Archive:Winter Longhike 2011

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, 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

Christian Veenstra is organizing this trip, but it would be best to post on the message board.

Date

January 8^th - 9^th, 2011

Pre-trip Meeting

Date: Wednesday, January 5^th, 2011
Location: BUCH A202
Time: 6:00pm

You are kidding yourself if you think Veestra has time to arrange personal details for you - there will likely be 100 people on this trip! At the pre-trip we will be covering some winter camping basics and arranging rides. You will also have the opportunity to interact with other VOCers and arrange snowcave groups and food groups at the pre-trip... If you absolutely can't make it, find somebody to represent you and make sure they have enough information to do so!

If you've sorted all this stuff out on your own that's fine. Email Veenstra and let him know you're coming, so we have an idea of the numbers and buy the correct number of poo bags.

• Note: This is all basically up to your driver, but we will be encouraging the pre-pay system for this trip. In order to ensure drivers are fairly and appropriately reimbursed even with flaky passengers, we are asking all passengers to bring the money for their driver to the pre-trip meeting. This will avoid the need to split up costs at the end of the trip and drivers won't have to worry about driving up with an empty car if their passengers bail. Check out this page to get an idea of the costs of taking a car on a VOC trip. The exact amount to be paid will be up to the discretion of each driver. Count on something like $5-$20 per passenger, depending where we go.

Location

The location will be at Mount Seymour Provincial Park, this is outside the ski resort area so it's free.

Getting there: driving

Google maps directions from UBC. But if you're not coming from UBC I'm sure you can figure it out, in these days of the internet.

We will be meeting at the NW end (ie keep going to the very end) of the highest parking lot, since this is where the backcountry access begins - however you must not park in the upper lot. Overnight parking is in the lower lot, the one with the sign which says "overnight parking" (you can drop off gear and then go park, if you like). If you park in the upper lot you may end up with your vehicle towed, search and rescue called, or both.

Getting there: bus

If you can't get a ride it is possible to take a shuttle bus to the mountain, and translink to where the shuttle bus leaves. Information on the Mt. Seymour shuttle bus is here.

Equipment List

Personal

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

• burly overcontainer for your poo bag (pack it in - pack it out!)
• sleeping pad, or two, if you have them.
• 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, or just boots if you can't get skis or snowshoes
• poles
• toothbrush etc.
• sunscreen and sunglasses (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)
• you don't need avalanche gear to ski down the road to the car, but you might want to do practice rescues.

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). If using white gas, for each person bring 150 mL.
• pots

Big Group

Everyone

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

Interested people

Remember that writing your name here does not ensure you get on the trip. Come to the pre-trip meeting. There is no limit on the numbers for this trip.

1. Veenstra
2. Stephanie Grothe
3. Clemens Adolphs
4. Gwyn Thomas
5. Marcin Mirski
6. Derry Lappin
7. Phil Tomlinson
8. Vicky Alfred
9. Conrad Koziol
10. Mariya Skvortsova
11. Caitlin Schneider
12. Michael Duncan
13. Riley Patterson
14. Julia Macdonald
15. Andrew Primavera
16. Sam Mckoy
17. Christopher Yearwood
18. Matt Parisien
19. Laura Morrison
20. Katherine Valentine
21. Shuvi (shuval haramati)
22. Charlie Beard
23. Champagne
24. Michael Uhlmann
25. Christina Schaldecker
26. Yanna Martinek
27. Nisan Haramati
28. Aidan Campbell
29. Laurent Roberge
30. Anthea Song
31. Tessa Terbasket
32. Chantelle Chan
33. Kathrin Lang
34. Lea Schanz
35. Dave Perez
36. Chester Hitz
37. Scott MacPherson
38. Cara McCulloch
39. Annie Maurer
40. Noriko Okamoto
41. Skyler
42. Nastassia Koenig
43. Rebecca Abernethy
44. Daniel Schweizer
45. Shelly Fan
46. Sophia Phillips
47. Emily Payne
48. Geoffrey Martin
49. Mrs. Veenstra
50. Carolyn Prentice
51. Len Goff
52. Anna Szeitz
53. Ran Z
54. Eva K
55. Evgeny Sorkin
56. Chelsea E
57. Liz K
58. Ashley Smith
59. Daniel Joseph
60. Tera Holmes
61. Cameroon Bathgate
62. Sida Zhou
63. Piotr Forysinski
64. Amelia Hardjasa
65. Shane Duan
66. Rebecca B
67. Phoebe Wong
68. Justin Lau
69. Tom Curran
70. Dan Eagen
71. Ryan Mckenzie
72. Murray Down
73. Rick Havlak
74. Jennifer Y
75. Alex Annejohn
76. Sebastian Max
77. Bieke Gils
78. Claire Bouffard
79. Nicole Ong
80. Jeff Taylor
81. Martin Matej
82. Christian Sampaleanu
83. Maddy Doherty
84. Emily Ackroyd
85. Shasta Coombes
86. Anthony Melnick
87. Nick M
88. Steve Mullen
89. Aisling Smyth
90. Roland Burton + tent. Come on, let's try for 100 people!
91. Jenny Tan
92. Aron Zahradka
93. Julia Stafford
94. Ali Mackeller
95. Nikki Urdle
96. Claire Haddock