Wandering the Canadian Wilderness

Scrambling, hiking, skiing, paddling and riding — mostly in the Canadian Rockies, occasionally somewhere else entirely. Every trip written up with the route, the numbers, the photographs, and an honest account of how it actually went.

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Recent trips

All trips

Epiphany Peak
July 30, 2026, first range, job cline pluz
SC62200 m30 km
Sundance Ridge
July 24, 2026, sundance range, banff national park
SC61650 m30 km
Wandering the Drummond Icefield
July 17, 2026, drummond group, banff national park
SC64000 m82.5 km3 days
"Kellwasser" & "Little Brother" Peak
July 11, 2026, banff national park
SC63100 m50 km2 days
Bath Peak
July 10, 2026, waputik range, yoho national park
SC61400 m17 km
Gunnery & "Colonel Belcher" Peak
July 6, 2026, highwood range, kananaskis country
SC51100 m10 km

Top ten lists

All the lists

Thirteen lists — best scrambles, easiest, hardest, most remote, best ski tours, best backpacking, and the ten worst days I have had in the hills. A few favourites to start with:

Night Rider Peak
September 1, 2024, first range, job cline pluz
Job Lake Excursions (Coral Creek, Job Pass)
August 29, 2024, first range, bighorn backcountry
North Highwood Peak (+ Mist Hills)
August 25, 2024, highwood range, kananaskis country

The complete archive

883 trip reports written between 1999 and 2026, covering 932 summits, 1,156 vertical kilometres of ascent and 19,907 kilometres on foot, ski, bike and paddle.

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