Headed out to do the Neve Traverse this Spring? Get some ideas and a better idea of the route here! Did I leave something out? Questions? Leave a note in the comments below. Updated Spring 2021. One of the common searches that leads to my site is people looking for information ski routes in the Coast[…]
We took advantage of the well entrenched, high-pressure system on Saturday and drove up to the Duffy Lake Road to ski the North Face of Slalok. We got an early start from Pemberton and hit the Joffre Lakes trailhead before 8:00. Travel up the lakes was tricky on skis with a hard freeze making the well[…]
This weekend, Nick and I managed to nail a weather window that called for moderate temperatures and sunny skies after a few days of good weather following a big storm. This meant that a good skin track was likely set around the Spearhead Traverse and the conditions would be fast for travel in the alpine[…]
The 2013 Canadian Ski Mountaineering Cup wrapped up this weekend with the Ken Jones Classic at Lake Louise Ski Resort in Alberta. I left Vancouver early and made it to Lake Louise late in the afternoon. I had just enough time to go for a quick leg-stretcher ski behind the hostel along the river. The[…]
This weekend was the 2013 Dogtooth Dash at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden BC. The race was selected as this years Canadian and North American Championships so titles were on the line! My parents and I left Vancouver on Thursday and got in a short ski to stretch the legs at the resort on[…]
Today was our 4th annual UBC Nordic Ski Fundraiser race at Cypress Mountain. This race raises funds to help the UBC team travel to Nationals and is part of our commitment to Cypress in return for sponsoring our trail passes. We held a 16km and 8km race on a hilly course. Slightly lower turnout this[…]
I used the Leki Cima Titanium Poles as my primary race poles for ski mountaineering. These are lightweight (456 gm according to Leki) and strong. A major advantage of a metal pole to carbon fiber is the durability in a crash. Skimo races have lots of falls and poles tend to jump underneath just in[…]
After leaving the deep powder of Nelson, I made my way up through Revelstoke and over Rogers Pass to Lake Louise AB for the 18th International Hypoxia Symposium. A meeting of the best researchers in high-altitude medicine and any other topic pertaining to hypoxia. The location is chosen with the interests of attendees in mind[…]