Mt. McGuire, Chilliwack
With summer hanging on in there for another weekend and waking up to clear skies in the East, we made the most of the weekend weather and headed for Mt. […]
Category Archives: Climbing
The Enchantments – Cascade Mountains
Magic. Otherworldly. Imposing. Patagonian. Moon-scape-ish. Actually, scrap that, I’m making words up trying to find the right superlatives. This post is going to be a little different from others because […]
Mount Ellinor, Olympic National Park – WS
With a week vacation and wild fires raging in BC, we decided to head south of the boarder to explore the Olympic National Park, Washington State. Staying just outside Lake […]
Locomotive Mountain, Semaphore Lakes
Located about 30km past Pemberton, through the meadows and up the Hurley FSR lies the “school of railroad mountains“, which are home to the simply breathtaking Locomotive Mountain. A short […]
Capilano Mountain, Furry Creek
Capilano Mountain is an incredible peak a short drive from Vancouver, which makes for an excellent day trip. Map for a route, available here. We parked just off the […]
Cypress Peak, Nr. Whistler
Cypress Peak makes for an excellent day trip from Vancouver. With the access road doing a lot of the work for you and in really good condition, you can pretty […]
Golden Ears, Fraser Valley
What an adventure. Can certainly understand why this is such a popular hike/scramble. The Golden Ears Provincial Park is absolutely stunning and only 45 minutes from Vancouver – you […]
Mount MacFarlane, Chilliwack
A big hike with some serious hours carrying overnight packs and big elevation gain, but totally worth it for the camping spot at Upper Pierce Lake. Starting from the car park […]
Tricouni Peak
The best scramble and summit combo I’ve done since arriving in Canada. Absolutely fantastic day trip from Vancouver and highly recommend it. And with numerous locations to camp along with […]
Hanes Valley Trail
The 16.5km Hanes Valley Trail starts from Lynn Canyon and finishes atop Grouse Mountain, and is a stunning hike from start to finish. The first hour of the hike is fairly […]
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