Author Archives: Bill Kerr

About Bill Kerr

Weekend climber, scrambler and backcountry skier from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Midnight Peak Dec 20 2014

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Bill Kerr

Hike in the snow with Blaine and Kevin Pics Note full screen slideshow is best – fixed

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Nihahi Ridge Nov 23 2014

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Bill Kerr

Exercise trip with Blaine and Kevin Pics

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Prairie Mountain, Elbow Valley, Kananaskis Nov 8, 2014

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Bill Kerr

Last sunny warm plus 14 day. Start just past the Winter Gate after the Elbow Falls park lot. About 7.6 km RT and 726 m elevation gain. Totally a hike. Exercise run up Prairie Mountain with Blaine H. and … Continue reading →

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Mount Baldy – Scramble West Ridge North Peak Oct 24, 2014 Kananaskis

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Bill Kerr

Quick exercise trip with Blaine. Pics Old Pics of Baldy scrambles

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Pasque Mountain Oct 19

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Bill Kerr

Fast frantic trip. Did most of the horseshoe in 5 1/2 hrs with Kevin P, Dave S and Scott B. No pics

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Mount Kent Sept 27

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Bill Kerr

Rainy cloudy day so objective changed several times in the morning. so Kent with no beta – cliffed out on a side ridge. probably could have down climbed it but looked wet and muddy. Pics

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No-seeum Aug 23 and Sept 1

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Bill Kerr

Aug 23 – Good hike but turned back at lake by scare with an eye problem. No big deal but was good to be sure. Sept 1 – Successful trip. Nice scramble and now there is a reasonable trail up … Continue reading →

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Andromache – Molar glacier ski route – USE AT OWN RISK

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Bill Kerr

This gets done in spring with good coverage and solid avi conditions. Pics 1

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Mount Joffre North Face Kananaskis Beta Pics East Ridge descent July 2014

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Bill Kerr

Beta Pics for Joffre North Face Click on pics above for larger version. More pics at link below. Pics

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Warrior-Cordonnier Aster Lake July 24-26

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Bill Kerr

Great 3 day trip up to Aster Lake. Poor weather on way in but got Warrior and Cordonnier. Had to leave Sunday morning but Kevin and Raff took time to do Northover which was Raffs last Kane Peak. … Continue reading →

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