Tag Archives: Spring

Mellow lines at Cerise Creek (Steep Lines at Steep Creek Vol. 5)

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Erik Reid Reimers

With a beautiful March 23rd weekend forecast predicting better ski conditions up high, our small but mighty “Steep Lines at Steep Creek” group of four (Alex Barth, Flavia Caprez, Ana Ciocoiu, and myself, Erik Reimers) made the decision to switch … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Keiths Hut, Mt Matier, Ski Mountaineering, ski touring, Small Group, Spring | 1 Comment

Triple D (donut) Ride · April 29th

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Michael Friesen

I saw this ambitious expedition pitched as a Triple D. Researching into the International French Adjectival System (IFAS), a regular D: difficile (difficult) represents hard, more serious with rock climbing at IV and V, snow and ice slopes at 50-70 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle, Other, Trip Reports | Tagged bike, cycling, Deep Cove, donuts, First-Trip, Small Group, Social, Spring | 1 Comment

Burton Hut Money Box Installation (June 17-18, 2018)

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Devlin Mottershead

On June 17 we set out to Burton Hut. We went on the Rubble Creek Trail. Garibaldi Lake was melted out, so we had to do the dumbest trip ever. We first went on Taylor Meadows. We could see the … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, backcountry, Black Tusk, british columbia, Burton Hut, Epic, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, Helm Creek, hike, hiking, huts, Marmots, Mt. Garibaldi, overnight, Phyllis Engine, provincial park, ski, ski touring, skiing, skitouring, Small Group, Snow, Sphinx Bay, Sphinx Hut, Spring, Suffering, sunny, Taylor Meadows, Weekend, Workhike | 3 Comments

Easter limping out of Phelix Hut

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Hans Gildenast

Easter limping out of Phelix Hut The day I heard that there were mountains named after Lord of the rings characters, I knew that I wanted to go there sometime. Luckily Robert Lachance organised a Skiing trip to Phelix Hut … Continue reading →

Posted in Accidents, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged accident, Easter Weekend, large group, Mt Aragon, Phelix Hut, ski touring, Spring | Leave a comment

North Shore Triple Crown

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Christian Veenstra

Nick: “My butt hurts”. Me: “There’s a reason for that – it’s because you’ve been able to sit down”. We joked as we strapped our skis back onto our bikes for the last time, just before sunset outside the “Crazy … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged bike touring, bike trip, car-free, cycling, Cypress, North Vancouver, self propelled, Seymour, ski, ski touring, skiing, Spring | 5 Comments

Stairs: An account of the Baden Powell Trail

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Linda Kiritchkov

After waking up at the obscenely early time of 5:30am on a Saturday, I made my way to the bus stop, hopped on to the first bus that came by and struggled not to fall asleep as I made my … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged Baden Powell, Baden Powell trail, beginner, beginner-friendly, car-free, day hike, day trip, Dayhiking, daytrip, Deep Cove, ferry, Grouse Mountain, Lynn creek, Lynn valley, Mid Group, North Vancouver, Quarry Rock, rainy, Rainy Day, Spring, sunny, type 2 fun | 1 Comment

Southern Rockies Whitewater Triple Crown: Daisy/Slate/East

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Kevin Pierce

Welcome to Crested Butte, Colorado: In spring, the snow melt makes some of the best kayaking in the world. It lasts about a month, then it’s dry. The runs here are steep and high up, cutting through slate out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Paddle, Trip Reports | Tagged dry, Face, Hope, kayaking, ridge, Rockies, Snow, Spring, summer | Leave a comment

Ice worms, rain, and burning skins – “Interesting” Skiing on the Pemberton Icecap

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Birgit Rogalla

Pemberton Icefield traverse May 20-23, ~60km, lots of elevation Mike Cancilla, Luca Malaguti, Ross Campbell, Birgit Rogalla Following an email discussion, preparations for this trip started on Monday night (May 16th) when we all met up at the Veenstras’ place … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, Callaghan Lake, Harrison Hut, Pemberton Icefield, rain, ski traverse, skiing, Spring, Suffering | 2 Comments

Zealous Zoa Zigzaggers Zoom Zanily

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Lucy Buchanan-Parker

I was unlucky enough to be one of 2.5 people awake in the Modo van on the drive back from Zoa, so I got tasked with writing the trip report… Having decided relatively late in the season that I actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, beginner-friendly, ski touring, Spring, Telemark, Voile Strap, Zoa Peak | Leave a comment

Mt Seymour, 19 March

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Roland Burton

As usual when we don’t have anything better planned and the weather’s looking OK, our thoughts turn to the local mountains. Not too much driving. Cheap, like the birdies say. You should arrive at the parking lot before 9 am, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged Nepal, Running, Seymour, Snow, Spring | Leave a comment