Archive:Winter Longhike 2009

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Introduction

Main article: Winter Longhike

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 6th @ 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

TBA

Equipment List

Main article: Winter Longhike

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

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]




  • 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.





  • Mike Blicker [mikeblicker@gmail.com, Kits, +3 passengers]



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
  18. Sverre Frisch
  19. Sarah Long (UBC)
  20. Ishwarya Chaitanya
  21. Phil Tomlinson
  22. Jasper Clarke
  23. Kaan Ersahin (W.4th @ Blenheim)
  24. Adrian Martynkiw
  25. Jessica Rose
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