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June 3, 2017

Two O’Clock Peak

In his trip report, Eric mentions that he side-hilled on the east side of Two O'Clock Peak before reaching...
June 3, 2017

Landslide Peak

We had two choices from the summit of Bridge Peak. Turn back and descend via Ernest Ross or fully...
June 3, 2017

Hector’s Peak (Bridge)

After leaving the summit of Ernest Ross it was time to traverse to the higher, and unofficially named, "Bridge...
June 3, 2017

Ernest Ross, Mount

Summit Elevation (m): 2454Trip Date: Saturday, June 03 2017Elevation Gain (m): 1050Quick ‘n Dirty Rating: Class 3 – you fall, you...
May 27, 2017

Sisyphean Life Lessons

Buddha says that most of life's suffering is caused by an endless cycle of human craving for impermanent things...
April 22, 2017

Turner, Mount

Summit Elevation (m): 2813Trip Date: April 22, 2017Elevation Gain (m): 1600Round Trip Time (hr): 13.5Total Trip Distance (km): 40Quick ‘n Dirty Rating: Class...
April 17, 2017

Ship’s Prow Mountain

Monday, April 17 I slept in until 08:30 with no intentions whatsoever to bag a peak. Ten minutes later...
April 16, 2017

Tent Mountain

On Sunday, April 16, 2017, I joined Phil R, Raf K and Taras for an easy snowshoe ascent of...
March 25, 2017

Waiparous Peak

After a long hiatus from peak bagging and pretty much any activity in the Rockies, other than resort skiing,...
January 28, 2017

Wawa Ridge

Saturday, January 28th, 2017 was the perfect day to finally knock the easy and short Wawa Ridge ski tour...
January 21, 2017

Zypher (Miller) Creek Hills (North Limestone Ridge)

With avalanche conditions at "considerable" in the alpine, we had several different options for the weekend of January 21...
January 14, 2017

Wolverine Ridge

Summit Elevation (m): 2412Trip Date: January 14 2017Elevation Gain (m): 800Round Trip Time (hr): 4Total Trip Distance (km): 15Quick ‘n Dirty Rating: Class...
November 27, 2016

Pasque Mountain

Pasque is another low, front range mountain that has been on my radar for quite a few years now....
November 13, 2016

Monad Peak

After summitting Isola in some strong and cold west winds, we turned our attention to Monad Peak, lying to...
November 13, 2016

Isola Peak

Ever since snowshoeing and hiking up Monola Peak in extremely strong winds and a fair amount of snow back...
November 5, 2016

Caudron Peak

After a great ascent of Centre Peak, we turned our full attention to the west ridge of Caudron. We...
November 5, 2016

Centre Peak (Livingstone)

Ever since reading a pair of trip reports from Brandon Boulier which detailed winter scrambles up both Centre and...
October 29, 2016

Table Top Peak (Whistler Loop)

After staring wistfully to the east at the dry terrain around Whistler Mountain the week before while hiking and...
October 29, 2016

Whistler Mountain (Whistler Loop)

As part of the "Whistler Loop", Wietse and I first bagged two unofficial summits, both of which are higher...
October 29, 2016

Whistable Peaks (Whistler Loop)

After leaving the summit of Table Top Peak, Wietse and I followed a delightful ridge towards the twin summits...
October 23, 2016

Lys Ridge

After scrambling to the summit of West Castle Mountain, Phil Richards and I had a decision to make. Should...
October 23, 2016

West Castle Mountain

Sunday, October 23 2016 didn't go quite as planned. Originally Phil Richards and I were planning on scrambling Centre...
September 29, 2016

Racehorse, Mount

While in the area, and with plenty of time left after climbing Racehorse Peak (and the "Pony" extension), we...