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Chillaxed Alpine Climbing in the Canadian Rockies

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Wasootch Slabs - Cragging

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Great day out with some early season cragging, first day on rock for me this season.   Meet up with Pat for an enjoyable day at Wasootch Sl...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

King Creek Ridge

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May 6, still dismayed from the Columbia Icefield trip, and wanting to take advantage of the high pressure system that was providing perfect...

The Twins’ Trip – “West Twin” East Face, Alpine II

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High hopes and expectations for this planned 4 day trip to the Columbia Icefields ended in a hugely disappointing trip for me. I always lik...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Professor Falls - 280m WI4

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Had a great day with my old climbing buddy Jason, it has been awhile since we climbed some ice together.   Originally I was super ...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Guinness Gully - 245m, WI 4

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First climbed Guinness  Gully back in March of 1997 with Ian Hunt. Back on March 11 Kyle and I had a late start, but great ice conditions f...
Monday, February 11, 2013

Waterfowl Lakes – Middle Gully 200m, WI3

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Back in the day before Mixed climbing was a thing, yes, I remember those days, these three gullies across from Waterfowl Lakes wer...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Bear Spirit – Mixed crag day

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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...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

Mt. Haffner - Ski ascent

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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 ...
Monday, December 10, 2012

No score with "Heavenly Bush"

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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 ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Classic King Creek – Ice and mixed climbing

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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 ...
Monday, October 15, 2012

GR 396213 ('Little Tombstone') – East Ridge Attempt

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 'Lil Tombstone' with route As part of my Opal 35 Project, I was keen to bag the obscure and remote 2800 metre summit located ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Mt. Assiniboine, Lunette Peak and Mt. Strom, Alpine II, 5.4

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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...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Mt. Fryatt - South-West Face, Alpine II, 5.4

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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 (...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

GR407165 'Tombstone South' - Scramble

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August 20, 2012 had a great solo day up and down GR407165, better known as 'Tombstone South'.  Kane’s guidebook rates the south r...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Mount Packenham - North Gully, East Ridge, Alpine II, 5.6

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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...
Saturday, August 4, 2012

Bastille Mountain - Scramble

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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...
Friday, August 3, 2012

Indian Head Mountain - Scramble

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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...
Monday, July 30, 2012

Mount Aeneas - Scramble

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Back on July 12 Les, a friend from Kimberly, and I scrambled Mt. Aeneas near Invermere, B.C.  Using the description from "Hikes Around ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Mt. Jellicoe - Ski Ascent of South Slopes

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North Face of Jellicoe from upper Haig Glacier May 6 skied and climbed Mount Jellicoe with Raff and Eric.   Mt. Jellicoe is the jewel...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Ski traverse of 'Mt. Mackay' and the ‘Mackay Hills’

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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...
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
When I started alpine climbing about 30 years I yearned to be a “hard man” alpinist. Took me awhile to understand I wasn’t cut out for that, and now, I just want to have fun.
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