6:30pm Slide show at the clubroom Scott W. will showcase his recent trip to Baffin island.

• Thursday Sept 30^th 8 - 10 pm Kayak Polo. All are welcome

October

• Oct 1^st-3^rd Longhike 2010 The VOC's best climbing and partying event. All tickets have now been sold.

• Oct 6^th Slide show Breanne will talk about her summers in the Arctic (clubroom, 7pm).

• Oct 9^th Emily's Beginner-friendly High Falls Creek Daytrip

• Oct 9^th-10^th Laura's Beginner-friendly Ossa Mountain trip

• Oct 9^th-11^th Vantage-Leavenworth rock climbing trip

• Tuesday Oct 12^th 8 - 10 pm Kayak Polo. All are welcome

• Oct 13^th Slide show Ira Sutherland will either show cool videos or stuff from his trip to South America (clubroom, 7pm).

• Oct 13^th-15^th Ski and Board Week volunteers needed

• Oct 16^th Skyler's Golden Ears Day Hike Beginner-friendly day hike/scramble up the Golden Ears or maybe Colliseum

• October 16^th-17^th Gili/Caitlin's Indian Arm kayak trip

• October 16^rd-17^th Maki & Kathrin to Brew Hut. Last chance to get firewood in before the snow flies.

• Oct 20^th Slide show Veentra, Line, Kjell and Steve: Waddington range the old-fashioned way (note, not in the clubroom but in MATX 1100, 7pm) (watch YouTube trailer).

• October 23^rd Laura's Mount MacDonald Day Scramble

• October 23^rd-24^thFall Phelix workhike 2010led by Veenstra. Fix outhouse roof, work on trail, improve ski lines on logging road.

• October 23^rd-24^th Emily's Garibaldi Lake Weekend & Black Tusk Side Trip!

• October 23^rd - 24^th Backcountry Hotsprings

• Tuesday Oct 26^th 8 - 10 pm Kayak Polo. All are welcome

• Tuesday Oct 26^th 5 - 6:30 pm Intro to Orienteering 2010

• October 27^th Slide show: "The Island of Your Dreams: A Few Trips on Vancouver Island" by Gili Rosenberg and Maya Goldstein (clubroom, 7:30 pm)

• October 29^th-31^st Annual Skaha Halloween Climb Stuff (Rock) Trip with Todd

• October 30^th Kathryn's Coliseum Mountain trip

• October 30^th-31^st Hiking/Ski trip to Russet Lake Hut Message board post

• October 31^st Doris' Spooky Brandywine Scramble

November

• November 3^th Slide show: "Training for climbing, avoiding injuries" by Sabrina Burkhardt (clubroom, 7pm

• November 4^th V.O.C. Gear Swap: Come buy and/or sell stuff from 18:30-2100

• November 6^th Beginner-friendly day hike to Lynn Peak

• November 6^th-7^th Beginner-friendly trip up Mt Cook and Weart

• Nov 9^th (Tuesday) ACC/VOC clubsnight with MEC (10% off!)

• Tuesday November 9^th 7:30 - 9:30 pm Kayak Polo. All are welcome

• Wednesday November 10^th Slide show: "Climbing in South Africa" by Dan Gainer (clubroom, 7pm)

• November 11^th-14^th Smith Rock 2010: Escaping the rain for one last climbing trip in Oregon.

• Friday November 12th - Cutoff Date for payment for Block 1 AST1

• November 11-14^th Breanne and Vicky's "Phelix the Hut" ski trip

• November 13^th-14^th Annual Beginner Friendly Skiing Debacle to Brew Hut

• November 16^th Sitka Surfboards Buy Night CANCELLED but if you want VOC prices at Sitka, bring your membership card with you when you go shopping there

• Wednesday November 17^th Slide show: "How I met and climbed Mt. Bryce" by Yan Pennec (clubroom, 7pm)

• Saturday November 20^th Day trip to Red Heather for those of us who have to study

• November 20^th-21^st Red Heather skiing + tenting trip for those who can afford Sat + Sun

• November 23^th - 25^th VIMFF Fall 2010 Speaker Series

• Tuesday November 23^rd 7:30 - 9:30 pm Kayak Polo. All are welcome

• Wednesday November 24^th Slide show: "The pipedreams project: 3 kayakers, 900 km, 2 months" by Faroe Des Roches (clubroom, 7pm)

• November 27^th Beginner Friendly Day trip to Hollyburn [on our web site]

• November 27^th-28^th Beginner Friendly Skiing Debacle to Phelix Hut with hopefully more snow

• November 27^th-28^th Doris' Intro to Backcountry Skiing at Elfin Lakes

• November 27^th-28^th Skookum E Branch Logging Road Alder Thrash & Make Merry Party

• Monday November 29^th VOC's Winter Social 2010, in The Gallery Lounge

• Tuesday November 30^th - Evening Session for Block 1 AST1

December

• Wednesday Dec 1, Jared Stanley Mountain Safety/Avalanche Lecture 7pm, MATH 100 no charge for this

• Wednesday Dec 1 - Beacon practice session

• Dec 4-5 - Weekend Session for Block 1 AST1

• Saturday Dec 4 - Geoff's Beginner Friendly Day Trip to Coliseum Mountain

• Friday Dec 10 - Intuition Buy Night

• Dec 11-12 Brew_Hut_Snowshoe_and_Potluck

• Tuesday December 14th - Cutoff Date for payment for Block 2 AST1 and Block 5 AST2

• Dec 18-19 Beginner Friendly Black Tusk Meadows Phil T

• Dec 18-20 Russet Lake Ski (or Snowshoe?) Trip Anna Szeitz

• Dec 27 - Jan 3 Annual Brian Waddington new year trip