2013 (Shitmonton)

January
Jan 13 Wildhorse creek rambling D B S 510m 5km
Jan 14 unnamed ridge, David Thompson D B S 683m 6km
jan 15 Siffleur river wandering S B D 100m 6km
jan 16 Tuff puff to 2080m S B D 725m 8km


Jan 22-24 Littlehorn pass area and peak 2667 3D 3S 3B 1450m 22km
January total 3468m

February
Feb 4-6 Kinglet lake and Tuff Puff ridge 3B 3D 3S 1150m 12km
February total 1150m

March
March 29-31 Tuff Puff ridge camp 3B 3D 3S 1000m 9km
March total 1000m

May 5th Falls Lookout peak*(Hummingbird area) +950m S D B 7km
May 12th Abraham Mountain Attempt (Endless snow gully of softness) +350m S D B 2km
May 18-20 Banded Peak* and Outlaw Peak* in plastic boots +2100m 3D 3S 3B 42km SLOG FEST
May total 3400m

June 22-23 Drummond Creek Exploration (N of Prospect Creek) +560m 2D 2S B 19km
June total 560m

July long Resolute mountain + meandering +1960m 3D 3B 19km
July 20-21 Lake + peak* near Fiddle Pass +1068m 2D B 2S 25km
July 27-28 Prospect Mountain via Prospect Creek +1100m 2D B 19km
July total 4128m

August 3-5 Owen Creek Wandering +2000m 3D 2B 25km

Total 15706m/51539ft/226km

B = Bag nights -- 26
* = New Summits - 5
S = Solo days --- 22
Summits --------- 8
Total days in the mountains - 30

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2012 (Edmonton)

January
January 2 Read's Tower(*) +920m S D B 6km
January 3 Chester lake, Three lake valley +510m D S B 11km
January 4 Rawson Lake +300m S D B 8km
January total 1730m

March
Vision Quest Ridge first "peak" +685m B D 5km

May
may 19-21 2 o'clock ridge*, outlier* +2305m 3D 3B 18km
may total 2305m

June 16-17 Cardinal river headwaters exploration +800m B 2D 2S 17km
June total 800m

July 1-2 Resolute Mountain* +1780m 3B 2D 2S 18km
July 15 Prospect mountain via Prospect ck. +1180m S D B 20km
July 22-23 Thunderwater lake +500m 2D 2B 12km
July 24-25 Jumbo pass and peaks 2* +1600m 2D 2B 16km
July 27 Tumbling glacier +900m, camping D 4B 18km

July total 5960m

August 4-6 Caribou pass (McBride), Kristi peak*, pks. 2407* and 2601* +3020m 3B 3D 3S 41km
August 25-56 Fitzwilliam basin slog +1495m 2S 2D B 36km
August total 4515m

Sept 1-10 Trophy mountain + Blue River rambling +3300m 7D 9B 3S * 39km
Sept 22-23 Mount Russel* (Cadomin) +1300m 2D B 2S 20km

Sept total 4600m

Total 20595m/67582ft/283km

B = Bag nights -- 34
* = New Summits - 12
S = Solo days --- 18
Summits --------- 10
Total days in the mountains - 31

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2011

jan 8-9 steep creek booze-up +580m 2D 2B 11km
jan 30 fat dog ridge +550m D 13km

jan total 1130m/3708ft 24km

feb 12 ashnola valley campout 3B D +330m 11km
feb 19-20 Joffre lakes, Marriott basin 2D 2B 2S +352m/6km +568m/12km
feb 24-25 Steep Creek (pk 2055 + rambling) 2D 2B 2S +1590m 20km
feb total 2510m

April - GG 880m 3km

May 21-24 Gott creek hike/snow excavation fest 2d 3b +700m 20km
May total 700m

June 4-5 car camping 2B
June 6-9 Spruce lake, Open Heart and mount Sheba 4B 4D +2120m (est) 47km
June 10-12 car camping 2B
june 12 Blowdown pass +640m D 14km
June 18-19 Shulaps peak 2571 +890m D B S 8km
June 25-25 Leckie peak* + various sub-peaks* +1735m 2D 2B 2S 12km
june total 5385m

July 1st Parker ridge and beyond +660m S D 9km
July 9-10 Tenquille lake, Goat Peak +1090m 2D 2B 14km
July 16-17 Whitecap mountain* +2550m 2D 2B 28km
July 23-24 Mount Athelstan* +2225m 2D 2B 2S 12km
July 30 Shulaps ridge hike (Jim Creek) +660m D B 5km
July 31 GReen Mountain (Gold Bridge) +780m D B 9km

July total 7965m

August
August 1st Grouty ridge rambling +685m D B 4km
August 6-7 Tenquille Lake, Finch Ridge* +873m 2D 2B 13km
<s>May</s> August 13-14 Cirque Lake and Hidden Peak (Callaghan lake canoe crossing) +1100m 2D 2B 8km
August 20-21 Van Horlick-Blowdown divide traverse*(pk 2502) +1475m 2B 2D 17km

August total 4133m

September 2-5 Griswold pass, Lepton*, Baryon*, unnamed 2372*, 2499*, 2562*
+3200m 4D 4B 4S 46km
September 6 hike down bridge river Fsr for a boost +150m 18km
September 11 Indian Ridge*, Jasper +770m D B 8km
September total 4120m

October 15-18 Panorama Ridge* traverse via Helm Creek +1350m 3D 2B 31km
October total 1350m

December
December 4-5 1st Bald Hill +790m B S D 13km

Total 28903m/94845ft/412km

B = Bag nights -- 47
* = New Summits - 18
S = Solo days --- 18
Summits --------- 23
Total days in the mountains - 42

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2010

January (Argentina)
jan. 4-14 Cordon Del Plata +6080m 11D 11S 11B 50km 4*
Jan 19-24 Quebrada de Vargas +4280m 6D 6S 5B 45km 4*

Jan total 10360m

February

Feb 21st Brunswick mountain D S +1545m 12km?
Feb 28th check out harvey NFR to base S D +730m 8km?

Feb total 1545m

March

March 27-28 Steep creek rambling 2D 2B +570m 8km
March total 570m

April
April 3rd Steep Creek peak 2055* D B S 13km +950m
April 9-10 Foiled on Needle AGAIN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH 2D B +750m 7km

April total 1700m

May
may 9-10 caspar creek ridge traverse attempt (peak 2200*) +1240m 2S 2B 2D 7km
May 15 Zupjok peak +637m D 6km
may 23-24 melvin peak attempt 3B 2D +1040m 6km
may 29-30 Eastern Shulaps peak 2515* +1020m D 2B S 5km
may total 3937m

june
june 5-6 Downton Creek peaks 2634-2492 +1300m 2B 2D 6km
june 12-13 gott creek slush camping +530m 2D 2D 7km
June 19-20 Boulder Mountain from Gott creek +1325m 2D 2B 2S 10km
June 26-27 Downton creek traverse - peaks +1392m 2555*-2631 2S 2D 2B 11km
june total 4547m

July
July 2-4 Peridotite mountain*, pk 2805*, pk 2551* +2251m 3D 3S 2B 27km
July 10-11 tenquille lake with my parents! +260m B 2D 8km
july 17-18 Place Glacier + mount Gardiner* +1936m 2B 2D 17km
July 25 Conflict lake with my parents +175m D 9km
July 31-aug 1st Decker tarn camping + rambling, parents +275m 2D B 11km
July total 4897m

August
August 2nd Brandywine mountain +980m D 11km
August 6-8 Roxy Creek rambling + Dickson peak +1590m 3D 3B 14km
August 17-27 Stikelan creek +6600m 10B 11D 90km
pk 2404, pk 2578, pk 2920, mount Whitton, mount Moore 5*
August total 9170m

September
September 4-6 Skihist Mountain* +2434m 3S 3D 3B 27km
September total 2434m

October
October 2nd Hanging lake +600m D B 11km
october 9-11 Shulaps peak 2794 loop +1044m 3S 3B 3D 16km
october 16-17 Tigger peak from Gott creek +950m 2D 2B 6km
October total 2594m

Nov-dec
seymour x2 800m 2d 10km
diamond head x2 1200m 2d 25km

Total 44484m/145974ft/483km
B = Bag nights --63
* = New Summits -23
S = Solo days ---38
Summits ---------32
Total days in the mountains - 76

2009

Jan - write-off.
jan total: BS!

Feb - seymour twice +600m 2D 12km
feb total: 600m

March 14-15 snow caving on Brohm ridge, 2D B 12km +650m

april 9-10 post holing in Keremeos +1090m 2D 2B 26km
april 17-18 Blustry mountain* +1240m 2B 2D 2S 12km
april total 2330m

may 2-3 Seton ridge to 7000ft +1206m 2D 2B 2S 10km 9.5 hours [xx(]
may 9-10 camping in D'arcy and Moha 2B
may 16-17 Upper Joffre Lake +382m 2D B 10km
may 23-24 Molybdenite peak* scree fest +1190m 2S 2D 2B 5km
may 30-jn01 LaRochelle Ck ridge walk 2* +1575m 3D 3B 18km
may total 4353m

june
June 6-7 Downton Creek peaks 2634*-2515* +1359 2B 2D 7km
June 13-14 More Downton fun (rain) +490m 2D 2B 4km
June total 1849m

July
July 4-5 Scherle peak* +1200m 2S 2D 2B 23km
July 12-13 Frozen boot*+rambling +2120m 2S 2D 20km
July 17-18 Mount Revelstoke, mount Tupper approach in GNP +1375m D B 10km
July total 4695m

August
August 6th Wilcox pass +400m S D 6km
August 9th Plain of six glaciers D 10km +200m
August 10th Eiffel Peak* D +1250m 12km
August 12th mount Temple* (FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!) D +1680m 12km, rockies 10B 4D
August 15-19th Harrison Hut* 5D 5B +3462m 36km
August 22-23 Moomin Peak* NW ridge 2B 2D +1120m 13km
August 29-30 Peak 2639m Gott Creek* 2B 2D 2S +915m 10km
August total 9927m

Sept 12-13 Hanging Valley 2S 2D +650m 12km
Sept 19-20 Barbour's Draw + road clearing 2D 2B 6km +450m
Sept 26-28 Shulaps wandering 2D 2B 8km +900m
September total 2000m

October 3-4 Gott Peak (Snow!!!!) 2D 2B 2S 12km +960m
October 10-11 Shulaps peak 2770 2D 2B 2S 12km +970m
October total 1930m

November 7-8 Heather Meadows overnight B 2D 10km +425m
November 15 More diamond head slogging! S D 14km +500m
November total 925m

December 6th - Grouse grind (heresy!!!!) 3km +884m
December total 884m

Total 28758m/94369ft/345km
B = Bag nights --52
* = New Summits -14
S = Solo days ---25
Summits ---------18
Total days in the mountains - 50

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2008

Jan 03 Mont du lac des Cygnes +440m D 6km
Jan 04 peak 1079 +292m D 10km
Jan evening snowshoes +200m 10km
Jan 13 sorry attempt on Mount Kelly, +125m D B 3km
Jan 19 Slog of death up Silverdaisy E ridge to camp +1045m D B S 7km
Jan 20 Retreat!!! +50m D S B 7km
January total 2152m 43km

Feb Seymour water caving +240m 4km D B
Feb Strachan West side attempt +320m D 5km
Feb Hollyburn Mountain +400m D 8km
February total 960m 17km


March 16 Needle winter attempt foiled AGAIN +700m D 7km
MArch total 700m 7km

April 5 Seymour peaks 1 and 2 D +480m 6km
April 19 Camelsfoot range pk 1555 +862m S 2B 8km
April 27 Crater Mountain attempt +1220m S D B 16km
April total 2562m 14km

May 3-4 Martin creek (Mamquam) peaks attempt to 1700m +1280m S D B 20km
May 10-11 Seton ridge slush slog +547m 2D 2B 5km
May 24-25 Stoyoma Mountain* +1105m 2D 2B 2S 20km
May 31-June 01 Silvertip attempt +300m, B, S, D 4km
May total 3262m

June 7-8 Downton creek branch 2 +900m 2D B 10km
June 14-15 Gott creek peak 2592 +1292m 2D 2B 16km
June 21-22 Boulder creek peak 2682 +978m 2D 2B 8km
June 28-31 Shulaps range peaks +1140m 3D 3B 14km
June total 4310m

July
July 6-7 Downton creek hiking +500m D B 6km
July 13-14 Copper Mount, Tenquille mtn and Goat peak +1721m 2D 2B 12km
July 19-20 Twin lakes + 2 peaks +1661m 2D 2B 18km
July total 3882m

August 3-14 Tchaikazan valley +3700m 11D 12B 82km
August 30-sept 1st Outrigger-Sun peak traverse +2650m 3D 2B 20km
August total 6350m

September 6-7 Meditation Mountain via Battleship lakes +2017m 2S 2D 2B 24km
September 28-28 Blowdown pass-Van Horlick creek traverse 2B 2D +1798m 25km
September total 3815m

October 5th Gott Peak B S D +460m 3km
October 11 Shulaps range + dash plateau East summit, +656m 3B 2D 5km
October 18-19 Gott creek peak 2625 2S 2D B +929m 6km [100K feet, yay]
October 25-26 Gillespie attempt + seed 2S 2D B +1225m 10km

October total 3270m

november
Brockton point - 200m S D 2km
Seymour 1st peak - 400m D 4km

november total 600m

December
can't remember.. cr@p weather!
mont du lac des cygnes +600m 10km D
Mont grand-fonds x2 +500m 10km D
december total 1100m

Total 34202m/112233ft/429km
B = Bag nights --50
* = New Summits -19
S = Solo days ---17
Summits ---------28
Total days in the mountains - 61

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2007

jan 07 montagne noire reconaissance +353m S 5km
jan 09 montagne noire - traverse! +495m S D 14km
jan 10 "cold as f'n hell mountain* +291m S D 9km
jan 20-21 needle peak ridge camp +649m 2D B 6km
jan 27 fat dog ridge doom slog into camp +795m S D B 9km
jan 28 three brothers* + back to car +518m S D B 15km
jan total 3101m

feb 03 Strachan,Christmas gully +574m S D 6km
feb 04 Needle peak to 1900m, out of time!+680m D 6km
feb 10 Zupjok Peak* +613m D 8km
feb 11 Mount Harvey* +1405m D 12km
feb 16-18 Garibaldi lake +1050m 2D 2B 21km
feb total 4322m

march 04 Hollyburn snow climbing +580m D 5km
march 25 seymour 1st peak direct +400m S D 6km
march 31 Brunswick mountain North Face* +1733m D 16km
march total 2713m

april 01 Strachan "april fools gully" +614m S D 6km
april 06 Deeks lake approach/Brittania ridge East gully +1250m S D B 6km
april 07 "Gotha peak" West face couloir* + mount Windsor +805m S D 9km
april 15 Smoke bluffs shittyness +100m
april 21 Mount Duke exploration to 1845m +715m D 18km
april 29 Thar peak* +750m S D 6 km
april total 4184m

may 4-6 Flatiron + needle attempt 2D 2B +980m 8km
may 12-13 Marriott basin peak 2407* 2D B +1122m 10km
may 19-21 Shulaps range snow stormin' + peak 2408* 3B 3D +1487m 18km
may total 3589m

june 1_3 Gott and Gotcha peaks + gotcha sub 2B 2D +1308m 13km
june 9-10 Mission ridge tent stock 2B D +75 2 km
june 23-24 Boulder mountain 2B 2D +1210 7 km
june total 2593m/8509ft

july 1-2 Taylor creek peaks 2492*+2486 3B 2D +1400m 12km
July 6-8 Twin lakes peak 2556 + ridge walking 2D 2B +1050m 10km
July 21-22 Hurley Silver Mine traverse 2D 2B +870m 10km
July 28-29 Mount Sampson base camp 2D 2B +1000m 24 km
july total 4320m

August 4-5 Big Dog Mountain rain fest 2B 2D +779m 8km
August 12-13 Dickson peak* 2B 2D +1210m 10km
August 14-16 mount Vayu* 3B 3D S +1194m 14km
August 17-18 Canine*, Brown Molar*, Beaujolais attempt 2B 2D 8km +900m
August 19-21 mounts Gandalf* and Aragorn* 3B 2D +1400m 18km
August total 5483m

September 03 Mount McFarlane D B +1795m 16km
September 09 Frosty mountain E+W summits* D S +1475mn 24km
September 16 Birkenhead mountain* 2B D S +1055m 11km
September 23 St. Jacobs mountain* B D S +1175m 10km
September 30 Seymour 1st peak D S +400m 8km
September total 5900m

October 13-14 Elusive Peak* to 2757m 2B 2D +1231m 13km
October 21st BCMC trail D +853m 3km
October 27th Zopkios area peak 1720 recon D B +424m 3km
October total 2508m

November 04 Brunswick Mountain std. route +1545m D S 14km
November 18 Round Mountain D S +730 13km
November 24 Conway peak approach +440m 6km
November 25 Seymour 1st peak +400m 8km
November total 3115m

December 1st Hollyburn S D +300m 5km
December 2nd whistler camping B
December 8-9 Gin & Tonic lakes + peak 1803* 2B 2D 2S +1235m 22km
December 17th Hollyburn S D 8km +400m
December 22nd Brockton point D 4km +240m
December total 2175m

Total 44408m/145724ft/526km
B = Bag nights -- 49
* = New Summits - 26
S = Solo days --- 23
Summits --------- 39
Total days in the mountains - 69

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2006

jan. 19 seymour 1st peak +387m S
jan 29 hollyburn ski +400m S
Total 787m 2S 2D

feb 26 hollyburn hike +400m
Total 400m 1D

apr 04 seymour 2nd peak +400m
apr 14 banff - lake minnewanka+lookout +300m (Banff total 4B)
apr 16 banff sulphur mtn * +100m S
apr 23 Seymour 3rd peak +435m
apr 30 deeks lake +1000m S
Total 2235m 2S 4B 5D

may 04 mount windsor* +1650m S
may 07 alouette mtn * +1086m
may 13 Flatiron* + ridge +900m B
may 14 needle peak *+500m B
may 21 brew hut +976m S B
may 22 hops peak * +50m S B
Total 5162m 3S 3B 6D

june 02 mountaineering course cerise ck. +350m B
june 03 vantage col + twin one glacier +250m B
june 04 joffre shoulder (crevasse rescue) +200m B
june 05 snow climbing +200m
june 17 blowdown pass +570m S
june 17 gott* + gotcha* +622m S B
june 24 peak 2687 boulder creek* + peak 2560* +1209m B
Total 3401m 2S 5B 7D

july 15 elfin lakes +650m S B
july 16 the gargoyles * +395m B
july 22 hurley silver mine* +200m S B
july 23 downton creek exploration +600m S B
july 30 big dog appraoch +200m S B
july 31 big dog mountain* +500m S
Total 2545m 5S 5B 6D

august 1 truax approach +517m S B
august 2 mount truax* +683m S B
august 4-7 mount Adams* +2067m 3B
august 12 outram approach +1300m B
august 13 outram SE ridge* +510m
august 19 downton creek approach +825m S B
august 20 downton creek peak 2861* +664m S
august 25 texas-moly approach +1062m S 2B
august 26 mount Brew S ridge* +1486m S
Total 9114m 6S 9B 11D

sept 02 ashlu approach +655m B
sept 03 ashlu summit* +926m
sept 09 cayoosh approach +720m B
sept 10 cayoosh rambling +230m
sept 23 semaphore lakes approach+ locomotive +994m S B
sept 24 face mountain* +825m S B
Total 4350m 2S 4B 6D

oct 02 lady peak * +740m S
oct 07 mt mcguire* +635m
oct 14 thompson peak - alder 1, Ben 0 +100 S
oct 16 seymour 1st peak +387 S
oct 21 Cheam Peak * +664m
oct 23 mount Douglas* (vancouver island) +174m
Total 2700m 3S 6D

nov 11 Beer drinking/Weak Needle attempt +329m 2B
nov 26 Hot chocolate drinking on Seymour +295m S
nov 28 Mount seymour peaks 1+2 +480m
nov 30 Hollyburn mountain +406m
Total 1510m 4D 3S

dec 2-3 Round Mountain* - snow caving +730m B
dec 17 Seymour rope skills afternoon +180m S
dec 27 Snowshoeing +200m S
dec 29 Mont du lac des cygnes + 470m
Total 1580m 4D 1B

total 33784m/110862ft
B = Bag nights - 34
* = New Summits - 24
S = Solo days - 30
Summits - 29
Total days in the mountains - 58

Wow, good on ya! How did you get across the bridge at Silver Hurley Mine?

Blackfly,

You just need a narrow vehicle...


Ben

gyppo, when you back in town?

Gyppo. You keep going to neat places around here. Would love to see some TR's from some of them?!? [8D]

Ben,

Oct. 18-19
Strange. I was on southwest of Stien. Have you taken Blowdown pass?
Do you own Gordon White's guidebook?

No, I climbed out of the West fork of Gott creek.

Hanging Lake in Van Horlick?

Yes, that's the one!

"mount truax" now there's a name i haven't heard in a while. Used to be my old stomping grounds.There was an old trappers cabin that was quite useable at the valley bottom that the forest service burned down. Was a shame, i spent many a winters nights in it.

Isn't it funny we're always in the same area. I was in Gottless looking to Silent Hub ridge.

Ben
Not the hanging lake that makes up blow down creek? its been calling me

Better get some T/R's up from your new advetures eh?

Yep, working on one for this last one! working 11 hour days lately too so time's a bit scarce but a TR IS coming!

B