Tag Archives: adventure

Canyoning, Canyoneering, or Can-yawn-ing

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Artem Bylinskii

On the weekend of August 24-25, Marcin Mirski, Phil Daoust, and myself went canyoning on the North Shore. With a stark lesson from Phil that it wasn’t called canyoneering and that only Americans called it that way, while the rest … Continue reading →

Posted in Other, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, Cypress, Dmitri, dry, hike, Marcin, North Shore, scrambling, Weekend | 7 Comments

The Last Drop Traverse 7th and 8th July 2012

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Florian Graeber

It was saturday and 4:45 in the morning when I woke up and crawled off my bed. Normally, I prefer to get up at forenoon, but now I had no problems with that, because today would be my first trip … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, Brew Mountain, british columbia, Climb, Cypress, hike, hiking, skiing, Small Group, Snow, Squamish, sunny, traverse, Tricouni | Leave a comment

Joffre NW ridge

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Christian Veenstra

Some time ago Sam McKoy emailed me basically saying “let’s do something hard involving skis”. A little hunting around at photos suggested that we might be able to keep the grade on Joffre NW ridge down by bypassing difficulties out … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, bootpacking, Climb, climbing, daytrip, Enchainment, Face, Joffre, MEC, overnight, pemberton, powder, ridge, ski, skiing, Snow, Squamish, trad, traverse, Weekend, Whiteout | Leave a comment

North Joffre Creek Horseshoe Traverse – April 6-8

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Alfred Larsen

Back in December, Sam McKoy and I, along with 4 others, attempted the North Joffre Creek Horseshoe Traverse. Our weekend of good weather became a Sunday of good weather and we started out from the Duffy Lake Road in rain. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, Bootpack, bootpacking, Climb, Face, Glacier, hike, Joffre, panorama, pemberton, rain, ridge, Running, ski, skiing, Snow, traverse, Weekend | 2 Comments

Snorkelling at the Duffey

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Kate Wootton

Well we had to begin the day with a somewhat brutal 4am start, with a pick up at 4.45am, but some napping in the car helped me top up on energy somewhat! We reached the car park early (an extra … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, beginner, dry, duffey, Elfin Lakes, fall, pemberton, powder, ski, skiing, Snow, Telemark, Weekend | 1 Comment

A Wedge-Currie Traverse: from Blackcomb to Pemberton by ski (Feb 3-5)

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Breanne Johnson

The moon is full, casting shadows across the frozen, snowmobile tracked Green river road. I skin along, my skis scraping whenever they cross over ice chunks separating car tracks from snowmobile tracks. It’s 2:00am and my mind is on repeat, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, backcountry, bear, climbing, dry, Face, fall, fog, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, Hope, Joffre, Mystery Creek, overnight, pemberton, powder, ridge, Running, scrambling, ski, skiing, Snow, sunny, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse, turn around, Weekend, Whistler | 1 Comment