Alpine Soft

Great day at Bear Spirit crag with Kyle, January 13.   We walked up and set up a top rope above a fun M6+ route, Woody, and did a lot of la...

January 5, 2013.  Short day casual day that started with a lot of people. Kevin P., Vern D., Eric C. and I headed out to ski up Mt. Haffner ...

lack of partners and only time for a short day, so I thought a solo ice route would be perfect.  I had read a trip report for a cool little ...

Met up with Kyle B. for some mixed climbing.  Originally we were both keen to head to the mixed bolted area, The Playground, but Kyle was ...

 'Lil Tombstone' with route As part of my Opal 35 Project, I was keen to bag the obscure and remote 2800 metre summit located ...

Great two day trip to Mt. Assiniboine which was in perfect conditions on Sept. 22, 2012. Vern and I approached from the BC side via Assin...

With crystal clear skies and no wind we had a glorious ascent of the South-West Face of Mount Fryatt on Sunday August 26.   Our team of 3 (...

August 20, 2012 had a great solo day up and down GR407165, better known as 'Tombstone South'.  Kane’s guidebook rates the south r...

On the fifth anniversary of the famous Nugara ascent of Mt. Packenham, Raff and I decided to climb this lovely peak.  Actually it was just...

Mt. Delphine July 22 Raff and I had big plans to day trip the gorgeous Purcell 11,000'er, Mount Delphine, but big washouts on the lo...

Back on July 21 the venerable Rafal and I scrambled Indian Head Mountain in the Columbia Valley.  Raff and I had plans for some fun mountain...

Back on July 12 Les, a friend from Kimberly, and I scrambled Mt. Aeneas near Invermere, B.C.  Using the description from "Hikes Around ...

North Face of Jellicoe from upper Haig Glacier May 6 skied and climbed Mount Jellicoe with Raff and Eric.   Mt. Jellicoe is the jewel...

April 9, I choose to do a solo ski traverse of 'Mt. Mackay' and the ‘Mackay Hills’. These highpoints are the minor peaks east and so...

Jordan and I climbed Crystal Tear on March 3.  From the top of the route we spied a deep gully system on Pigeon Mountain.  From our vantage ...

Crystal Tear 300m, WI3+, M4. Fun day and first climb with Jordan. Saturday, March 3 we headed to Crystal Tear in upper Grotto Canyon. Had ...

Feb. 11 to 12 completed a modified Bow - Yoho traverse with an ascent of Mont des Poilus with TJ and JW. We started at Bow Lake, crossed the...

Sunday January 8, 2012, I did a long slog up Porcupine Creek, solo climbed a short section of waterfall ice (WI2, 120m) then scrambled the S...