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Pika Peak, Burke Mountain, May, 2026
Ever since we moved to Coquitlam in 2020, I have been wanting to explore Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, which is literally in the city’s backyard. While the provincial park is huge and spans a…
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Runner Peak, April 2026
If you turn your gaze toward the North Shore mountains while driving on Highway 1, you’ll notice a series of peaks forming the Fannin range of mountains behind Mt. Seymour ski resort. The first…
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Frenchman Coulee, April 2026
If climbing basalt columns in a desert landscape shaped by volcanic fire and ice-age floods is your idea of a long weekend spent well, then Frenchman Coulee in Central Washington would not disappoint. I…
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Blackcomb Peak via DOA Route, August 2025
A trip report of the Blackcomb Peak climb via DOA route near Whistler, BC – an alpine rock climb involving Class 4 scrambling and a 5.7 final pitch
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Armchair Traverse, BC, July 2025
A trip report of the Armchair Traverse in BC — a sustained Class 3/4 alpine scramble connecting Mount Cook and Mount Weart above Wedgemount Lake near Whistler.
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Bryce Canyon, November 2015
It was pitch black inside the tent. The air was freezing – it had to – it was 14 degrees below zero degree Celsius. Almost like two soldiers on guard duty through the night,…
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Mt. Rainier via Emmons Glacier, July 2015
The sun had just peeped a little above the horizon, which was lit up faintly with a familiar reddish orange glow. The bright blob was aligned to the right of the center of the…
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Tungnath, Chandrashila, Deoria Tal Winter Hike
I would never have thought of climbing a Himalayan peak, however small, in the coldest month of the Indian winter. And yet, here I was. I would never have thought it possible that I…
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Kausani – Nainital, Feb 2013
It was as if we had ascended above the clouds and had entered the holy territory. Below us, we could see the white carpet engulf the entire valley to our left. I was not…
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