Lys Ridge

September 21, 2024. A long, scenic ridge walk on the Autumnal Equinox. Lys Ridge is situated between 2 picturesque valleys in Castle Wildland Provincial Park. Grizzly Creek runs in the valley to the west of the ridge and the South Castle River runs in the valley to the east . The two converge around the […]

“Frankie Peak” & “Larry Mountain”

September 8, 2024. A long ridge walk tagging two lesser-visited summits in the Castle. It has been more than 4 years since I visited Whistler Mountain, and I had always meant to return and continue beyond the summit to tag “Frankie Peak” and “Larry Mountain”. These two unofficial summits are of equal height and stand […]

Leatherman Peak

September 1, 2024. A bumpy drive leading to a steep but straightforward ascent of Idaho’s 2nd tallest mountain. The day after climbing Borah Peak we set out before sunrise to climb Leatherman Peak. Located several kilometres south of Borah, Leatherman has a few options when it comes to scrambling routes. We decided on the northern […]

Borah Peak

August 31, 2024. Scrambling to the summit of Idaho’s tallest mountain. Continuing with this summer’s theme of exploring U.S. destinations for hikes, I joined a group heading down to Idaho to climb Borah Peak. Although the mountain appears as “Borah Peak” on government maps, it’s referred to by locals as “Mount Borah”. The mountain is […]

Mount Siyeh

July 27, 2024. Scrambling to the summit of a “10,000-er” along Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road. The last outing of my late July trip to Glacier was to bag the peak of Mount Siyeh. This mountain sits alongside the Siyeh Bend section of Going-to-the-Sun Road. It is apparently the easiest 10,000-er to climb in the […]