June 30, 2015 To celebrate Canada Day, Paul and I climbed the classic Northeast Buttress of Mount Slesse. This was my second time up here,[…]
Harvey’s Pup – Pup Buttress
July 4, 2015 The Pup Buttress is a full-value alpine rock route on Harvey’s Pup, a rock tower west of Mount Harvey in the North[…]
Getting Judged – Mount Judge Howay
October 2012 With the fine autumn weather, I was keen to get outside again, with a rare Thanksgiving weather window. Up to this point in[…]
Stonerabbit Peak
Sept 24, 2011 Back in September, Chris Tim and I scrambled up the amazing Southeast Face of Stonerabbit Peak. The route climbs 900m of coastal[…]
Shuksan Fisher Chimneys
Sept 10-11, 2011 On the last sunny weekend of this past short summer, I resisted my urge to go rock climbing (mostly due to a[…]
Chehalis Ramblings
Sept 2-4, 2011 Over the Labour Day long weekend, Nick Elson and I climbed the Viennese-Clarke Traverse and the Tuning Fork on Bardean Peak. This[…]
Northwest Ridge of Joffre Peak
Aug 27-28, 2011A view of Matier and Joffre Peak from Gott Creek. The northwest ridge is the long right skyline. The weather looked great again for[…]
Fun in the Bugaboos
Grab a beer or two, or just skim over the photos. In summary, we climbed the following routes over a weeklong stay in the Bugs:[…]
South Ridge of Gimli
The Valhalla Range is a group of stunning mountains, part of the Selkirk Montains in the West Kootenays. It’s hard for me to leave the[…]
Life on Earth, Mount Habrich
Chris Barrington-Leigh and I had a fantastic time climbing the route, Life on Earth, on the southwest prow of Mount Habrich. The two main climbing[…]