Narao Trees (or Narao Shoulder or Narao Glades) is a backcountry skiing zone located on the East side of the Lake O’Hara road in Yoho National Park. It encompasses a large zone stretching around the shoulder of Narao Peak. This zone features surprisingly widely spaced trees (by Rockies’ standards!) that are great skiing in good…
Sherbrook Lake offers a huge range of ski touring options all around Mt. Ogden and Paget.
Dolomite Shoulder is an awesome backcountry skiing day trip located on the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta
Crystal Ridge is a large ski touring zone north of Lake Louise on the Icefields Parkway located just a few kilometers south of Bow Lake.
Helen Shoulder makes up the south ridge of Dolomite Peak on the Icefields Parkway. The ridge offers access to the Cirque Peak drainage (Helen Lake) via east-facing slopes on mellow terrain. West slopes feature a number of long runs towards the Highway. There are lots of amazing burnt trees and wide-open slopes with a bit…
Jimmy. Jr bowl is a great ski touring gem at the north end of the icefields parkway just past Bow Lake.
Tryst Chutes are a very popular ski touring and backcountry skiing destination in Kananaskis Country, along the Spray Lakes / Smith Dorrien road. This area features a number of short chutes and lines facing north and a larger south-facing slope known as the Super Slope. The short roadside approach, steep terrain, and easy access make…
Heart line climb is a multi-pitch route located on the north-west side of Heart Mountain near Canmore Alberta. It is a link up of a number of older routes up a fairly defined ridgeline on the mountain, mostly retrofitted with newer bolts and anchors where needed. It is roughly 17 pitches long, starting at Heart…
Squamish Climbing. Where to begin with how it feels to take one’s ego, throw it in the dirt, and trample it with golf cleats for 213 days straight? If you want to be a bonafide alpine climber, you need to be rock solid on big granite walls. So many of the world’s greatest alpine climbing…
Before I ever got into climbing, Mt. Louis was always one of the top mountains I wanted to someday stand on the summit of. It is a pretty famous mountain in both climbing and non-climbing circles due partially to its prominence above the valley floor, and also due to the fact that all routes require…