Tag: skiing
The long way around: Spearhead Traverse
The Spearhead Traverse is a challenging ski mountaineering route that takes you from Blackcomb to Whistler, the long way around. It is a 35km traverse with approximately 1700m elevation gain. It connects 11 glaciers and 17 peaks. You see a lot of stories of people doing the Spearhead in one day. Those people are outstanding…
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Skiing Mt. Allan Brooks in Strathcona Park
We headed out for a ski tour to Mt. Brooks in in early January. Erica and I went with our friends Colin and Natasha. Brooks and Elma are very popular places for ski touring. I did Elma on snowshoes a few years back. Brooks has better terrain for turns and is more popular with skiers.…
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Skiing Mt Cokely on Vancouver Island
We checked out the skiing near Mt. Cokely next to Arrowsmith.
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Is it safe to ski tour this weekend?
I want to tell you a somewhat embarrassing story, back when I did not know much about winter. It was about five years ago in the fall. The leaves on the trees hadn’t even changed yet. My friend had invited me on a backpacking trip in Strathcona Park. A few days before we were supposed…
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Getting started backcountry skiing on Vancouver Island
As a climber, I always felt so sad when winter rolled around. I thought I was stuck inside until the snow melted. Then it turns out I was wrong. Learning to ski was the answer. And not just any kind of skiing. Backcountry skiing. Where you take your skis for a walk up the mountain…
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Exploring one of Vancouver Island’s best kept secrets: Mt. Cain
For years, I had heard people talk about this magical place up island. A place with lots of snow and no people. Sounded like my kind of place!. Without a good car or having many friends who ski, I wasn’t sure if I’d ever get up there. But this year, things finally fell into place with…
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Intro to backcountry skiing Mt Becher
I haven’t been this bad at anything in a very long time.
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