Yoho Peak

August 1, 2025. Scrambling to the summit of Yoho National Park’s eponymous peak. I’ve had the chance to do some easy hikes in Yoho with my family, but time and distance have prevented me from doing anything more involved. Luckily, I got invited along on an already-arranged trip to Yoho by my Calgary hiking buddies […]

Mount Richards

June 19, 2025. Engaging route-finding and scrambling in Waterton Lakes National Park. The defining view greeting hikers when they arrive at Bertha Lake is the imposing rock wall hemming in the far (southern) end of the valley. That wall is the connecting ridge between Mount Richards on the left and Mount Alderson on the right. […]

Morin Peak

May 31, 2025. Tagging an unofficial peak neighbouring one of the Crowsnest Pass’s most popular early-season objectives. Immediately west of Livingstone South Peak is a slightly lower outlier, unofficially named Morin Peak (a mountain in the Terrace region of British Columbia is the official Morin Peak). On previous trips to the top of Livingstone South […]

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 […]

Mount Alderson

July 9, 2024. Straightforward but scenic scrambling to a summit overlooking the Carthew-Alderson trail. Mount Alderson is one of the Waterton scrambles described in Kane’s Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. The ascent route is very obvious when hiking on the Carthew-Alderson trail from Cameron Lake down to the Waterton townsite. From the hiking trail the […]

Mount Haig and Gravenstafel Ridge

August 5, 2023. A return to Mount Haig to deal with the “unfinished business” of Gravenstafel Ridge. Almost exactly 4 years ago I climbed Mount Haig. That day I decided to return to my car by descending down to Haig Lake and following the trails out. For whatever reason I didn’t feel like ascending adjacent […]