Tag Archives: Cypress

A full weekend – Bridges, Pemberton Icecap, and Squamish-Cheakamus Divide

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Christian Veenstra

After crossing the Tantalus Range in a day last season I have been anxious to get out there and do another new long traverse in a short amount of time. A new baby (now 7 months old) has generally limited … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged backcountry, beginner, Brew Hut, Climb, climbing, Cypress, fall, Glacier, Harrison Hut, hiking, MEC, Mt. Fee, outhouse, overnight, pemberton, powder, Powder Mountain, ridge, ski, skiing, Slog, Snow, Spring, Squamish, sunny, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse, Weekend, Winter | 11 Comments

Taking the tools for a walk, or how I learned to ice climb

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Alfred Larsen

This weekend I had to stay in town on Saturday due to an exam and my ski plans for Sunday-Monday had fallen through. As I was heading home late in the evening, I got a call from Artem. He said … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged Climb, climbing, Cypress, Rockies, ski, Snow, Squamish, traverse, Weekend, Whistler | Leave a comment

Cypress-West Lion Trail, Sunday 21st July 2013

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Ruanne Lai

Written by: Simon Harding Following a slightly earlier start than some of us are accustomed to on a Sunday morning, we arrived at Cypress Bowl at around 7:30am. Even at that early hour, the local wildlife – biting mosquitoes – … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged climbing, Cypress, hike, scramble | Leave a comment

Introduction to Mountaineering

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Boris Dalstein

So it was on this Saturday June 8th, 2013, that the first Introduction to Mountaineering took place, at Cypress Mountain. According to what I’ve read, it is meant to be a one-day introduction to mountaineering, on real snow, but not … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged Baden Powell trail, beginner, Cypress, day trip, dry, expedition, fall, Glacier, mountaineering, Running, self-arrest, ski, Snow | 2 Comments

Glacier 1

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Ben Heaps

Talk about wanting to do glacier 1, one student took a taxi all the way from North Vancouver to the Chance Creek logging road turnoff from Hwy 99. Next we had a bit of a cluster %*$% and parked 2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Other, Trip Reports | Tagged Cypress, Glacier, North Vancouver, scramble, Snow | Leave a comment

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

Hollyburn Ridge – Nov 27

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Elliot Cudmore

Zoa Peak, the original location, was deemed too dangerous on account of avalanche conditions, so we trekked to our backyard on the North Shore for some backcountry skiing. The rain came down in sheets as we stuck our skis upright … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, beginner-friendly, Cypress, daytrip, High Avvy, Hollyburn Ridge, North Shore, ski touring, Small Group | 1 Comment