Tag: Strathcona Park
Traverse Take Two: Flower Ridge Towards Harmston And Tzela Lake
Last summer, Erica and I tried to walk across Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island and many things went very wrong. We even got interviewed by the Sharp End podcast about our helicopter rescue. It’s a year later. We’re still in the pandemic. And we felt like we have some serious unfinished business in the park.…
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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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VIDEO: Nine Peaks and Big Interior
We climbed the Big Interior and Nine Peaks despite persistent whiteouts, navigation struggles and rain.
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VIDEO: Golden Hinde, The Highest Peak on Vancouver Island
We made it to the highest peak on Vancouver Island, the Golden Hinde! You gain over 5,000 m in elevation over the 60 km you hike to get there. You are constantly going up or down.
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VIDEO: Red Pillar
Red Pillar was not really on my to-do list. It’s in the middle of nowhere. It’s not an Island Qualifier. And the most reasonable access points are usually behind locked gates. But a little bit of rain inspired the logging company to open the gates for the Canada Day long weekend. So I found myself…
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VIDEO: Kings Peak North Spur
This Alpine Club of Canada adventure started out like all the rest — great people in a beautiful place. But it turns out our trip leaders had a bit of a surprise in store for us!
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Castlecrag Mountain – Vancouver Island, BC
This past weekend, I had enjoyed some relaxed backpacking and a long hike up Castlecrag Mountain. It is one of the four smaller mountains near Mt. Albert Edward, which is the most popular objective in this area. But a number of circumstances drew me to this lesser climbed peak. One was that it was a long weekend and thus it was…
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Mt. Elma with snow
I signed up for another Alpine Club trip, this one leaving from Mt. Washington at 8 am. But after my snowless Christmas on the east coast, I was determined to visit winter here at home, logistics be damned. I wasn’t sure how I was going to manage the 3 hour drive on winter roads with my junky old car. And…
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Climbing at Crest Creek, Strathcona Park
Crest Creek is an introverted climber’s paradise. Unlike nearby Squamish, there are no crowds, no ferries, no cell phone coverage and no kids in your campground blasting their boom boxes at 1:00am. There are just friendly climbers, trees and routes for days. The crags here are meticulously maintained by a group of volunteers called the…
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Snowshoe backpacking at Forbidden Plateau
Although Mt. Washington just got a huge dump of snow, the mountain was closed to most people a few weeks ago. It was the perfect time to go on a snowshoe trip. No skiers or snowboarders! Only the people who didn’t mind taking off their winter footwear and hiking through the dirt and ice could enjoy…
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