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Observation Mountain: A Kluane Classic
The Ä’äy Chù West is the most popular overnight trip in Kluane National Park and Reserve – and for good reason. The trail travels 22 kilometres up the Ä’äy Chù Valley from the Alaska Highway to the Canada Creek … Continue reading
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May 16th – May 20th, 2025 Participants: Joanna Gower (Wildflower Lover), Alexander Liu (Always Positive), Lukas Kunz (Quiet Force), Paul Ramu (Weather-Cursed) Stats: ~200km, ~4,300m elevation gain (Saturday morning to Monday afternoon) Route: Okanagan Falls->Okanagan FSR->Haynes Lake->KVT to Penticton->Okanagan Falls … Continue reading
A spring day on the Neve Traverse high-route
April 13th, 2025 Julian Larson, Lorin Jacot, Erik Reimers On the beautiful traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, and Lil’wat Nation. With snow conditions and weather looking all-time, Julian suggested we do an in-a-day rip of … Continue reading
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IcyHot Therapy
On June 3rd-10th, Lorin Jacot and I teamed up for a week-long tour around the Lillooet Headwaters. The plan came together somewhat suddenly on May 30th, when we noticed an unusually long window of clear weather in the forecast. Given … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged alpine start, backcountry, Bridge Lillooet Divide, Bushwhack, Lillooet River, Meager Creek, mountaineering, ski traverse, Spring, Suffering, traverse, type 2 fun
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Can We Make it Up Cloudburst?
Friday, April 18, 2025: Who would turn down one last spring ski tour hurrah? In the midst of finals and formulating summer plans, Duncan Macintyre decided to post a ‘beginner-friendly’ overnight ski tour trip to Cloudburst Mountain. The idea was … Continue reading
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The longest distance between two points: five days backpacking in the Grand Canyon
Day One: Saturday, April 19, 2025. I awoke to the sound of birds, with a stiff breeze billowing my tent fly. Poking my head out into the morning air, I took a deep breath as the first rays of light … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, Grand Canyon, Intermediate, Mid Group, Spring, Tonto Trail, USA
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An Almost Workhike to Burton Hut (A Garibaldi Mini-Epic)
There is a bit of a ventilation problem at Burton Hut (aka Sphinx Hut). It seems we did too good a job sealing gaps and insulating the hut. Knowing this, John Sherk and I started scheming a workhike to add … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports, Workhike
Tagged Epic, garibaldi, Garibaldi Neve, ski, Workhike
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Winter Longhike 2025
When I moved to Vancouver several years ago, I instantly fell in love with the mountains and decided I needed to experience this thing known as “winter camping”. Did I understand what it entailed? Certainly not. I just wanted to … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner-friendly, Brockton Point, First-Time, large group, Longhike, Mt. Seymour, snow caves, snowshoeing, Weekend, Winter
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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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Tagged Box Canyon, hiking, mountaineering, scrambling, snowshoeing, solo trip, Spring, Sunshine Coast, Weekend, wrottesley
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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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