Category: Skiing
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Mount Baker
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May 14-15, 2024. Via Coleman-Deming Route. Growing up in Vancouver I have looked up at Baker my whole life, it seems natural to want to climb it. It has been on my list for years, but never quite happened. With a cruiser itinerary spending the night up there we skipped the eye watering alpine start…
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Spearhead Traverse
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March 24, 2024 After very little backcountry skiing this March due to tumultuous weather and wild avalanche conditions we were excited to have a perfect looking weather window for a day long traverse. We decided on the Spearhead Traverse, the weather really only looked good enough for a single day push, but I was looking…
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The Big Howie (Almost)
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February 16-17, 2024 The Big Howie couloir takes a proud line down the NE face of Mt. Howard. It starts at a notch in the ridge, goes down a steep couloir for about 300m then opens up onto a small pocket glacier before making it’s way through a series of cliff bands for a total…
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Million Dollar Couloir
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Feb 6, 2024 Eager to get out skiing the promise of blue skies and stable avalanche conditions lured us into trying to ski the widespread boilerplate crusts from the recent pineapple express. We left Vancouver early headed for the Duffy and Cayoosh Mountain. After the drive up, we had our skis on heading up the…