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Wrottesley Odyssey

Mount Wrottesley is the large dome-shaped peak visible across Howe Sound from the Sea-to-Sky Highway, Cypress Mountain resort, most of the Howe Sound Crest Trail, and the UBC area. Like most Vancouverites, I’d seen it hundreds of times, but never … Continue reading

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Self Propelled Ski Summit Attempt of Pelion

Summiting Mount Baker (Koma Kulshan) via a self-propelled bike ski trip has been my primary objective for the past year. On every clear day in Vancouver, Baker peaks out of the horizon, prominent in the skyline. My winter revolved around … Continue reading

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Trip Dates: April 19-21, 2025 Trip Participants: Alexander Liu, Ayano Miyamoto, Lillian McCallum, Marie Sandler, Matilda Ridge, Morgan Tidler, Roseisa Weeraratne, & Sarah Tischer Have you ever been on a VOC trip where you set-off after 10am and arrived back … Continue reading

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A Traverse of the (Creek Below the) Purity Range

Alex Barth, Thomas Morrissey, Ed Riley (author) Trip Dates: April 13th – April 17th 2025 The portion of the Selkirk Mountains south of Rogers Pass, BC, is home to many remote peaks, vast glaciers and deep river valleys. Our plan … Continue reading

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Mother of Ski Mountaineering 2025

March 29th-30th Nelson Fretenburg, Finn Nieland, Alain Zhiyanov, Leon Chen, Elias Bowman, Alex Levy, Xander Hudyma Yu, Ed Riley, Tristan Russell, Erik Reimers On the beautiful traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish Nation and Lil’wat Nation. As the weather … Continue reading

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Finding My Ski Legs at Steep Creek

When I arrived in Vancouver in September, I didn’t think that I would ski that much. The closest I had been to a ski slope in the last six years was one made of diamond shaped plastic bristles, 96m above … Continue reading

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My Toxic Relationship with the Splitboard

  Like that ex you keep going back to hook up with after they hurt you, I have a similar relationship with the club splitboard. A couple of months ago, I had an absolute horror show on that board at … Continue reading

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Just Another Baker Trip Report

Mt Baker has been at the top of my skiing-objectives list since arriving in Vancouver in September. How could it not be when it stands so prominently above Vancouver? Last weekend (April 5th  2025 ), a group of us (Ed Riley (author), … Continue reading

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Triple Crown(ish): Bike-ski of North Shore pow

Ski bike trips are inherently a compromise between the quality of skiing and the quality of biking. Since the bike leg usually takes up most of the day, people tend to plan them in the spring – clear roads, good … Continue reading

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Sending in silence, if you climb and don’t spray all about it on Instagram, did you even send?

The strongest climber I have ever had the pleasure of meeting has no social media, is hardly reachable by phone and is what you would consider to be your favorite climber’s favorite climber. He has sent the Heart Route on … Continue reading

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