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VIDEO: Winter camping at Mystic Beach along the Juan de Fuca Trail
I’ve been so busy planning my trip, but I wanted to get this video online before the summer! Over the February long weekend, Ashley and I had a lovely time camping on Mystic Beach. Mystic is at the very start of the Juan de Fuca trail. It’s a great beginner backpacking trip as it’s so…
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VIDEO: Rugged Mountain
I thought I was signing up for a 48 hour suffer fest. It was the end of September. Rain was in the forecast. I’ve been feeling too cold to function inside my own apartment. The ACC-VI website lists Rugged mountain as the second hardest Island Qualifer. Uff. I’m feeling highly motivated to finish all nine…
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VIDEO: Elkhorn Northwest Ridge
Bernard and I set out to try a real mountain on our own for the first time. We packed all the gear for all the possible routes. We brought perhaps too much cheese. And we gave ourselves 3 days to do it all in. We were open to what the mountains would teach us.
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VIDEO: Golden Hinde Solo Trip
Just got back from four days in the wilderness by myself. I was so scared before I left but there was no need. My heart is feeling full.
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VIDEO: Wild Women Climb Warden Peak
Just got back from an epic. We made it up Warden Peak with a rad group of women from the Alpine Club of Canada. It was an 18 hour day plus a 6 hour drive home. Made it back with just enough time to get to work.
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VIDEO: Triple Peak via the North Ridge
Seven of us from the Alpine Club of Canada made our way up Triple Peak last weekend. We attempted to follow the North Ridge route, but the snow conditions made things a bit challenging.
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Snowshoe on the Kludahk
In one of the last wintery weekends before ski season began, Brianna and I organized a hike for the Alpine Club on the Kludahk Trail. Our trip filled up quickly, which was surprising for just a hike! But also understandable, as many people feel like there is a lot of mystery surrounding the Kludahk Trail. I think it’s hard to claim a trail is…
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A hint of winter on Arrowsmith’s UnJudges route
A year ago, I went on my first trip with Alpine Club on Mt. Arrowsmith. Many great trips later, things have come full circle with another trip up UnJudges. The weather this year made the conditions a bit more exciting. Here’s a photo from late October 2015 at the same elevation as the photo at the top…
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5040
Our original plan was to climb up Triple Peak. With an extremely wet forecast ahead, we decided scrambling wasn’t the safest plan. So we switched gears to a hike on Triple’s neighbor: 5040. The peak gets its name from its summit height: 5040 feet (or 1536m). I took this photo of 5040 while standing at the…
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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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