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Mother of Ski Mountaineering 2025
March 29th-30th Nelson Fretenburg, Finn Nieland, Alain Zhiyanov, Leon Chen, Elias Bowman, Alex Levy, Xander Hudyma Yu, Ed Riley, Tristan Russell, Erik Reimers On the beautiful traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish Nation and Lil’wat Nation. As the weather … Continue reading
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Finding My Ski Legs at Steep Creek
When I arrived in Vancouver in September, I didn’t think that I would ski that much. The closest I had been to a ski slope in the last six years was one made of diamond shaped plastic bristles, 96m above … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged access, Beekers cabin, community, fall, inclusive, ski touring, Steep Creek
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My Toxic Relationship with the Splitboard
Like that ex you keep going back to hook up with after they hurt you, I have a similar relationship with the club splitboard. A couple of months ago, I had an absolute horror show on that board at … Continue reading
Just Another Baker Trip Report
Mt Baker has been at the top of my skiing-objectives list since arriving in Vancouver in September. How could it not be when it stands so prominently above Vancouver? Last weekend (April 5th 2025 ), a group of us (Ed Riley (author), … Continue reading
Triple Crown(ish): Bike-ski of North Shore pow
Ski bike trips are inherently a compromise between the quality of skiing and the quality of biking. Since the bike leg usually takes up most of the day, people tend to plan them in the spring – clear roads, good … Continue reading
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Sending in silence, if you climb and don’t spray all about it on Instagram, did you even send?
The strongest climber I have ever had the pleasure of meeting has no social media, is hardly reachable by phone and is what you would consider to be your favorite climber’s favorite climber. He has sent the Heart Route on … Continue reading
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Red Heather Chaos: Hot Chocolate Tasting, Overslept Alarms, and Tree Wells – A Trip to Remember
Trip date: Saturday, March 15th Trip participants: Ann-Cathrin (AC) Muller, Sri Chaitanya, Diego Fernandez, Le Tra Mi Do, JJ James, Lucile Paschal, Eemaan Alam, Ellen Scott, Roseisa Weeraratne, Faisal Maqbool, Tristan Lefferts, Joanne Ho, Zack Peachell, Cecily Downs, Ivana Sanchez … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner-friendly, concussion, hot chocolate, large group, skiing, tree well
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The Art of Bailing
CONTENT WARNING: This article involves discussions of death in the mountains. Skip section 1 to avoid the heaviest discussion of the subject. §1 | INTRODUCTION People often describe certain skills as an art. In this sense, there is an art … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpine Climbing, bail, climbing, essay, ice climbing, philosophy, Ski Mountaineering, ski touring, trad
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A Long Walk in the Dark: A Single-Push Base-to-Base Spearhead Traverse
TRIP DATES: March 6th – 7th, 2025 PARTICIPANTS: Erik Reimers, Evan Wong, Noah Macdonald BACKGROUND: The Spearhead The Spearhead Traverse is a classic ski mountaineering route in Garibaldi Provincial Park. It is a horseshoe-shaped circuit that links Blackcomb and Whistler Mountains. The … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged overnight, Ski Mountaineering, ski touring, ski traverse, Spearhead, Spearhead Traverse, Speed Traverse, Type 1 fun, type 2, type 2 fun
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Howe Lake via the Tatsquan Horseshoe: Should’ve just done Ape Lake.
Not a lot of trip reports this winter, even for some of the big events, sad times for readers like myself who’ve been trapped on the surface of mars for the past few months. I had a bit of free … Continue reading
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Tagged Bella Coola, british columbia, hiking, mountaineering, roadtrip, Slog, Small Group, type 2 fun
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