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Sky Pilot Summit – Sea to Sky
–Sky Pilot is a 4th to low 5th class mountaineering objective located off the sea-to-sky highway near Squamish. I’ve marked the weekend as it’s too early to know the weather, but this will likely take a single day. Which weekend day (Saturday or Sunday) can be decided a couple weeks before the attempt once we […]
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Alpen Mtn and Split Pk (Alpenhorn)
–Split Pk (approx 1709m) is the highest point on the gentle 1k ridge heading south from Alpen Mtn (and possibly 1-2m higher than Alpen). There are a couple of steepish sections (that can be avoided); so, an ice axe and crampons (not micro-spikes) are required. We can drive to at least 1000m, and this is […]
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Blanchard Needle
–Blanchard peak is an impressive looking peak in Golden Ears park. Unlike the park’s namesake, there’s no hiking route up. The plan is ascend fly gully, then climb the peak (mostly a scramble, with 20m of 5.4), before descending over Alouette Mountain. We will likely pitch out the 5.4 section See this trip report: […]