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[…]
Black Tusk Early Season Ski Day
The Black Tusk area is a great place for early season turns. The smooth heather slopes on the south side of the Black Tusk transform[…]
Rainbow Mountain Traverse – Hanging Lake to Nineteen Mile Creek
We arrived at the Whistler Olympic Park gate, which was closed at 8:30am. Usually I’m working on Mondays, but this was the holidays, and I[…]
Castle Towers Mountain
Castle Towers Mountain is a pretty cool peak at the far end of Garibaldi Lake. The most impressive view is from Whistler, where you can[…]
Black Tusk Circumnavigation
Going around something familiar in the mountains, by doing a circumnavigation, seems to be a good way to explore new areas. But on this Saturday[…]
Fissile Peak – Northwest Face and Banana Chute
Apr 24, 2015 Paul and I went for a ski tour out to Fissile Peak last Saturday. There’s not much to write about this popular[…]
Spearhead Traverse
March 1, 2015 The forecast was marginal, with clouds and snow flurries forecasted for the afternoon, and generally cold temperatures for Sunday March 1. That[…]
Mount Garibaldi and the Tent
Feb 14-15, 2015 Davey and Regan and I approached from Red Heather, camped high on the Garibaldi Neve, and skied off the summit of Mount[…]
Rainbow East Glacier
Rainbow Mountain is this big sprawling summit west of Whistler, commonly frequently by heli-skiers, heli-tourers, and sometimes even snowmobiles. For some reason, I’ve never skied[…]
Puma S1
Dec 19, 2010 Scott, Sandra, Tim, Ben and I skied off the north side of Puma S1, a peak between Madeley Creek and Beverley Creek,[…]