September 5, 2020 For some weird reason, Susie decided to drive four hours away from Squamish with me to climb an obscure six and a[…]
Fast and Light Al-pie-nism: A Traverse of the Tantalus Range
July 18-19 2020 Trip Report by Nick Matwyuk. Photos and captions by Rich. When I was thinking of a summer trip to do with a[…]
Blackcomb Buttress
After the warm sunny day on the Coquihalla on the Markhor-Needle traverse, it was back to the rainy reality of autumn on the Coast. Despite[…]
Markhor-Needle (and Flatiron) Traverse – Coquihalla
Once again, the weather looked better on the Coquihalla, with warm sunshine forecasted for Saturday, rather than cloudy weather in Vancouver. I wasn’t sure if[…]
Mount Slesse Northeast Buttress
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[…]
Angel’s Crest and the Zodiac Wall Rockfall
I thought it was going to be another casual ramble up the Chief when Mark met me in Squamish on Sunday morning. The day before,[…]
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[…]
Hart and Dain-Owens Blaze Through Squamish
Hart and Dain-Owens Blaze Through Squamish Over the last few days, the Canadian-American duo Sarah Hart and Susie Dain-Owens have pulled off the Squamish Double-Double[…]
Bowen to Squamish
I’ve been running a lot lately, averaging over four hours a week in the past month. This spring is shaping up to be yet another[…]