Posts and Trip Reports

Mount Denny is no exception to the list of summits I've desired for many years already. I first heard...

Saturday, June 2 2018 was looking like a mixed bag of Spring weather. Phil and I decided to play...

Wietse, Phil, Calvin and I took advantage of yet another great May weather forecast on Sunday, May 27th 2018...

On a very warm Friday, May 25, 2018, I finally got to ascend a front-range peak in the Ghost...

On Saturday, May 19, 2018, Wietse and I finally completed a nice front range hiking / scrambling loop that...

Summit Elevation (m): 2310Trip Date: Sunday, May 13, 2018Elevation Gain (m): 850Round Trip Time (hr): 7Total Trip Distance (km): 15.5Quick ‘n Dirty Rating:...

On Saturday, May 12 2018, Wietse and I managed to summit a peak that's been on my to-do list...

Hanneke had a rare opportunity to join me for a hike on Sunday, May 6th 2018 so I figured...

Summit Elevation (m): 2066Trip Date: Friday, May 4, 2018Elevation Gain (m): 1050Round Trip Time (hr): 8.5Total Trip Distance (km): 22.5Quick ‘n Dirty Rating:...

The weather during the work week (of course) has been gorgeous so far in late April and early May...

After completing a very pleasant scramble / hike on Etherington-Baril Ridge I stupidly decided that I should cap off...

Saturday, April 28 2018 was forecast to be summer time in Alberta! After a bitterly long and cold winter,...

Most of my Wapta summits have had brilliant blue skies and views to die for. Mount Rhondda was not...

Since it was a gorgeous day and it only took me approximately 2 hours to bag my first summit...

Summit Elevation (m): 1738Trip Date: Sunday, April 22, 2018Elevation Gain (m): 370Round Trip Time (hr): 2Total Trip Distance (km): 7.2Quick ‘n Dirty Rating:...

You know it's been a long winter when Phil and I go up a treed bump with no summit...

It had been a while since Phil and I had gotten up to anything and when plans for a...

After skiing to the summit of Mount Field the day before, I was ready to enjoy another perfect winter...

Finally on March 10 of 2018 I managed to ski a peak that's been on my hit-list for many...

For our 20th wedding anniversary, Hanneke and I decided that a trip to Cuba was the perfect way to celebrate this...

I was getting a bit antsy after spending too much time in the concrete jungle for the past few...

Quartz Hill has been on my radar ever since I first skied the Sunshine Meadows way back in 2007...

I have a bit of a thing for meteors for some reason, and I've tried capturing photos of them...