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The Summit of the North Arête On Aug 18th 2010 we began our ascent of the Wedge Trail. Our packs each weighed approximately 40lbs so the trail took us about 4 hrs.  Our Summit Gear included Mountaineering boots Crampons 8mm/ 30m, dry rope 3x 6mm/5m cord Ice axe 2x 120cm sling 2x5m webbing Harness 3 [...]

Rainbow Lake Trail head is located off of WestSide rd, in Whistler British Columbia. There are maps and descriptions of the trail at the base and km markers along the way. A 16km round trip that takes approximatly 6hrs at a moderate pace. You ascend mostly through forest to the lake at the top of [...]

               Pavillion Lake                  Situated between Lilloet and Cache Creek Marble Canyon Provincial Park is a great place to stop and picnic or camp for a few days. Whether your into fishing, watersports or birdwatching, this park has a little of something for everyone in your gang. This canyon was once part of a Pacific island [...]

  PETERSON CREEK PARK Well its official we are now residents in Kamloops BC. Our backyard is a utopia for mountain bikers and hikers a like. The park is called Peterson Creek Park. This park has got it all. A small creek that runs from above the city, down through it and into the Thompson [...]

Week 1 Surgery day you will spend sleeping, eating and icing. Doing anything else is like running a marathon. Plus the morphine doesn’t ware off for about 5 hours, then it’s onto Percocet’s or T3 your preference of course. I took perc’s I found them to be very strong and they put me to sleep as [...]

After returning from the Canadian Championships this year, I was feeling good about my season and getting ready for my next event “Wrangle the Chute”, at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.   I was skiing a line that I frequently ski on Blackcomb Glacier, and blew my knee.  I skied down immediately, thanks to the lovely and [...]

On an early morning before the lifts open I am adjusting a useless pair of trekkers in anticipation of skiing the finger shoots on Decker. Growing more and more in love with my RC 112 Rossi’s. I decided to leave my touring set up behind. Touring up East Cole, and making our way towards the [...]

On the Road again. We are travelling highway 1 towards wine country and then on to the bordering USA town of Rossland BC. This year is the 9th Annual Canadian Championships and tribute to Captain Jack Carey. Coming out of the mountains into wine country just outside of Osoyooos BC. The fog  was very spooky [...]

  On our way to Revelstoke crossing over Duffy Lake. The sunset spoke a thousand words to us but the only thing I remember is her beauty. Everytime I leave Whistler I ask myself the same question. How did I ever get so lucky? We packed up every piece of ski gear we could possibly [...]

On Thursday December third 2009 a friend Christain Ratcliffe and I decided to tour up to Cayoosh Mtn and ski the armchair in the south range. We started at about 8 am and came down around 4. Recording snow temps and digging a snow pit, we discoved decent stability. With a Nov 25th crust still [...]