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 10th - 11th, 2009
Pre-trip Meeting
There will also be a mandatory dry school on Tuesday,January 6 @ 6pm (location TBD) to arrange rides, food, driving instructions, and go over some snowcave theory.
Location
TBD
Directions
TBD
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.
- Champagne
- Emma VB
- Richard So (good at collapsing snowcaves)
- Ran Z
- Laura C (previous winter camping experience *in tents, never in a snowcave* and a decade of snow shoveling experience)
- Justin Hall
- Lewis Kitchen (Is really warm)
- Dan Boland
- Agathe Lemaire
- Breanne Johnson
- Ignacio R (never camped in the snow, but have sweet sandcastle-building skills)
- Christian S. (built a couple with varying degrees of success)
- Adrian Martynkiw
- Eliza Boyce
- Artem Bylinskii
- Will Whitty (lots and lots of winter camping, some snow cave and quinzhee building)
- Colin Pither (only winter camping experiences have been in quinzhees)
- Tony Higginson
- Andrew Turner
- Meg Anderson
- Lisa Erdal
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)
Carless
- Meg Anderson