Event Category: Scramble

  • weather looking better up beyond Pemberton, so last minute trip there. Meet Friday evening at St Davids 6pm. Drive up beyond Pemberton and car camp. head up Cassiope and Saxifrage, camp high. Check out other peaks in area – Mt Olds, Mt Oleg….. need moderate scrambling experience and good fitness – there is quite a […]

  • Ascend Gott Peak via Blowdown Pass, then continue along the ridgeline to the infrequently climbed Moomin Peak. If time/weather permits we’ll also bag Gotcha Peak on the return. Access requires 4WD high-clearance vehicles; priority will be given to those with access to such a vehicle and willing to drive.

  • Overnight Trip (camp @ Vicar Lake) Cycle (11 k one way) through Lower Seymour Demonstration forest to Seymour Dam. Hike to Mt Bishop via Vicar lake trail. Although Mount Bishop is very close to Vancouver, it is seldom climbed. Via the North Shore Rescue trail which runs up from the East side of the Seymour […]

  • Hike in to Semaphore Lakes and set up camp, then bag Locomotive, Tender and possibly Caboose Mountains. The next day participants can hang out at the lake in the morning or join me in a climb up Face Mountain before packing up and hiking out to the vehicles.

  • Meet at West Canyon parking lot. Go up Alouette via the Evans-Alouette col, then descend into the Blanshard Needle-Alouette col and scramble up the Blanshard Needle. Expect a rappel on descent