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Vantage Peak

I found a new favourite view on January 27th. My dad, my mum and I left our house Saturday morning for the duffy. At the trailhead parking lot for Cerise Creek we counted 15 cars. Our goal was to summit Vantage Peak. I had previously skied on the lower flank and my mum and dad had been to the top in the 90s. Being a pretty easy peak to reach, and with lots of traffic on the lower section, I wasn’t expecting a hard day. Having brought our dog, Cola, she jumped out of the van as soon as we … Read more

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Smith Rocks

On Canadian Thanksgiving of 2018 my family was doing something quite different than most. On the Thursday night before the weekend we drive across the US border in our truck and camper. The first day we didn’t drive very far and stayed at a truck stop overnight. Waking up to rain, we were hoping it would clear up as soon as we reached our destination for that day, Frenchman Coulee in Washington. The rain didn’t clear and we took our time driving down the state arriving to the amazing looking canyon. Making dinner we were all looking forward to a … Read more

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Spearhead Traverse Summer 2017

On Labour day weekend, many families head to the beach to drink beer/pop and eat chips while boating. My family did something very different, we hiked the Spearhead Traverse. Crossing loose rock, glaciers, ridges, meadows and forests it would take longer than in the Winter. It was my fourth time doing the trip from Blackcomb to Whistler mountain, but my first time in the Summer. I was very excited to see it in a different light. Starting on Thursday evening, we ascended the lifts on Blackcomb mountain. Reaching the top of Solar chair at 5pm, we didn’t know how far … Read more

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Spearhead Traverse with Family

On April 21-23, I traversed the Spearhead again. At the beginning of April I did it in one day with my dad and I was very excited to return. This time our team was my mom, my dad, my sister(Anna) and I. We had a late start and were at the top of the Blackcomb glacier at 11:45. We climbed the first hill with a crowd, there were 15+ people hiking up to the east col of Blackcomb. On the col my mum and my sister marvelled at the view of the mountains.

I pointed out to Anna where we … Read more

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Skiing On Mt. Rohr

On January 2, my family and I skinned and skied on Mt. Rohr on the Duffy lake road. It was cold and windy, about -35 wind chill so we decided to ski a south facing slope. We skied for 600 meters, in and out of avalanche run outs.… Read more