Sandro Summits

Category: Trip Reports

  • Mount Harvey North Ramp (Winter)

    Mount Harvey North Ramp (Winter)

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    January 19, 2024 Mount Harvey’s North Ramp is a North Shore mountaineering classic. 500m of sustained steep snow climbing overlooking the Howe Sound make it a unique outing. With the widespread melt freeze crust and green brick avalanche conditions on the south coast it was a far better time for pointy bits rather than skis,…

  • Nai Couloir

    Nai Couloir

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    Dec 31st, 2024 With high hopes of stable cold storm snow Darrion and I headed off the Ledge basin to try for the “longest” couloir (about 400m vertical drop) in the Ledge/Sky Pilot group. Nai couloir is tucked away out of view from the rest of the basin, so we didn’t quite know what we…

  • Showcase Spire

    Showcase Spire

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    Sept 16, 2024 via Darn Gendarme 5.9 Sharp spires are undoubtably alluring to climbers, small airy summits with technical climbing being the only way to the top. Showcase spire had been on my radar for years, but I could find limited beta on both the climb and techniques in rigging a retrievable Tyrolean to descend…

  • Mount Ethelweard West Ridge (Attempt)

    Mount Ethelweard West Ridge (Attempt)

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    September 1-3, 2024. For having such striking and tall glaciated summits, Altheney pass seems to see little attention from alpine climbers. I could only find information on two routes up Mount Ethelweard: John Clarke’s FA route along the south ridge, and Steven Song’s SW gulley route. The west ridge caught my eye as a striking…

  • Packrafting the Tantalus Traverse

    Packrafting the Tantalus Traverse

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    July 26-28th 2024 For being one of the most popular alpine climbing areas in southwest BC the Tantalus has quite complex access. In modern day this has all been somewhat overridden by the fact that Black Tusk Helicopters has their airport just across the river from the Tantalus, making a heli bump relatively affordable. Not…

  • Reh Peak

    Reh Peak

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    July 15, 2024 via North Ridge 5.2 I have been wanting to check out the Anderson River Valley for years after seeing the striking photo of Steinbock’s NE Buttress. Starting from the east side of the valley would give me a great view of this face as well as Springbock Arete up Les Cornes. The…

  • Illusions Traverse

    Illusions Traverse

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    June 7-8th, 2024 Guardian Peak, Disillusion Peak, Illusions North and South Peak. I have been curious about the Illusions for years now, they are beautiful granite summits but get far less love than their southerly neighbours Nesakwatch Spires and Mount Rexford. We had initially intended to do a full link up for the “Grand Ensawkwatch…

  • Mount Baker

    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…

  • Mt. Fee South Tower

    Mt. Fee South Tower

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    March 31, 2024 There is something almost sinister about the volcanic towers on the Squamish-Cheakamus Divide. They are strikingly aesthetic, but in a way that would not look out of place in Mordor. Mt. Fee is a staple of the skyline past Squamish, a sharp black spike always standing proud above the surrounding snowfields. Despite…