Elevation Gain: 1,100mDistance: 20.47kmTotal Time: 8 hours 24 minutesDate: March 2nd, 2024 The words “Special Avalanche Warning” were printed in big unavoidable text all across the AvCan site this weekend. A pernicious weak layer coupled with high snow fall diminished any big plans. I still couldn’t complain though. Unusual mid winter snow conditions had beenContinue reading “Botanie Mountain”
Category Archives: Trip Reports
Blustry Mountain
Elevation Gain: 1,727mDistance: 16.57kmTotal Time: 7 hours 40 minutesDate: February 24th, 2024 Blustry Mountain is the tallest mountain in the small Clear Range East of Lillooet. It’s not exciting from a mountaineering perspective, but it resides in the rain shadow and does offer some unique views you won’t see further west. For those reasons, itContinue reading “Blustry Mountain”
Nursery Peak
Elevation Gain: 1,645mDistance: 16.04kmTotal Time: 8 hours 28 minutesDate: February 19th, 2024 Sometime in 2022 while Steven and I were discussing interesting or rarely climbed peaks, he mentioned an obscure summit known as Nursery Peak. It’s hidden out of sight in between Mount Grainger and the VRC summits and not easily spotted from surrounding peaks.Continue reading “Nursery Peak”
Pyroclastic Peak
Elevation Gain: 2,138mDistance: 26.41kmTotal Time: 15 hours 6 minutesDate: February 10th, 2024 Pyroclastic Peak can really only be described as an evil sand castle; not unlike it’s neighbour Mount Cayley. It’s part of a volcanic complex that also includes the unclimbed Vulcan’s Thumb. The summit is flanked on all sides by rotten rock and sand.Continue reading “Pyroclastic Peak”
Las Agujas
Las Agujas are a pair of narrow limestone spires located right in the heart of El Potrero Chico. The tallest one is perhaps 180 to 200ft tall at most and so doesn’t quite qualify as an official summit. However, the easiest route up is still 3 pitches of 5.9 and stands out enough from ElContinue reading “Las Agujas”
Snazzy Peak
Elevation Gain: 2,014mDistance: 25.14kmTotal Time: 17 hours 3 minutesDate: February 4th, 2024 It was 8am east coast time and I was half asleep getting ready to fly home from El Potrero Chico. I had spent the last 6 days out there climbing as many routes as possible and was pretty exhausted from it all. IContinue reading “Snazzy Peak”
Hope Mountain
Elevation Gain: 1,549mDistance: 17.66kmTotal Time: 8 hours 55 minutesDate: December 17th, 2023 Alex, Matt and Trevor were planning to get out on the Sunday and had invited Andrea and I for a snowshoe up Hope Mountain. In the summer time it’s an ultra popular hike with a rather short round trip and for those reasonsContinue reading “Hope Mountain”
Cirque Peak
Elevation Gain: 1336mDistance: 13.14kmTotal Time: 11 hours 29 minutesDate: November 25th, 2023 Writing about failed summits is never particularly motivating, but those days in the mountains are still amazing in their own way. If only for the lessons learned or the views that were had. On this failed attempt, I was joining along with Elise’sContinue reading “Cirque Peak”
Thar Peak
Elevation Gain: 692mDistance: 5kmTotal Time: 5 hours 29 minutesDate: January 21st, 2024 Andrea and I were resting at home after getting rained off an objective in the Duffey Saturday evening. Feeling a bit deflated, I was ready to make a rest day out of Sunday, but just in case I had a quick scan ofContinue reading “Thar Peak”
Sootip Peak
Elevation Gain: 1,486mDistance: 17.31kmTotal Time: 8 hours 59 minutesDate: December 2nd, 2023 Sootip Peak has long been a popular summit thanks to it’s easy access off of the Soo River FSR and straightforward terrain to the top. It’s most often done in the summer time thanks to motor vehicle restrictions in the winter. However, thatContinue reading “Sootip Peak”