Baby Munday & Mount Stuart
Really fun climbing & scrambling, and a pain-in-the-ass to get to.
Tantalus Climbing Camp
Did some climbing in the Tantalus area with great food and fun people. Got a storm with it too.
Honeymoon in Iceland
“Blow, blow, thou winter wind”—Lord Amiens August 22 We arrived at the Keflavik airport at 7:00. The weather was overcast with a brisk breeze. Little did we know that the breeze is unusual in Iceland. As we learned a few days later, it is usually...
Thar’s West Ridge Couloir (First Ascent)
Summary: I found this route incredibly fun. While mostly moderate climbing, the short steps add variety, and a great sense of adventure. Be careful with conditions, an avalanche on this route would be very bad. Last year, when I first came to...
Crown Couloir
With all the disappointment that this winter has brought for skiers there is one upside: mountaineering rocks. None of that soul-killing wallowing in powdery snow, all the trails are bare, and all the climbs are either dry rock or hard snow and...
Skiing the Zupjock-Lama-Alpaca Trio
Since I’d never gotten around to making it up to this peak before, I decided to subject my friends to this very wind-blown ridge on this rather windy day. We started a bit after 9:00, and skied up behind a pair of snowshoers. The snowshoers...
Golden Ears–Blanshard Needle Traverse
A great summer adventure for any mountaineer/arborist.
Thar's North Face Couloir (right variation)
A great couloir climb in the Coquihalla, I’d love to do it again.
The North Ridge of Baker
A few weeks ago, me and 4 other guys from the BC Mountaineering Club headed up Mt. Baker to climb the North Ridge. Some hiker friends joined us for the day on Saturday for the hike up to base camp and we were able to persuade them to carry our …