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Elevation Gain: 2,512mDistance: 24.39kmTotal Time: 12 hours 38 minutesDate: April 19th, 2024 Lesser Wedge Mountain is the smaller counterpart to the massive Wedge Mountain, located just a few hundred meters west of it. Despite being so close to Wedge, one of the more popular skiing and mountaineering objectives in the area, it appears to beContinue reading “Lesser Wedge Mountain”

Elevation Gain: 1,388mDistance: 8.94kmTotal Time: 6 hours 17 minutesDate: March 29th, 2024 I had plans for a big ascent on Saturday and Sunday, but still wanted to make use of my day off on Friday. That had me in search of something not too challenging and hopefully without much foot traffic. The weather was lookingContinue reading “Meadow Dome”

Elevation Gain: ~1500mDistance: 20kmTotal Time: 1 day (including overnight)Date: March 23rd, 2024 When we set off on Saturday evening up the snow covered remainder of Shovelnose Creek FSR, we had big plans in mind. Plans that necessitated at least 40lbs-50lbs of gear each. The road was in great condition though and we slowly made ourContinue reading “Roe Peak”

Elevation Gain: 1,353 mDistance: 18.21kmTotal Time: 12 hours 18 minutesDate: March 31st, 2024 Mount Fee can be aptly described as a a twin set of “evil volcanic blades” rising high above the west side of the Brandywine area. The peak is comprised of two towers, both with their own unique character. The north tower isContinue reading “Mount Fee”

Elevation Gain: 1,168mDistance: 14.4kmTotal Time: 9 hours 32 minutesDate: February 1st, 2024 Pico Viatores is the taller neighbor to El Toro but is perhaps overlooked. That might be because it’s tucked in behind El Toro with out much climbing interest as of yet. However, a standard hiking trail runs all the way to the topContinue reading “Pico Viatores”

Elevation Gain: 1,168mDistance: 14.4kmTotal Time: 9 hours 32 minutesDate: February 1st, 2024 El Toro is undoubtedly the most recognizable peak in the climbing mecca of El Potrero Chico. Climber’s are greeted by El Toro’s massive blades of limestone rising hundreds of meters out of the ground and the huge summit face that hosts the worldContinue reading “El Toro”

Elevation Gain: 1,100mDistance: 20.47kmTotal Time: 8 hours 24 minutesDate: March 2nd, 2024 The words “Special Avalanche Warning” were printed in big unavoidable text all across the AvCan site this weekend. A pernicious weak layer coupled with high snow fall diminished any big plans. I still couldn’t complain though. Unusual mid winter snow conditions had beenContinue reading “Botanie Mountain”

Elevation Gain: 1,727mDistance: 16.57kmTotal Time: 7 hours 40 minutesDate: February 24th, 2024 Blustry Mountain is the tallest mountain in the small Clear Range East of Lillooet. It’s not exciting from a mountaineering perspective, but it resides in the rain shadow and does offer some unique views you won’t see further west. For those reasons, itContinue reading “Blustry Mountain”

Elevation Gain: 1,645mDistance: 16.04kmTotal Time: 8 hours 28 minutesDate: February 19th, 2024 Sometime in 2022 while Steven and I were discussing interesting or rarely climbed peaks, he mentioned an obscure summit known as Nursery Peak. It’s hidden out of sight in between Mount Grainger and the VRC summits and not easily spotted from surrounding peaks.Continue reading “Nursery Peak”