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August 9, 2014

Princess Mary, Mount

Summit Elevation (m): 3084Elevation Gain (m): 1800Round Trip Time (hr): 24Total Trip Distance (km): 28Related Trips: Mount King George, Prince GeorgeQuick ‘n Dirty...
August 9, 2014

King George, Mount

The first ascent of King George was in 1919. The second ascent wasn't until 52 years later in 1970....
August 3, 2014

Picklejar Lakes

On Sunday, August 3 2014, I took my family on a day hike that I'd wanted to do for...
August 1, 2014

Portal Peak

I decided to take advantage of a good weather forecast and a day off work on Friday, August 1...
July 7, 2014

Woodland Caribou – 2014 Canoe Trip – Leano Lake

Early in January 2014, a group of us started throwing around the idea of another canoe trip into Woodland...
June 22, 2014

Marlborough, Mount

After a perfect day on Mount Joffre I woke up the team at 03:30 on Sunday morning for an...
June 21, 2014

Joffre, Mount

On the longest day of 2014 Ben, Steven and I hiked into the Aster Lake region to attempt the...
May 31, 2014

Cirrus Mountain (Mount Huntington)

As another weekend approached, the familiar email chains started to fly once again. Weather reports and routes were scouted...
May 23, 2014

Vents Ridge (White Buddha)

I've been planning to take my daughter, Kaycie up a mountain to bivy over night on the summit for...
May 11, 2014

Trapper Peak

Summit Elevation (m): 2984Trip Date: May 11 2014Elevation Gain (m): 1780Round Trip Time (hr): 10.5Total Trip Distance (km): 25Quick ‘n Dirty Rating: Class...
May 8, 2014

Ayesha Peak

Steven and I found ourselves back in the very familiar confines of the Bow Hut on Wednesday evening after...
April 29, 2014

Collie, Mount

On Tuesday, April 29 2014 I joined Steven and Ferenc on a long desired day trip of Mount Collie...
April 21, 2014

Temple, Little

On Monday, April 21 2014 I joined Steven Song for an alpine ski tour up Little Temple in Lake...
April 19, 2014

Purple Mound & Lipalian Mountain

On Saturday, April 19, 2014 a group of us took advantage of low avy hazards and warm spring temps...
March 22, 2014

Barwell, Mount

On Saturday, March 22nd 2014 I joined Wietse and Dave for a snowshoe jaunt up Mount Barwell in Kananaskis...
March 15, 2014

Powderface Ridge

After talking to Steven and Wietse about their recent trips up Powderface Ridge (Steven 'shoed and Wietse skied) I...
February 23, 2014

Foran Grade & Windy Point Ridge

After getting up at 05:00 to watch the men's gold medal victory in Olympic Hockey I was contemplating what...
February 16, 2014

McNab, Mount

After completing Mesa Butte (when we were turned around due to heavy snow on McNab!) Steven and I decided...
February 16, 2014

Mesa Butte (Square)

After skiing a rather long day on Spoon Needle, Steven Song and I agreed that we should do a...
February 15, 2014

Spoon Needle (Aiguille de la Cuiller)

On Saturday, February 15 2014, Steven Song and I completed one of very few ski ascents of "Spoon Needle"...
February 1, 2014

Heather Ridge

On Saturday, February 1 2014 I was joined by half of Calgary and part of Deadmonton for a ski...
January 25, 2014

Opoca, South Ridge

Any time you see the keywords "ski" and "bushwhack" in the same trip report you should never ever try...
January 19, 2014

Junction Hill

After snowshoeing Coyote Hills the day before, Raf and I decided that Junction Hill looked too tempting to leave...