Tareef's Mountain Misadventures

hiking

Spectrum Peak - January 3 2024

A less-visited peak accessed via Whistler Olympic Park, with some interesting lines, though i'd recommend waiting til later in the winter for optimal creek-frozen-ness

hiking

Mount Woodside - December 30 2023

A trashy bushwhack which is 95% driving on a fairly easy forest road. Best combined with Mount Agassiz for some better value for your day, and a visit to Ramp Rock for a cool car shot

hiking

Mount McRae - December 30 2023

A prominent but trail-less mountain in the Chehalis area, best saved for a day when you don't have better things to be doing

hiking

Mount Crickmer - December 25 2023

A fairly standard hike to an p1000 peak. Hear there's good views, but I went in a deluge of a rainstorm, so none for me 😅

hiking

Vedder Mountain (Vedder Peak) - December 20 2023

A quick hike doable before work, with some fun offroading and biking nearby

ski mountaineering

Vantage Peak - December 17 2023

A fun ski with a little bit of extra spicy climbing at the end to make it a mini-mountaineering objective (at least in the winter)

ski mountaineering

Iago Peak - December 8 2023

A smaller peak in the Coquihalla Summit recreation area. Some good ski runs off of it, but the approach was a bit tedious in all honesty.

hiking

Mount Klaudt - December 3 2023

A short (but for us, quite painful due to the deep snow) snowshoe in the Sasquatch Mountain Resort area, which we linked with Cartmell Peak

hiking

Cartmell Peak - December 3 2023

A short (but for us, quite painful due to the deep snow) snowshoe in the Sasquatch Mountain Resort area

ski mountaineering

Amaretto and Pineau Peaks - November 25 2023

A fun traverse up and over Metal Dome in the Brandywine area. Could be linked all the way to Brandywine, but we were short on time

ski mountaineering

Cloudburst Mountain - November 24 2023

A fun, slightly-early solo ski trip close to Squamish with some nice prominence

hiking

Sootip Peak - November 19 2023

A good shoulder-season snowshoe summit with good road access, if timed correctly

hiking

Tonic Peak - November 12 2023

An easy peak that turned into a longer day than expected, but hey, it was still November powder skiing!

trashbagging

Murdo Peak (Weatherhead Mountain) - November 8 2023

A small, trash summit north of Davis Lake, quickly bagged before work

offroading

Morton Peak (Mara Mountain Lookout) - November 4 2023

A fairly easy ultra near Sicamous, which can even be driven in the right conditions. We, of course, did not have such conditions

hiking

Telemagique - October 29 2023

A short hike near Callaghan Lake in Whistler, with a rough trail but nice views for the effort

hiking

Sun God Mountain - October 28 2023

A prominent peak near Tenquille Lake in Pemberton, with easy access and awesome year-round views

hiking

Seven O'Clock Mountain - October 28 2023

An easy double-header along w/ Sun God for a nice outing in any season

hiking

Black Mountain - October 25 2023

A cheeky early-season "ski" near Cypress Park in West Vancouver

hiking

Mount Windsor - October 22 2023

A pleasant, local hike with excellent views, and a bit of optional scrambling

scrambling

Pinnacle Peak - October 14 2023

A somewhat remote ultra with pretty low stats near Cherryville, BC

trashbagging

Mount Riordan - October 13 2023

A little offroading summit near Apex Mountain Resort

trashbagging

Beaconsfield Mountain - October 13 2023

A summit with Apex Mountain Resort, accessible by ski lift or vehicle in the summer

trashbagging

Apex Mountain - October 13 2023

The top of Apex Mountain resort, a driveable summit w/ 1000m of prominence

hiking

Dinkey Peak - October 8 2023

The final peak on my trashbagging adventure in the Seymour Group