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September 7, 2005

Oyster Peak | Skoki | Fossil

A very frosty morning of September 7 2005 found Rod, Jon and I hiking out of our Baker Lake...
September 6, 2005

Pika Peak & Brachiopod & Anthozoan

Jon and I woke up early on September 6 2005 to clear skies and started up the trail to...
September 5, 2005

Richardson, Mount & Ptarmigan Peak

Jon, Rod and I scrambled Mount Richardson under a cloudy, snowy sky on September 5. The weather didn't look...
September 3, 2005

Blakiston, Mount & Hawkins & Lineham (Hawkins Horseshoe)

On September 3 2005 I dragged my brother, Rod and two of my cousins, Tony and Jon up and...
August 30, 2005

Stephen, Mount

On August 20, 2005 Sonny and I scrambled up over 1900 meters from the town of Field, BC to the summit...
August 6, 2005

Smuts, Mount & The Fist

On an early (0430) August 6 2005 morning, I joined Dave Stephens and Blair Piggot on a full day...
July 4, 2005

Isolated Peak

Dave, Sonny and I walked into Stanley Mitchell hut on Friday morning and managed to negotiate steep snow slopes to...
July 2, 2005

Rundle, Mount (North Peak)

On Canada's birthday I decided to celebrate by doing a scramble. Originally I had planned Isabelle Peak with Dave...
June 13, 2005

Woodland Caribou – 2005 Canoe Trip – Garner Lake

In early 2005 the emails and phone calls started circulating among our canoeing group again. When the dust finally...
May 28, 2005

Engadine, Mount

There are two reasons why Kane rated Mount Engadine as a difficult scramble. One is the nature of the...
April 15, 2005

Black Rock Mountain (Blackrock)

Summit Elevation (m): 2462 Trip Date: Friday, April 15, 2005 Round Trip Time (hr): unknown Elevation Gain (m): 920...
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April 10, 2005

Turtle Mountain

Turtle Mountain became my first scramble of 2005 on a gorgeous spring-like Saturday morning in early March.
April 10, 2005

Sentry Mountain

Summit Elevation (m): 2435 Trip Date: Sunday, April 10, 2005 Round Trip Time (hr): unknown Elevation Gain (m): 1050...
October 2, 2004

Shark, Mount

This was the third peak in a massive 3 peak day that Dave Stephens and I did. The first two summits...
October 2, 2004

Fortress, The & Gusty Peak

So what does a 3am wake-up time, 14km biking, 22km walking, 4 litres of Gatorade, 5 granola bars, a...
September 26, 2004

Glasgow, Cornwall, Outlaw & Banded Peak Traverse

On a beautiful late September day Sonny and I headed out to the Little Elbow Valley to scramble our...
September 20, 2004

Fullerton, Mount

If you haven't done Fullerton or Fable make sure you don't do these two mountains in the same year....
September 6, 2004

Galwey, Mount

Mount Galwey is an excellent scramble in Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta. I thought it deserved its...
September 4, 2004

Tecumseh, Mount

Mount Tecumseh doesn't seem like a very popular mountain. It hasn't seen a whole lot of ascents over the...
September 2, 2004

Ward, Mount & Allison & Window

Mount Ward was an enjoyable scramble in the Crowsnest Pass area. It presented very few difficulties and was  quite...
September 1, 2004

Crowsnest Mountain

Crowsnest Mountain has long been a goal of mine - it just sounded like a lot of fun! It...
August 27, 2004

Moose Mountain

Niko's first summit! While Hanneke and KC were gone to Manitoba for a wedding, Niko and I hiked his...
July 10, 2004

Collembola, Mount

On July 10 2004, Wes, Ed and I headed up the Centennial Ridge trail with Mount Collembola, not Mount...