Tag Archives: mountaineering

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 →

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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 →

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Twin Cairns Nov 11/2012

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Bill Kerr

Good short ski trip with Wietse. Ideal trip to start season. On top in 3.5 hours. Snow good and supportive except sugary in spots on the ridge around the rocks. Kept to lower angles and avoided windslab. Lots of snow on top … Continue reading →

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Old Baldy McDougal Volcano Traverse Sept 29/2012

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Bill Kerr

Big day for me coming off the couch after 3 weeks rehab on my cut/bruised knee and only one outing per month. About 1700 -1800 m elevation plus 20+ km. Took us about 12 hours due to a wrong … Continue reading →

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Andromache Aug 19, 2012

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Bill Kerr

Last minute decision to meet Kevin at Lake Louise Sunday morning and we were off to do plan “C” which turned out to be Andromache. Went up Hector valley on trail – RH side of creek – and through rockband left … Continue reading →

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Uto July 12, 2012 climb Rogers pass Sir Donald pics Selkirks

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Bill Kerr

Daytrip from the campground with Mark Klassen and Kris Irwin leading Kevin, Dave and myself on a great easy rock route. Plan A was to be North Victoria but was too hot with no overnight freeze so we decided … Continue reading →

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Kananaskis Peak June 29, 2012

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Bill Kerr

Scramble with Kevin and Kelly. Didn’t do much research and we went too far up the Wasootch trail, side hilled in angled trees down to the creek drainage and then side hilled the other side in steep trees as we went … Continue reading →

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Storm Mountain – Banff – Ski – May 11, 2012

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Bill Kerr

After skiing Quartzite last weekend on a hard crust I was almost ready to put up the skis but noticed another cool rainy day with cold clearing trend was forecast for end of week – Good overnight freeze of … Continue reading →

Posted in backcountry ski, scramble, ski mountaineering | Tagged alberta, alpine touring, AT, backcountry, Banff, british columbia, burn, firebreak, kootenay park, mountaineering, park, rockies, scramble, ski mountaineering, snow, stanley north face, storm mountain firebreak, Voile ski crampons | 1 Comment

Rhonda South April 9, 2012

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Bill Kerr

Just got back from California – two weeks eating american sized portions and laying around at sea level and decide to do Rhonda with Kevin and Wietse. It is about 24 km RT and about 1200 m elev gain. Went … Continue reading →

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Mount Bell climb scramble NE Ridge 5.3 Aug 26/2011 Banff Lake Louise quartzite

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Bill Kerr

Successful climb/scramble of the NE ridge with Wietse and Scott. This is a long day as it took us 13 hours car to car. We took the shortcut direct to the ridge from the Taylor lake trail junction which saved … Continue reading →

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