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[…]
Sphinx Bay Skiing
Greg and I spent three days exploring glaciers and peaks around the Sphinx Bay area, in Garibaldi Provincial Park. We left Vancouver somewhat late on the[…]
Columnar Peak
Jan 23, 2010 Ben, Emily and I spent a fantastic day out in the Elfin Lakes area. I had pretty much written off Sunday as[…]
Little Diamond Head
November 21, 2010 It was a cold and miserable start to Sunday morning. I was still feeling tired from the previous day of skiing bottomless[…]
Corrie Creek Horsehoe
Sept 1, 2010 Robin, Mark, Andre, Steve and I did an awesome horsehoe of Corrie Creek, heading up the Helm Glacier and then back north[…]
Wedgemount Lake Mountaineering
The original plan was slogging up Rainier, but the forecast for potential afternoon thunderstorms didn’t appeal to us. Seppel, Kerstin and I ended up spending[…]
Garibaldi Neve Traverse
Alpenglow on Atwell, originally uploaded by RichSo. Kaja, Duncan, Matt, Elissa and I took advantage of the good weather, and did a 3 day Elfin[…]
Red Heather Faff
On Sunday, Kaja Duncan Sam and I headed up to Red Heather. The avalanche forecast looked really nasty, and the weather didn’t look any better,[…]