Category Archives: Trip Reports

Elevation Gain: 1,190mDistance: 10.86kmTotal Time: 9 hours 38 minutesDate: September 21st, 2023 Mount Sloan is sprawling granitic complex of massive ridges, ribs and buttresses that sits on the southern shores of Downton Lake. At 2720m it’s one of the taller summits in SWBC, but it has company with the likes of Mount Truax, Dickson PeakContinue reading “Mount Sloan”

Elevation Gain: 921mDistance: 10.54kmTotal Time: 11 hours 21 minutesDate: September 2nd, 2023 Eros Tower, also known as Vega North Tower, is a prominent, steep 1615m spire that hosts the ultra-popular climbing route: “Mile High Club”. The route climbs 7 pitches up the Mile High Buttress and goes at 5.10a with the bulk of the climbingContinue reading “Eros Tower”

Elevation Gain: 1,358mDistance: 19.63kmTotal Time: 7 hours 56 minutesDate: August 27th, 2023 Andrea had been talking to me about hiking into a pristine alpine area known as the “Twin Lakes” for some time now. They’re located one valley to the west of Duffey Lake up the Haylmore Creek FSR. The whole area has some coolContinue reading “Elliot Peak”

Elevation Gain: 1,440mDistance: 20.65kmTotal Time: 13 hours 20 minutesDate: August 12th, 2023 The summits in the Anderson River group catch the eye from all angles, but most especially from the east where their massive granite faces sail high above the deep valleys below. If you’ve climbed any of the nearby peaks in the Coquihalla youContinue reading “Ibex Peak”

Elevation Gain: 1,623mDistance: 13.27kmTotal Time: 14 hours 38 minutesDate: August 5th, 2023 Labour Day Summit (aka Labour Day Horn) is an unofficially named peak on the southern end of Slesse Mountain’s long-reaching ridge line. It’s so called for the “Labour Day Buttress” route up the north buttress; first ascended by Dick Culbert, Paul Starr andContinue reading “Labour Day Summit”

Elevation Gain: 911mDistance: 10.96kmTotal Time: 7 hours 39 minutesDate: July 29th, 2023 The Camel is a granitic summit located just north of Crown Mountain, so called because it looks like… well.. a camel! There are three distinct features/points on The Camel: The Head, The Neck and The Hump. The true summit lies atop The Hump.Continue reading “The Camel”

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”