The Vitals Date: August 2-5, 2024 Location: Squamish/Whistler, BC Distance: ~40 km Time: 4 days Partners: Brittany, Will, Christian Resources: Guapo Greg – Alcoholic Traverse Photos: Brittany The Summary We’ve come a long way since August 2016 when we did the Alcoholic Traverse as our first off-trail hike. Since then we’ve done many routes (like […]
The Vitals Date: August 6-8, 2023 Location: Duffey Area, BC Distance: 40+ km Partners: Dave, Christian, Jason Resources: Scrambles by Matt Gunn, Various Photos: Dave and Jason The Trip Day 1 – Highway 99 to Rohr I went to Marriott basin in 2014 and scrambled some small peak to the west of Wendy Thompson hut […]
The Vitals Date: July 29 – August 2, 2022 Location: North of Pemberton, BC Distance: ~55 km Partners: Brittany, Will, Alex, Dave Photos: Brittany The Trip This was one of the most peak-bagging focused trip I’ve ever done. I’m not motivated by numbers when it comes to summits but this area, with its density of […]
The Vitals Date: July 31 – August 2, 2021 Location: Place Glacier Partners: Brittany, Will Bears: 1 Photos: Brittany The Trip I am getting a little older and a little less motivated and that’s okay. For the August long weekend I wanted to head north of Pemberton and scramble some or all of Beaujolais Peak, […]
The Vitals Date: July 1-3, 2021 Location: Pinecone Burke Provincial Park (Circumnavigation of Pinecone Lake) Distance: ~20 km Partners: Brittany, Will, Anne, Dave, Alex Bears: 3 Photos: Brittany The Trip The above map was sketched and annotated by Will after the trip. We followed this loop clockwise from where the marked trail meets it at […]
The Vitals Date: August 1 – 3, 2020 Location: Downton Creek Area (near Lillooet, BC) Distance: ~29 km Partners: Anne and Will Resources: Matt Gunn’s Scrambles Guidebook, 1:50000 topo map 92J09, Bivouac Trip report, Steven Song The Trip Before this summer I wanted to try at least a few trips that are not well-established traverses […]
The Vitals Date: July 5 – 10, 2020 Location: Vicinity of Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park, BC Distance: ~80 km Partners: Brittany and Will Resources: Matt Gunn’s Scrambles Guidebook, VOC Wiki, Cadwallader Range Traverse Trip Report, Traverse from Tenquille Lake to Snout Peak Trip Report, 1:50000 topo map 92J10 (Resource for any 1:50000 map), Satellite imagery […]
The Vitals Date: July 22, 2017 and September 9-10, 2017 Location: Coquihalla Partners: Brittany, Christian, GPD, Eric T Distance: ~15 km, 2157 max elevation Time: Two easy days Photos: Brittany (Instagram) Resources: This and this The Trip I had heard of Mt. Jim Kelly before but somehow not heard of Coquihalla Mountain and didn’t know they were such […]
The Vitals Date: July 29, 2017 Location: Golden Ears Provincial Park Partners: none Distance: 25 km+, and 2000 m+ elevation gain* Time: A little under 12 hours Resources: This route description and this trip report GPS Tracks: see below *I didn’t turn my GPS on until about km 2 and left it at the bottom of the Golden […]
The Vitals Dates: June 8 – June 14, 2017 Location: Kluane National Park – Donjek Range Partners: Brittany Distance: 112.4 km (4709 m gross elevation, 2157 m highest point) Time: 7 days Resources: National Parks site for route description, this blog post Our food packing list: Yukon 9 Day Meal Planner Photos: Brittany GPS Tracks: See below […]
The Vitals Dates: September 10 – 11, 2016 Location: Twin Sister Range near Welcome, WA Partners: Brittany Distance: ~18 km bike (700 m elevation gain), ~12 km hike (1350 m elevation gain) Time: ~7.5 hours moving time Resources: Matt Gunn’s Scrambles in Southwest British Columbia and Summit Post (up to date at time of writing) The Trip […]
The Vitals Dates: August 27 – 28, 2016 Location: North end of Alouette Lake Partners: Christian and Riley Distance: ~30 km, 3100 m elevation gain Time: ~15 hours total moving time GPS Tracks: see below The Trip The first mention of Robie Reid in my email is in September 2014, where an email faff organizing […]
The Vitals Dates: August 4 – 7, 2016 Location: Squamish/Whistler, BC Partners: Brittany Distance: ~40 km hiked, 7 km hitchhiked, ~3900 m elevation gain Time: Loooonnnnngggg Photos: Brittany The Trip Update August 2024: We repeated the route with some more pictures and a new map. About two weeks before a short stretch of time off, […]
The Vitals Date: July 30, 2016 Location: North Shore, BC Partners: None! Distance: 35 km biked, ~16 km hiked, ~2000 m elevation gain Time: 7 hours, 1 minute The Trip On the August long weekend I hadn’t made plans since most of my friends were working or out of town and I wasn’t actually taking […]
The Vitals Date: July 23, 2016 Location: Coquihalla, BC Partners: Will, Christian, Riley Distance: 9 km, ~1000 m gross elevation Time: ~6.5 hours The Trip Will and Peter were in town and I wanted to do a good scramble somewhere I hadn’t been before. Since Will had taken Peter up the Chief on Friday, he […]