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 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
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.
- Champagne
- Emma VB
- Richard So (good at collapsing snowcaves)
- Ran Z
- Justin Hall
- Lewis Kitchen (Is really warm)
- Dan Boland
- 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!)
- Breanne Johnson
- 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
- Diana Dragomir
- Rozzy
- Chantelle Chan
- Ralph Bragg (Emma VB's Brother!:))
- Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine
- Nichole Holdbak
- Eleanor Humphrey
- Laura Morrison (winter camping exp., was on this last year)
- Manuela Hayn
- Jasmine McEachern
- Lee Wasilenko
- Afton Halloran
- Sophia Toft Moulton
- Jeremy Sklad
- Matthew Carroll (have built and slept in various snow shelters, sometimes large, dry, and intentional, sometimes small, wet, and unplanned)
- Elissa Smith
- Silja Hund
- Daniel Ehing
- Robyn Hooper
- Emily Ackroyd
- Jason B
- Jochen Stoll
- Colin V
- Jill Kennedy (went winter camping/snowshoeing once, has never built a snowcave before)
- Meghan S. Anderson <--(Evil twin of # 19)(No, there are TWO Meghan Andersons in the club now)
- Sverre Frisch
- Andrew McGechaen
- Tif shen
- Sarah Long
- Eddie Rothschild (loves winter camping and wants to try helping make a big snow cave this time)
- Kai Chaplin
- Veenstra, Christian
- Veenstra, Line
- Kristina Lidstone
- Rebecca Seifert
- Mike Blicker
- Phil Tomlinson
- Jasper Clarke
- Matthew Baker
- Kaan Ersahin (exp. in winter camping, have built a snowcave before, has a four-season tent)
- Jessica Rose
- Roland Burton (unless I can find a really tough crew of diggers, I'm tenting)
- Jannu Casanova (winter camped only once)
- Eric Deal
- Sam Trounce
- Anne Vialettes
- Piotr Forysinski
- Ed Estabrook
- Ryan Vandecasteyen
- Ryan Stelzer
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)
- 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
- Meg Anderson
- Colin Pither
- Emma VB
- Champagne
- Ralph Bragg
- Diana Dragomir
- 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)
- Eleanor Humphrey
- Laura Morrison (at UBC)
- Manuela Hayn
- Sophia Toft Moulton (UBC)
- Chantelle Chan
- Rebecca Seifert
- Emily Ackroyd
- Agathe Lemaire
- Jochen Stoll
- Jill Kennedy (Dunbar)
- Sverre Frisch
- Sarah Long (UBC)
- Phil Tomlinson
- Jasper Clarke
- Kaan Ersahin (W.4th @ Blenheim)
- Adrian Martynkiw
- Jessica Rose
- Breanne Johnson (UBC)
- Ryan Stelzer (lives in Richmond)