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”
Category Archives: Trip Reports
Murdo Peak
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”
Grassy Mountain
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”
Burnt Knoll
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”
Sero Arikok
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”
Sero Cabai
Stats include Sero Jamanota and Sero CabaiElevation: 294mDistance: 5.5kmTotal Time: 1 hour 31 minutesDate: October 13th, 2021 Sero Cabai is the 4th highest point in Aruba and the last official point that I am personally willing to declare “peak-baggable”. By BC standards this would hardly even be a sub-summit or false summit, but in ArubaContinue reading “Sero Cabai”
Sero Jamanota
Stats include Sero Jamanota and Sero CabaiElevation: 294mDistance: 5.5kmTotal Time: 1 hour 31 minutesDate: October 13th, 2021 Sero Jamanota is the highest point on the island of Aruba at a meager 188m in height. Along with the 2nd and 4th highest points, it’s located in the Arikok National Park on the south eastern side ofContinue reading “Sero Jamanota”
Hooiberg
Elevation Gain: 118mDistance: 0.8kmTotal Time: 40 minutesDate: October 12th, 2021 Hooiberg is the third highest point on the island country of Aruba. By any normal definitions it’s merely a hill, but there are no points exceeding 188m for the entirety of the country. As a result, the few hills that do exist have all beenContinue reading “Hooiberg”
Mount Bonnycastle
Elevation Gain: 1,196mDistance: 8.98kmTotal Time: 7 hours 51 minutesDate: October 8th, 2021 Mount Bonnycastle is a summit that has captured my imagination for some time. I would even credit it to the genesis of my peak bagging interests. It’s one of those summits that I came across while perusing more remote areas of an onlineContinue reading “Mount Bonnycastle”
Mount Grant
Elevation Gain: 1,777mDistance: 13.09kmTotal Time: 6 hours 29 minutesDate: October 2nd, 2021 The weekend of October 2nd was slated to be a fantastic sunny one with both Saturday and Sunday providing good summit opportunities. However, by Thursday the forecast had bounced back and forth between rain and sun until it finally settled on a highContinue reading “Mount Grant”