Lectures Beyond Mountains
Hikes and Mountain Climbing
A cloudy afternoon on Bear Mountain in Mission after our bigger mountain plans fell through. Our 10.08 km outing includes a full route map, elevation profile, return-loop photograph, and downloadable GPX.
On August 9, 2026, three of us headed into the Coquihalla area with a fairly ambitious plan: climb Jim Kelly Peak, Coquihalla Mountain and Illal Mountain in the same day. We started at approximately 7:00 a.m. and did not see another person on the mountain for the entire trip. By the time the day was … Read more
Brandywine Mountain is located in the Coast Mountains’ Pacific Ranges. There are different appproaches to Brandywine Mountain but main approach is via Brandywine Mountain Trail. If you do not want a treacherous terrain and want a shorter hike like experience, then go on a 4×4 vehicle directly to the Upper Parking lot of Brandywine Mountain … Read more
Elk mountain has prominence of only 32m and relatively lower altitude of 1432m. We decided to do Elk in one winter just as an exercise and planned to go to Mount Thurston that day but plodding for a long time at the slowest speed ever and carrying a big film camera made it a tiring … Read more
When not to go – *important* Never on a weekend with too many that is literally 1000 people on the mountain to look at Larches. I’m not sure how the news spread but social media is definitely the culprit. Of course, I’m also people for other people but I mind my own business, move as … Read more
Altitude : 2290m Range: Tehri Garhwal, Uttrakhand, Himalayas India GPX not available becasue 2003 was the year Garmin started making GPS forerunner watches. I may have pictures from this hike and if I find them I will post them here. Here is the story. Ride to Dehradun Railway Station I had visited Dehradun many times … Read more
Life is sometimes slow and easy like this small hike that I digged out of old GPX records as far as my Garmin goes. I’m not sure whether I’d still have pictures of this available but this was a small gorgeous castle ruins on top of a small hill at Tribeč Range in Nitra Region. … Read more
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