Thanks to the recent donation of some UBC Varsity Outdoor Club (VOC) Journals to our research collection, we’ve been enjoying learning more about how the VOC Cabin came to be. Last week we took a look at the long search for a site, which culminated in 1965 with a piece of land in today’s Nordic […][...]
Last week we mentioned a recent donation of journals published by the UBC Varsity Outdoor Club (VOC) in the 1960s, covering the period during which the VOC Cabin in Whistler was built. Combined with an oral history conducted with Karl Ricker (who donated the journals) last year, the journals provide a lot of information about […][...]
Back in September 2020 we posted photos on our social media of exploratory trips taken by the UBC Varsity Outdoor Club (VOC) in 1964 and the construction of the VOC Cabin from 1965. The photos were donated by Karl Ricker, a VOC member who had substantial involvement in the VOC Cabin. Recently, Ricker brought in […][...]
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 […][...]