Ice / Snow Archives | Coast Mountain Gothic: A History of the Gothic Arch Mountain Hut

Mamquam Lake Area

Hikers can access trails from near the Elfin Lakes Hut that will bring them to the Mamquam and Isoscoles Mountains in Garibaldi Provincial Park.

Castle Towers Mountain in Garibaldi Provincial Park

The three distinct peaks of Castle Towers Mountain have made it a popular climbing destination for the Clubs.

Skiers on Whistler Mountain

The Clubs were very active in the early success of Whistler as a new ski recreation area in the 1960s. With the increased commercialization of the resort, the […]

Climbing Glaciers

Learning to climb glaciers is an example of a camp or class offered by the Mountaineering Clubs to its members and the general public.

The Sphinx

The Sphinx Peak located south east of Garibaldi Lake and its large glacier has two tongues leading down to Sphinx Bay. While the UBC-VOC popularized the area for […]

Black Tusk in Winter

The black volcanic peak of the Black Tusk covered in a light dusting of snow and the surrounding mountaintops covered in the heavy, wet and deep snow that […]

Mount Garibaldi

Captain George Vancouver was the first European to set eyes on Mount Garibaldi during his exploration of Howe Sound. However, the mountain was named in 1860 by Captain […]

Mount Waddington

W.A. Don and Phyllis Munday discovered the Mountain in the mid-1920s and had originally called it ‘Mystery Mountain’. They spent over a decade exploring the mountain peaks near […]

Gruenhornhutte built by the Swiss Alpine Club in 1863

Gruenhornhutte was the first alpine hut built by a European Mountaineering Club near Mount Todis in the Glarus Alps. Over a century and a half later, there are […]

First ski trip to Harrison Hut, November 1983

UBC-VOC’s first ski trip to Harrison Hut, November 1983, Jacques Bilinski stands in the doorway.

Brew Hut 3

Brew Hut 3 was the third hut built and yet another location chosen by the UBC-VOC Club on Mount Brew.

VOCers head out from the Burton Hut in the 1970s

VOCers heading out for a ski tour from Burton Hut in the 1970s.