Tag Archives: traverse

Hitting the Deck on a Top 100 “Protected” 5.9

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Vivienne Jaehn-Kreibaum

Sunday, Oct 6: Having just learned trad at Rock Party the week before, I’ve been eager to get out to Squamish and practice leading on as many climbs as I can before heading off on a five-month Arctic excursion with … Continue reading →

Posted in Accidents, Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged accident, autumn, Climb, climbing, leading, multi-pitch, rock climbing, runout, Squamish, The Chief, trad, traverse | 1 Comment

Frosty Garibaldi Neve

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Devlin Mottershead

We went to rubble creek, and when we were waiting, a guy crushed a speed-limit sign on his way to a snow bank. We met Atti and Ildi, who drove us up to the chain-up area at Red Heather. Ildi … Continue reading →

Posted in Huts, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged backcountry, british columbia, Burton Hut, Elfin Lakes, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Neve, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, multiday, overnight, powder, Red Heather, ski, ski touring, skiing, Small Group, Snow, Snowy, Sphinx Bay, sunny, traverse, Weekend, Winter | 4 Comments

Garibaldi Lake Run – Sept 15, 2018 (aka Plan B to the Annual Cheakamus-Rubble Creek Traverse)

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Hannah Jensen

The Cheakamus-Rubble Creek traverse is a breathtaking backcountry route through Garibaldi Provincial Park, stretching from the Cheakamus Lake parking lot to the Rubble Creek parking lot. After meeting at a VOC trail running version of the traverse in 2015, Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Other, Trip Reports | Tagged autumn, day trip, fall, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Mid Group, rain, Running, trail running, traverse | Leave a comment

French-Haig-Robertson Traverse (May 18-19 2018)

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Devlin Mottershead

My dad and I went on the French-Haig-Robertson traverse in Kananaskis Country. The trip was 20 km long and 1000 metres in elevation in the guide book, but we actually did about 24 km and climbed about 1500 metres. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, Alberta, skiing, traverse, Weekend | 2 Comments

Lake Lovely Water and beyond

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Shane Monks O\'Byrne

30th Sep – 2nd Oct After seeing the weather forecast, plans for the weekend were a bit up in the air; shall we stay or shall we go. Amin, the trip organizer was desperately trying to organize lifts, check people … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged accident, adventure, Alpine Climbing, bivouac, Climb, climbing, Epic, fall, Glacier, hike, hiking, huts, Intermediate, mountaineering, overnight, paddle, rain, ridge, scramble, scrambling, Snow, Squamish, sunny, traverse, Weekend | 1 Comment

Meager Obelisk, July 22-24

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Lea Zhecheva

How it started: “Weekend plans?” – Nick Some email faff, obsessive weather monitoring and a trip change later we were in downtown picking up Ben from work. I was really excited. My memories of Harrison thus far only included rain, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged Alpine Climbing, climbing, flagging, hike, leading, Mud, outhouse, rain, traverse, Weekend | 4 Comments

Alcoholic Traverse, July 2016

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Roland Burton

I didn’t write this TR, it was prepared by Ben Heaps, but I don’t know how to get the computer to say that. This epic began with a bad mountain weather forecast, involving thunderstorms. Accepting the risks, the trip was … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, 4wd, Brandywine, Brew Hut, Epic, fog, Mt. Fee, panorama, ridge, Snow, traverse | Leave a comment

Bears, Uzbeki Trout soup, and paddle boards; truly epic nonsense!

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Ross Campbell

Participants: Ross Campbell, Birgit Rogalla, Natalie Makepeace, and Gabe Frame Our week was fast hurtling towards the Canada Day long weekend and our weekend plans still consisted of a long, impenetrable e-mail faff of about 10 different options. My solution … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged bears, Castle Towers, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, gentian peak, Panorama Ridge, Sphinx Hut, summer, traverse, Uzbek soup, Veenstra Traverse | 4 Comments

Mt Currie Trail

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Roland Burton

A couple of years ago the village of Pemberton, hoping to attract tourists, built a trail up Mt Currie. The TH is semi-reachable by car if you can do water bars and cross small streams. None of us had ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged beginner, Brandywine, helicopter, hike, pemberton, Running, Snow, traverse | Leave a comment

Blackcomb-Currie daytrip

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Christian Veenstra

Saturday, April 2nd. Normally, when trying to do a new (to me) ski traverse as a day-trip I end up spending far more time researching/planning the trip than I do on the trip itself (I think, for Tantalus it might … Continue reading →

Posted in Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged bivouac, Climb, climbing, daytrip, Face, Glacier, hiking, hitchhiking, McBride, ski, ski traverse, skiing, Snow, summer, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, toddler, traverse, Weekend, Whistler | 3 Comments