Lectures Beyond Mountains
Sandhu Harpreet Nature of Hike Needle Peak is in fact a very short hike and straight climb right off the bat. The vehicles are parked at a pull over zone near new construction. There seemed to be wasp nests in the beginning which I survived. The views open up after 1km of hike and beautiful North Cascades … Read more
Diamond Head is one of the most beautiful hikes in British Columbia going towards Mount Garibaldi, Atwell Peak, Gargoyles and Diamond Head. Diamond Head Information Difficulty: ModerateDistance: 30+KmElevation Gain: 1500m+Highest Elevation: 2058mAverage Gradient: 15.00% Effort/Reward Ratio: High/ HighTime Needed: – Slow: 10.5 hours with lots of breaks and pictures – Moderate: 9 hours – Fast: 8.5 Hours … Read more
This is one of the easiest small hikes that can be done almost in any season unless there is Cypress Provincial Park closure due to an Avalanche Risk. We decided to do this hike at the end of Mountain Winter and we were postholing up to the Summit in snow without using Spikes, Snow Shoes … Read more
Extremely Important: Safety Concern The Black Tusk is a climbers’ paradise. Despite all the information about Black Tusk hike online, it is very easy to lose trail especially on the Black Tusk False Summit (On the descent). Why is that? I will talk about it in this article. In this blog post I would try … Read more
Please note when navigating, route finding and standing to look for the trail the aggregate time to go to the summit and come back down is approximately 5 hours at a very easy pace. Total Moving time is just 3 hours over the rocks. GPX File is actual route with all the “mistakes” during route … Read more
Mount McFarlane Summit is a Grade 3 Climb with rest of the mountain a hard hike. The combination of towering peaks 360 degrees across the Summit, lush valleys, and at least grade 3 Climb make reaching the summit of Mount McFarlane a rewarding experience for any climber. I had attempted Mount MacFarlane a few years ago but turned around from upper pierce lake because of the shortage of time. Even if I did 300 feet per hour vertical climb at that time, I won’t be able to make it down to the forest in day light and I did not want to descend in dark merely because the forest can be slippery depending on the weather. So, this time I was determined to make it to the summit through the forest, a lot of forest.