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Elevation Gain: 641mDistance: 4.15kmTotal Time: 3 hoursDate: November 16th, 2023 After a successful outing up Cerro Jorquencal, Andrea and I were trying to figure out where to go next. We had one day left on our rental car and were hoping to checkout a different area than the peaks north of San Pedro de Atacama.Continue reading “Cerro Peña Negra”

Elevation Gain: 185mDistance: 2.39kmTotal Time: 1 hourDate: November 15th, 2023 Cerro Mellizos is a twin summit with the highest peak at ~4754m directly North of Cerro Jorquencal. Andrea and I had spotted from the summit of Jorequencal and it looked more interesting than the nearby Domo Falda Grande. We had just arrived back at ourContinue reading “Cerro Mellizos”

Elevation Gain: 374mDistance: 2.49kmTotal Time: 3 hours 22 minutes (nap included :D)Date: November 15th, 2023 Now several days into our stay at San Pedro, Andrea and I had slowly gotten a lay of the land. We figured out rather quickly that if we wanted to climb any peaks or volcanoes we’d need to pay exorbitantContinue reading “Cerro Jorquencal”

Elevation Gain: 417mDistance: 23.77kmTotal Time: 2 hours 55 minutesDate: November 14th, 2023 After coming back from our long 4 day trip through Uyuni, Andrea and I were looking for a small afternoon adventure to fill our rest day. Since arriving in San Pedro de Atacama, I had been perusing the maps to see if thereContinue reading “Cerro de la Guacha”

Elevation Gain: 998mDistance: 7.59kmTotal Time: 6 hours 23 minutesDate: December 12th, 2023 Jacob and I had been planning to take a mid-week day off before he flew back to Ontario for the holidays, but hadn’t put anything on paper yet. By some luck, the Tuesday was going to be immaculate weather with low avi danger.Continue reading “Statlu Peak”

Elevation Gain: 283mDistance: 4.44kmTotal Time: 1 hour 41 minutesDate: November 11th, 2023 One of the most popular tours you can do around San Pedro de Atacama is actually in Bolivia. A 3-4 day tour from Chile up to the world famous Uyuni salt flats and back. Despite it being a bit of tourist mill, it’sContinue reading “Cerro Villa Mar”

Elevation Gain: 278mDistance: 3.7kmTotal Time: 1 hour 7 minutesDate: October 9th, 2023 Andrea and I had spent a fun weekend out in Skaha bluffs with a few friends and were now preparing to head back to Vancouver. We’d be bringing some extra passengers with us on the way back as a nice pair of climbersContinue reading “Giants Head”

Elevation Gain: 1,074mDistance: 17.71kmTotal Time: 6 hours 17 minutesDate: October 1st, 2023 After spending the night in Hart’s Pass, Andrea and I still had one more day to take advantage of the good weather. She had diligently planned a number of options for us and now it just came down to what we were inContinue reading “Trappers Peak”

Elevation Gain: 1516mDistance: 14.85kmTotal Time: 8 hours 35 minutesDate: October 22nd, 2023 Mount Seton is the tallest summit in the Cayoosh Range and generally a straightforward hike/scramble to the top. However, since 2021 it’s been marred by access issues as the first bridge on Downton Creek FSR was condemned by district officials. This also happenedContinue reading “Mount Seton”

Elevation Gain: 1,102mDistance: 11.29kmTotal Time: 7 hours 21 minutesDate: October 21st, 2023 Torrent Peak is an unofficially named summit on the eastern outskirts sandwiched between the Pemberton Icefield and the western end of the Rutherford Creek valley. I had never heard of this summit until Maria from SWBC Peak Baggers had blazed a trail toContinue reading “Torrent Peak”