Elevation Gain: 1,440m
Distance: 31.79km
Total Time: 3 hours 36 minutes
Date: May 18th, 2026
Alex and I were both free for the weekend and decided on a double adventure to make the most of the weather. On our first day we elected to climb up the Squamish Buttress. We had both done the Butt Lite variation a few years prior and we were keen to finally test out the original 10c buttress. For the second course, we landed on an e-bike mission up Stoyoma Mountain. Trevor had done this exact mission the year prior and reported back a perfect e-bikeable road. It used to be that you could drive to within a few kilometers of the summit, but the road has had a few wash outs that force the bulk of us to park much further away.
With e-bikes in tow we drove from Vancouver out to the Prospect Miner Road and then up to the first washout. A small sprinkle of rain gave us pause as we assembled our bikes, but it quickly let up. After the first washout it was very smooth sailing on the road for about 10km. We then took the steep and looser Cabin Spur up to about 1700m where we finally caught up to snow.
From our bike stash we followed the road up to its terminus and then we had only a short section of forest to the alpine. There was still a fair bit of snow up to the summit, but it was well consolidated and we just hopped between snow patches and rock all the way to the top. Squalls of rain seemed to be emerging to the south, but it always seemed to disperse by the time it reached us. The wind, however, had a bit of a bite to it and after a short lunch we retreated back to the warmer treeline below.
As always, the return journey on the e-bikes was a victory lap with no effort required to dispatch with 11+ kilometers of road walking. This proved to be a short, but excellent outing.
