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Earle was born in Berkeley, California, in 1930. They moved to Boston, where his father, Fred L Whipple, was a professor of astronomy at Harvard. Earle began climbing with the Harvard Mountaineering Club in 1953 when the club went to … Continue reading →

LIGHTING STRIKE MONK PEAK Stagleap Provincial Park is renowned for backcountry skiing, but there is also a range of summer hiking on trails and routes. There are panoramic views of the mountains around Kootenay Pass. Lightning Strike and Ripple Ridge … Continue reading →

GYPSY PEAK, NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON, 7309’, July 5, 2009 by Kim Kratky  Map: Salmo-Priest Wilderness (US Forest Service) Janice and I decided to help the Americans celebrate their Fourth of July weekend by scaling this minor league but scenic peak, billed … Continue reading →

UNNAMED PEAK WEST OF SILVERTIP LAKE, KOKANEE RANGE, 2486 m. 8156’ MAP: Kokanee Peak 82F/11 NAD 27 June 18, 2009 I had noticed this rock peak, the farthest extension south of the Grays Peak system, from minor peaks in the … Continue reading →

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MOUNT KITCHENER? by Sandra McGuiness  Truthfully, I’m not really sure. But, on Saturday, September 26, 2009, our group of four climbed some rocky peak, pretty much due west of the Giants Kneecap that sported a … Continue reading →

Rambling Around Mount Rykert Prior to my KMC trip on Saturday, May 30, I got as many conditions reports as I could, none of which, said much of the same thing. Two people reported sloppy snow and arduous conditions locally, but … Continue reading →

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK Forty Six New Routes, Two Minutes From Downtown, By Vince Hempsall. Ask long time locals, newcomers from across Canada or those who travel here from other parts of the world – Interior B.C.’s rock climbing … Continue reading →

MT. HOLMES   2498m 8195’ July 17 by Kim Kratky  Map Slocan 82F/14 Mt. Holmes, part of the Kokanee Group, is 5 km. northeast of Mt. Carlyle and lies between Keen Creek and Twelve Mile Creek. “Back in the day,” as the … Continue reading →

KEYSTONE MTN 1663m  5456’ Jan. 29 by Kim Kratky Map Salmo 82F/3) As the skiing has been so beastly lately, trip coordinator Sandra McGuinness deemed a snowshoe ascent of the Bonnington Range’s dread Keystone Mtn., 4.5 km. north of Salmo, to … Continue reading →

by Doug Brown On Saturday, July 19, 2003, Sandra and I completed the Nott Peak to Mount Dag traverse from a camp at the head of Robertson Creek. From our camp, we followed an easy route over meadow, slabs, boulders, … Continue reading →