September 5, 2020 For some weird reason, Susie decided to drive four hours away from Squamish with me to climb an obscure six and a[…]
Fast and Light Al-pie-nism: A Traverse of the Tantalus Range
July 18-19 2020 Trip Report by Nick Matwyuk. Photos and captions by Rich. When I was thinking of a summer trip to do with a[…]
Armchair Traverse – Mount Cook to Mount Weart
A Pie to Sky Adventure June 30, 2019 In early summer, Caroline J. and I scrambled the Armchair Traverse, which consists of the ridgeline between[…]
Pinecone Lake Circumnavigation
Oct 3-4 2015 This trip report is way way overdue, I’m posting these photos and trip report, only 13 months later. This trip was with[…]
Blackcomb Buttress
After the warm sunny day on the Coquihalla on the Markhor-Needle traverse, it was back to the rainy reality of autumn on the Coast. Despite[…]
Markhor-Needle (and Flatiron) Traverse – Coquihalla
Once again, the weather looked better on the Coquihalla, with warm sunshine forecasted for Saturday, rather than cloudy weather in Vancouver. I wasn’t sure if[…]
Coquihalla Mountain Traverse
Alpenglow over Jim Kelly Peak (centre) and Coquihalla Mountain (right), as seen from Needle Peak on a February morning. In October, I made two trips[…]
Meslilloet Mountain
After a long dry summer, the week leading up to the long weekend left a foot of snow in the high mountains, above 2000m. Tyler[…]
Castle Towers Mountain
Castle Towers Mountain is a pretty cool peak at the far end of Garibaldi Lake. The most impressive view is from Whistler, where you can[…]
Mystery and Beaujolais Peaks
Last weekend, I went exploring in the valleys and peaks at the headwaters of the Sockeye, Birkenhead, Noel and Hope Creek rivers. This is an[…]