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SPHINX MOUNTAIN   2591m   8500′ Visible due east from the entrance to the West Arm on the Kootenay Lake ferry, this route follows a hiker-made trail as it passes subalpine meadows to a summit with great views. Wildflowers and larch in … Continue reading →

Pilot Peninsula extends 7 kilometres south into the east side of Kootenay Lake, making it accessible year-round. Crawford Bay is on the east side. Including Pilot Point Provincial Park, the trails that crisscross Pilot Peninsula are great for early spring … Continue reading →

GLACIER DOME (Starbird) 3000m 9841′ Snow peak immediately W of Lake of the Hanging Glaciers.  1. Ascend grassy ledges W of the lake, traversing S along the top of bluffs to reach a small glacier. Con­tinue working S below cliff bands, past … Continue reading →

A group of serrated peaks in the 9000′ class along the ridge extending N from Jumbo Pass to the S margin of the S branch of Star­bird Neve; between Jumbo Creek and terminal forks of Glacier Creek. Firm, high-angled granite … Continue reading →

GOLD EXPLORATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND BOBBIE BURNS BASINS, MIDDLE FORK OF THE SPILLAMACHEEN by Lesley Anderton (Killough) Over 100 years of mining exploration, beginning in 1881, has left its mark in the mountains of the headwaters of Bobbie Burns Creek … Continue reading →

HAMIE DOES FARNHAM  by Kim Kratky Long-time KMC member Hamish Mutch achieved a noteworthy goal on August 7th of this year when he climbed Mt. Farnham in the Horsethief Creek/Lake of the Hanging Glacier area of the Purcells. The ascent … Continue reading →

MOUNT HORUS 2720m 8950′ The Last Egyptian Peak  by Kim Kratky  Map 82K/7 Duncan Lake  260-807 Since 1991, Hamish Mutch and I have made several trips to peaks along the ridge separating the two terminal forks of Glacier Creek from Jumbo Creek, … Continue reading →

OCHRE PEAK   3095m   10,150′ by Kim Kratky Map: 82K/7 Duncan Lake Ochre, one of the Horseshoe Peaks on the south side of Glacier Creek located some six kilometres south, southeast of Lady Macbeth, seems to hold a fascination for local climbers. … Continue reading →

MT KASLO    2362m   7750′ There is no successful trip up Mt Kaslo in KMC publications. Attempt #1. SW Ridge. Cross Powder Creek and turn east shortly after the 13km marker. After .6km, park by an old logging road at 900m. … Continue reading →

THE FARNHAM TOWER QUIZ It is easier, not to say more pleasurable, to climb than to describe the process.” Owen Jones, 1910. 1. Farnham Tower is: a) An apartment building in Cranbrook. b) A 3,353 m peak near Radium. c) … Continue reading →