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Garibaldi Park Speed Traverse – Mt Currie to Red Heather
“You should turn back now,” the passerby said in a thick Russian accent as he watched me wallowing helplessly in the snow “you will die here”. That was more than 10 years ago, on my first trip into Garibaldi Park. Like … Continue reading
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Tagged FKT, Garibaldi Park, McBride, Neve, Spearhead, Speed Traverse, Wedge-Currie
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Blackcomb-Currie daytrip
Saturday, April 2nd. Normally, when trying to do a new (to me) ski traverse as a day-trip I end up spending far more time researching/planning the trip than I do on the trip itself (I think, for Tantalus it might … Continue reading
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Tagged bivouac, Climb, climbing, daytrip, Face, Glacier, hiking, hitchhiking, McBride, ski, ski traverse, skiing, Snow, summer, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, toddler, traverse, Weekend, Whistler
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The Misty Icefield Traverse (April 20-28)
On April 20, Piotr Forysinski, Ben SP, Clemens Adolphs, Stephanie Grothe and I (Julien Renard) decided to put an end to the month long email faff that was threatening to overload my email account and finally go explore the Misty … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpine Climbing, backcountry, Baker, bivouac, Climb, climbing, Epic, Face, fishing, Garibaldi Neve, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, Judge Howay, Lillooet River, McBride, North Shore, pemberton, rain, ridge, scramble, ski, skiing, Skookumchuck Hot Springs, Snow, Suffering, trad, traverse, turn around
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Nick stands on some rocks that someone named after our club
Due east of Whistler, just beyond the Spearhead Range, lies a mountain that was named after our club. “VeeOcee Mountain” was named in 1964 and first climbed in 1966 by a party that included one R. Burton. It has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Atwell, Baker, Banana Chute, Bootpack, Climb, climbing, Fissile, Glacier, Judge Howay, Marcin, McBride, Naden glacier, powder, ridge, Sir Richard, ski, skiing, Snow, Spring, Squamish, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse, Weekend, Whistler
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Easter Weekend with The Veenstras
Not wanting to spend the weekend in the city and having nothing to do, I ending up join Christian and Line’s trip to Mamquam. It was a good life choice. I got pick up outside Fairview at the relatively comfortable … Continue reading
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Tagged Climb, Easter Weekend, Face, Garibaldi Park, McBride, Mt. Garibaldi, ridge, ski, skiing, Slog, Snow, Sphinx Bay, Spring, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse, Weekend
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Spearhead in the White March 26-27
It’s amazing how different a traverse like the Spearhead when you do it in whiteout conditions compared to fair weather. As anyone who did it the weekend previous can tell you, this trip report will probably sound quite different from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bootpack, Face, Fissile, Glacier, leading, McBride, Naden glacier, pemberton, rain, ridge, Running, Singing Pass, ski, skiing, Snow, snowzone, Spearhead Traverse, sunny, traverse, Weekend, Whistler, Whiteout
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Fast and Light McBride
A bit of an old Trip Report (trip happened Easter 2011), but with a slideshow coming up I thought it might be good to copy it over. Not to mention that the new public TRs look great and are, well, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, Fast and Light, Garibaldi Park, Intermediate, McBride, Sir Richard, ski traverse, Small Group, Sphinx Bay, Weekend, Winter
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