Tag Archives: backcountry

Cathedral Mountain July 20 2013 Summer climb Yoho Park

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Bill Kerr

  Great climb with Wietse. Walk 4 km on road and bring runners/sandals for stream crossing. Good to have gps track and follow trail up through trees to above tree line. Some ice showing on glacier and snow was a … Continue reading →

Posted in alpine climb | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Eisenhower Tower, Castle Mountain climb Banff

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Bill Kerr

  Great alpine climb with Dave Salahub and Guides Mark Klassen and Mary Beth. Route was in good shape and day was a little cool which worked well for the approach and climbing. Will add more pics from Dave and … Continue reading →

Posted in alpine climb, rock climb | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Commonwealth Ridge April 21 2013

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Bill Kerr

  A snow shoe trip with Dave S.  Good quick trip although a lot colder than expected.  Best access to ridge is to stick with the ski tracks until past the right side of the cut block and then keep … Continue reading →

Posted in scramble, snowshoeing, trip | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fortune Peak

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Bill Kerr

Snow shoe trip with Kevin, Wietse and Vern.  Kevin’s 49 th peak on his Summits For Seniors fundraising.  Great cause. Steeper parts in trees were a thrash as breakable crust over sugar.  We were paddling in places so thanks to … Continue reading →

Posted in scramble, snowshoeing, trip | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Blanket Feb 23-26, 2013

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Bill Kerr

Annual powder ski trip to Blanket Glacier Chalet.  Twenty third year. See previous years links under ski trip tab at top. lots of new snow – about 1 m so big trail breaking and deep powder skiing. My 95 mm … Continue reading →

Posted in backcountry ski, hut, trip | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Emerald Peak by Emerald Slide Path Ski, Feb 10, 2013 Yoho powder

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Bill Kerr

Emerald Peak by Emerald Slide path. Sunday feb 10.  Cooling trend and some new snow, moderate avi based mainly on wind slab so we thought we would bag this.  Good choice as the upper half was very good skiing. All … Continue reading →

Posted in backcountry ski, ski mountaineering | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Smutwood Peak Feb 2, 2013

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Bill Kerr

Good trip to an easy peak with Wietse and Vern. Glad they invited me for a last minute outing. I have not been out much due to personal and work issues. Parked on road and skied in on good track … Continue reading →

Posted in backcountry ski, scramble, ski mountaineering | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bow Hut Wapta Dec 21-22, 2012

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Bill Kerr

Good 2 day trip on the shortest days of the year with Kevin, Wietse, Vern, Kelly and Steven.  Steven did great given that it was his second backcountry ski trip and his first time with a heavy pack on skis to … Continue reading →

Posted in backcountry ski, hut, ski, ski mountaineering | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thunder Mountain Dec 2, 2012

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Bill Kerr

  Thunder mountain is the first mountain in the Canadian Rockies that was climbed by a non native(Peter Fidler) in 1792. Fidler is the first european  to explore Southern Alberta and view the southern Canadian Rockies.  He wrote about Devil’s Head in his … Continue reading →

Posted in scramble, snowshoeing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

S.O. Isola Nov 18, 2012

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Bill Kerr

Hike and snowshoe expedition into livingston area SW of Longview with Dave, Kevin and Vern.  Went in on #532 (hump road) and then south on forestry trunk. West over blue bridge to old reclaimed wellsite and then walked quad track. … Continue reading →

Posted in hike, snowshoeing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment