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Elevation Gain: 570mDistance: 10.79kmTotal Time: 1 hour 55 minutesDate: December 17th, 2021 Pu’u Wa’awa’a is an ancient cinder cone on the big island of Hawaii that translates to: “many-furrowed hill” according to my online research. The summit stands at 1208m and one can easily access it via a 5km service road and trail to theContinue reading “Pu’u Wa’awa’a”

Elevation Gain: 344mDistance: 7.52kmTotal Time: 2 hoursDate: December 12th, 2021 After a solo outing to Farrer Peak on the Saturday, my friend Mike wanted to join up for a hike on Sunday. Again the avalanche danger was still high in the North Shore and Sea 2 Sky area. So with that in mind, we searchedContinue reading “Bear Mountain”

Elevation Gain: 471mDistance: 6.87kmTotal Time: 2 hours 15 minutesDate: December 11th, 2021 This weekend was calling for another round of high avalanche danger in the Sea 2 Sky area and that meant my options were limited to more modest objectives. I was still really keen to get out however, as I needed to do moreContinue reading “Farrer Peak”

Elevation Gain: 332mDistance: 5kmTotal Time: 2 hoursDate: December 5th, 2021 Suicide Bluffs is one of the many small “peaks” around the Seymour area, that by standard definitions rarely qualify as a separate summit. However, they’re all officially named points and so for that reason I still feel comfortable tagging them as summits. After a funContinue reading “Suicide Bluffs”

Elevation Gain: 1,405mDistance: 20.74kmTotal Time: 6 hours 35 minutesDate: December 4th, 2021 After a much overdue break from bad weather this weekend was finally calling for a reprieve from the rain. Freezing levels were slated to drop to near the valley floor and avalanche danger was low/low/moderate. I wanted to get out and do somethingContinue reading “Metal Dome”

Elevation: 672mDistance: 6.09kmTotal Time: 2 hours 43 minutesDate: November 21st, 2021 Slhanay is the shorter “sister” summit to The Chief, located directly east of Squamish. It’s only slight lower than The Chief, standing at 2182m tall and is overshadowed by it’s larger counterpart in many ways. For these reasons, it’s a much less popular objectiveContinue reading “Slhanay”

Elevation Gain: 192mDistance: 2.62kmTotal Time: 1 hour 7 minutesDate: November 14th, 2021 Murdo Peak is a small forested summit located on the northern flanks of Davis Lake Provincial Park. I first spotted it on a trip to Mount St. Benedict with my friend Jacob. Our plan had been to tag both peaks in one day,Continue reading “Murdo Peak”

Elevation Gain: 561mDistance: 10.49kmTotal Time: 4 hours 21 minutesDate: November 11th, 2021 The coming Thursday was a stat holiday for Remembrance Day and both Sara and I had the day off as a result. I wanted to take our dog Winston out for another snow adventure and so a trip to the mountains seemed likeContinue reading “Grassy Mountain”

Elevation Gain: 637mDistance: 14.24kmTotal Time: 4 hours 31 minutesDate: November 6th, 2021 After a month long hiatus from the peaks of SWBC, due to my vacation in Aruba and work, I was once again able to head out for some local summits. My last BC trip was in early October and the signs of winterContinue reading “Burnt Knoll”

Elevation: 57mDistance: 1.48kmTotal Time: 22 minutesDate: October 13th, 2021 Sero Arikok is the 2nd highest point in Aruba and is located within the Arikok National Park bounds. To reach it, one must gain entrance to the park and then drive up an unpaved road the base. In a 4×4 you can drive all the wayContinue reading “Sero Arikok”