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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 →

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Mothers Day Buttress July 14, 2013

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Bill Kerr

Drove through rain from Calgary to Scott Lake Hill and then started out to Louis but threatening cloud, cool weather and windy so did not want to commit to Louis so deceded to do Mothers Day Buttress 5.6. Great short … Continue reading →

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Mount Yamnuska Ridge 5.3 Scramble Traverse July 1, 2013

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Bill Kerr

Short hot scramble with Dave and Wietse on July 1. Took the ridge on Yamnuska versus walking up the trail. Pictures tell the story but mostly a moderate scramble with exposure. Pics at yamnuska ridge Wietse’s pics  2008 pics and … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Erickson, Crowsnest June 2013

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Bill Kerr

Mount Erickson at Crowsnest Pass – about seven km into B.C. Trip with Kevin and Scott.  Mountain was done by group of seven and Dave S. on Saturday and us on Sunday.  We did not start at end of ridge … Continue reading →

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Heart Mountain May 2013

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Bill Kerr

  Heart Mountain – May 2013 Heart 2013  use full screen slide show for best viewing

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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