Posts and Trip Reports

Welcome to explor8ion! I hope that my adventures can inspire you to complete your own - whether they are...

This was another wonderful day in the hills, spending time under a brilliant blue sky with incredible views in...

In 2007 I made my first attempt at Bident Mountain, looming high over Consolation Pass and Lakes in Banff...

After years of planning a late summer ascent of Pulpit Peak, I slowly switched my plans to a winter...

Despite the very poor ski conditions on most of the route, we still enjoyed the workout and the few...

I greatly enjoyed the Goat Mountain scramble route from Jura Creek. What's not to like for the typical Rockies...

I returned to the empty parking lot 11 hours after leaving it - just as the sun continued setting...

I enjoyed this hike quite a bit. It's very similar to something like Healy Pass / Egypt Lakes or...

Yes, Vista Peak is unofficial, lowly and unremarkable in almost every way. BUT. Its location made it worthwhile for...

Mount Allenby is a trip I won't soon be forgetting. I can't recommend the south ridge as a scramble...

After hundreds of laps on Prairie Mountain, I wanted to write a short article on the do's and don'ts...

It was nice to see so many folks out enjoying a beautiful late summer day. Bow Lake has gotten...

Takakkaw Peak is like many other peak in Yoho National Park. It's incredibly scenic with far reaching views over...

Despite tagging both summits, Profound and Osgood will not go down as my favorite ascents of 2023, simply due...

Mount Antevs was a lovely afternoon ascent with no pressure to go quick under a perfect late summer sky....

Abstruse Peak is like many other big, remote peaks I've done this year. The ascent was almost anticlimactic compared...

Laughing Bears Creek will always stand out in my mind as a quintessential Rockies backcountry adventure. I've been planning...

Doug Lutz recently scrambled the entire north ridge of Whistling Rock Peak and reported back a straightforward descent down...

I've had an idea for a few years now, to replicate a trip that So Nakagawa did years ago...

Standing on yet another remote peak with yet another likely 3rd ascent also felt pretty darn good. In a...

Smoky Mountain is likely one of the easiest peaks I've ascended in the area other than maybe Whimper Peak,...

This trip lived up to everything I thought it would be. A fantastic backcountry adventure in pristine landscapes, exploring...

Some days in the hills turn out far better than expected given the forecast conditions. Other days turn out...

It was incredible to exit that huge south face of Puma Peak, knowing the route not only went -...