A couple weeks ago we took a look at how the UBC Varsity Outdoor Club built their cabin in Whistler before it was taken over by the AMS. We’re continuing our look at the VOC this week with the construction of the Brew Huts. Following the student referendum in 1980 that awarded the UBC-VOC $30,000 […][...]
In the mid-1960s the UBC Varsity Outdoor Club (VOC) was looking for a place to build a new Club Cabin as the Parks Board was opposed to privately owned cabins operating on Mount Seymour. The Club set its sights on the newly developing outdoor recreation area, Whistler. They saw the opportunity as a chance to […][...]
For almost 50 years the Himmelsbach Hut has sat perched near Russet Lake at the head of Singing Pass. The hut was built by the British Columbia Mountaineering Club (BCMC) and named after carpenter and long-time Whistler local Werner Himmelsbach. Construction of the hut was scheduled in September 1967. Dick Chambers, a member of the […][...]
Last fall we published a post about a volunteer work day at the Wendy Thompson Hut, and another about Building the Himmelsbach Hut, and at the end of the latter story included the vague sentence “we will also be producing more content about the rest of the gothic arch huts in the coming months both on […][...]