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Elevation Gain: ~2200mDistance: ~15kmTotal Time: 45 hours 58 minutesDate: July 30th to August 1stNote that my GPX stopped just before the climb, but should still be useful for the approach and descent. Mount Ratney is the tallest summit in the local “Ratney Group” and like its counterpart Mount Bardean, it offers some steep climbing onContinue reading “Mount Ratney”

Elevation Gain: ~2200mDistance: ~15kmTotal Time: 45 hours 58 minutesDate: July 30th to August 1stNote that my GPX stopped just before the climb, but should still be useful for the approach and descent. Some time around 2021 I came across a route known as “The Tuning Fork”; touted as one of the classic climbs of BC.Continue reading “Mount Bardean”

Elevation Gain: 1,253mDistance: 11.3kmTotal Time: 4 hours 5 minutesDate: July 20th, 2023 Not be confused with Goat Mountain in the Duffey, or Goat Mountain near Williams Peak or one of the 67 other Goat Mountains around North America. No, this Goat Mountain is the familiar peak just beyond Grouse Mountain in the North Shore. It’sContinue reading “Goat Mountain”

Elevation Gain: 714mDistance: 11.28kmTotal Time: 3 hours 44 minutesDate: July 22nd, 2023 Little White Mountain is one of the few summits of significant height in the Kelowna area. It’s still a heavily forested summit with only its upper reaches stretching beyond the treeline and into the alpine. To the east is its taller counterpart: BigContinue reading “Little White Mountain”

Elevation Gain: 342mDistance: 2.02kmTotal Time: 4 hours 44 minutesDate: July 16th, 2023 Serratus is apparently latin for “to saw” (e.g. serrated) and the name certainly fits the long jagged ridge line of Serratus Mountain. It’s located just a kilometer from the Jim Haberl hut and is therefore a very popular objective for those in theContinue reading “Serratus Mountain”

Elevation Gain: 679mDistance: 9.68kmTotal Time: 11 hours 6 minutesDate: July 15th, 2023 As you drive south down the Sea2Sky highway and round the corner just past Daisy Lake you’re hit with a 1000m wall of twisted snow and deep crevasses from the mighty Rumbling Glacier. Crowning this impressive formation of snow and ice are theContinue reading “Mount Tantalus”

Elevation Gain: 2,129mDistance: 22.5kmTotal Time: 27 hours (including overnight camping)Date: July 8th and 9th, 2023 Mount Cayley is one of those summits that catches your eye from most of the peaks around the Sea2Sky area. From afar it likes like giant sand castle with sharp pointed pinnacles guarding the upper flanks. It’s surrounded by theContinue reading “Mount Cayley”

Elevation Gain: 833mDistance: 8.61kmTotal Time: 6 hours 11 minutesDate: July 3rd, 2023 After an ascent up Moat Peak, Ashley and I were headed for Rampart Mountain about 1.5km away. As a group we hiked around the south side of Moat Lake and then up the east slopes of Rampart Mountain before splitting ways. Ashley andContinue reading “Rampart Mountain”

Elevation Gain: 833mDistance: 8.61kmTotal Time: 6 hours 11 minutesDate: July 3rd, 2023 After recovering for a few days from COVID, I was starting to feel better and wanted to get one more day out of the long weekend. The weather was too nice to not take advantage of and so Andrea reached out to JacobContinue reading “Moat Peak”

Elevation Gain: 2,544mDistance: 34.8kmTotal Time: 48 hours, 12 minutesDate: July 4-6th, 2023 Slocomb’s Rise is a minor, unofficially named summit directly south of Mount Colonel Foster. It boasts a number of climbing routes, but can apparently be ascended as a scramble from the south col of Colonel Foster. Despite the unofficial name, it does haveContinue reading “Slocomb’s Rise”