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[…]
Columbia Icefields Pie-Fecta
May 7-11 2017 Five days, three summits, one dense chocolate pie, lots of sunshine and clouds on the largest icefield in the Canadian Rockies. The[…]
Lizzie Creek Cabin New Year’s Trip
Dec 30 – Jan 2, 2017 The skiing around Christmas was awesome this year, with lots of good powder skiing on the North Shore, mostly[…]
Seven Mile Creek Headwaters via Cayoosh Creek
Dec 3-4, 2016 Note: This area sees quite a bit of snowmobile traffic in the mid-season. If you want to ski here, it’s probably best[…]
Rohr Trees
Nov 26-27 This was my first ski trip up to the Duffey this year. I usually like to wait a little bit before the lower[…]
Grouty Ridge East
Nov 19-20, 2016 The last meeting of the South Coast Pie and Beer Club on Grouty Ridge went really well, so I was keen to[…]
Halloween Grouty Ridge Ski Tour
Oct 29-30, 2016 With low expectations for the ski conditions the Halloween weekend, I took a few different steps to hedge against a bad time. I[…]
Tenquille Lake Turns
Last year, we hiked up to Tenquille Lake in mid-November for the first turns of the season. We left Vancouver late on the first day[…]
Helm Headwaters Loop
I always look forward to the first turns of the season. With the early snowfall this year, I thought I would have a good chance[…]
Tenquille Lake Early Season Dump(ling)
The mountains opened early for ski this year for skiing in November. There was snow falling in the mountains, and I was ready to do[…]