Steven's Peak-bagging Journey

Trips in reverse chronological order. The most recent appears at top.

2023:

• Castle Peak [WA]
• McDonald Mountain [WA]
• Piduruthalagala [Sri Lanka]
• Mount Everest [Nepal/China]
• Lobuche East [Nepal] – check Everest TR
• Shivapuri [Nepal]
• Baegun-san [Korea]
• Blanchard Hill [WA]
• Mount Ann [WA]
• Tumwater Mountain [WA]
• Dos Cabezas Peaks and Sugarloaf Mountain [AZ]
• Chiricahua Peak [AZ]
• Mount Graham [AZ]
• Miller Peak [AZ]
• Newman Peak [AZ]
• Alger Alp [WA]
• Sasamat Hill [BC]
• Memaloose Peak [BC]
• Emancipation Mountain [BC]
• Mazama Dome [WA]
• Dog Mountain [Hope, BC]
• Gloria Peak [BC]
• Mount Walker and Gold Mountain [WA]
• Amabilis Mountain [WA]
• Mount Anderson [BC]
• Mauna Kea [HI]
• Kaumu o Kaleihoohie [HI]
• Hualalai [HI]
• Puu Waawaa [HI]
• Mount Daniel, Pender Hill and Harbour Peak [BC]
• Rattlesnake Mountain [WA]
• Burlington Hill [WA]
• El Toro [Mexico]
• Cerro La Aguja Grande and Cerro La Aguja Chiquita [Mexico]
• Picachos El Fraile (El Sapo) [Mexico]
• Snoqualmie Mountain [WA]
• Mount Taylor [BC]
• Silo Mountain [WA]
• Black Mountain [Sumas, WA]
• Silver Peak [WA]
• Cassiope Peak [BC]
• Mount Brice [BC]
• Cerro Ilaló [Ecuador]
• Volcán Tungurahua [Ecuador]

2022:

• Fuya Fuya and Cerro Negro [Ecuador]
• Volcán Imbabura [Ecuador]
• Cerro Cusín [Ecuador]
• Volcán Chimborazo [Ecuador]
• Volcán Pasochoa [Ecuador]
• Volcán Iliniza Sur [Ecuador]
• Volcán Cayambe [Ecuador]
• Rucu Pichincha [Ecuador]
• Volcán Guagua Pichincha [Ecuador]
• Cerro Atacazo [Ecuador]
• Cerro Sincholagua and Cerro La Marca [Ecuador]
• Sugarloaf Mountain, Tomato Hill, Tucker Hill and Kirk Hill [FL]
• Mount Hooker [BC]
• Eddys Mountain [WA]
• Mount Landale and Mount Jeffrey [BC]
• Butler Hill [WA]
• Mount Martin [BC]
• Excelsior Peak [WA]
• Sehome Hill [WA]
• Mount Ichor [BC]
• Oyster Dome [WA]
• Cougar Mountain [WA]
• Van Zandt Dike [WA]
• Mount Teneriffe [WA]
• Lummi Peak and Richards Mountain [WA]
• Lil’wat Mountain [BC]
• Jackman Peak [WA]
• The Triad [WA]
• Shulaps Peak [BC]
• North Pinnacle and Mount Severide [BC]
• Burgundy Spire [WA]
• Johannesburg Mountain and The Triplets [WA]
• Buckner Mountain, Lick of Flame and Horseshoe Peak [WA]
• The Needles (Big Methow Needle) [WA]
• Mount Urquhart [BC]
• Cutthroat Peak, via South Buttress [WA]
• South Nesakwatch Spire [BC]
• Porcupine Peak [WA]
• Prusik Peak [WA]
• Mount Robertson [AB/BC]
• Mount Wintour [AB]
• Redoubt Mountain [AB]
• Mount Sloan [BC]
• White Chuck Mountain [WA]
• Bunker Hill [WA]
• Kaleetan Peak [WA]
• Triple Peak [BC]
• Warden Peak [BC]
• Gunn Peak [WA]
• Chancellor Peak [BC]
• Mount Stephen [BC]
• Tomyhoi Peak [WA]
• Sherpa Peak and Argonaut Peak [WA]
• Bonanza Peak, Martin Peak and Copper Peak [WA]
• Mount Triumph and Thornton Peak [WA]
• Luna Peak and Mount Fury (East & West) [WA]
• Kangaroo Temple [WA]
• Hinkhouse Peak [WA]
• Helen Buttes [WA]
• Cerro Khapía [Perú]
• Isla Amantaní (Pachamama, Pachatata) and Isla Taquile (Mulsina Pata) [Perú]
• Cerro Azoguini [Perú]
• Nevado Alpamayo [Perú]
• Nevado Yanapaccha [Perú]
• Nevado Mateo [Perú]
• Cerro Cachijirca [Perú]
• Abernathy Peak [WA]
• Mount Adams [WA]
• Mount Artaban and Burt’s Bluff
• Gwendoline Peak
• Rhododendron Mountain
• Gilbert Mountain and Lookout Mountain [WA]
• Sheep Mountain [WA]
• Haner Mountain [WA]
• Yalakom Mountain
• Red Mountain [Sumas, WA]
• Mount Glendinning, Ember Mountain, The Flames and Ashes Peak
• Saddle Peak
• Mount Birch and Elephant Hill
• Big Pine/Little Pine Mountain
• Sumas Mountain [WA]
• Fig Peak
• Mount Lamont
• Apodaca Peak
• Conscience Peak and Little Ring
• Appa Peak, Longspur Peak, Famine Peak and Torah Peak
• Mount Killam
• Anderson Mountain [WA]
• Mount Sunflower [Kansas High Point]
• Two Buttes [CO]
• Black Mesa [Oklahoma High Point]
• Sandia Crest [NM]
• Manzano Peak [NM]
• Timber Mountain [NM]
• Organ Needle [NM]
• Sierra Blanca Peak [NM]
• Twin Sisters Peaks [CO]
• Lily Mountain [CO]
• Pikes Peak [CO]
• Mount Elbert [CO]
• Chief Mountain and Papoose Mountain [CO]
• West Mountain Peak [UT]
• Grapevine Peak [NV]
• Picacho del Diablo and Cerro Botella Azul [Mexico]
• Sierra La Laguna High Point [Mexico]
• Volcán Las Tres Vírgenes [Mexico]
• Squak Mountain [WA]
• Pogo Mountain
• Gregory Peak/Big Miracle Mountain
• Hat Mountain
• Rolley Peak
• Spectrum Peak
• Canoe Peak
• Mount McNair
• Friday Mountain
• Mount Prevost, Big Sicker Mountain, Maple Mountain, Mount Tzouhalem and Mount Wood
• Mount Liddell/Gambier Peak
• Ladner Mountain
• Mount Elsay
• Hornet Peak
• Mount Potter
• Mount Diablo [CA]
• Copernicus Peak [CA]
• Loma Prieta [CA]
• Ord Mountain [CA]
• Clark Mountain [CA]
• Jumbo Peak and Mica Peak [NV]
• Pyramid Peak [CA]
• Avawatz Peak [CA]
• Gold Dome, South Dome and Havasuper Peak [AZ]
• Shangri La Butte [AZ]
• Ibex Peak and Haystack Peak [AZ]
• Courthouse Mountain and Tank Mountains High Point [AZ]
• Dos Picachos and Elephant Back Mountain [AZ]

2021 Summary:

• Mostly cooped in SW BC due to the pandemic
• Phyllis’ Engine (5.9+)
• Only 1 trip to Rockies – Mt. Louis and Mt. Birdwood
• New Route on Robertson Peak
• Most amount of peaks bagged – about 190
• 2021 Archive

2020 Summary:

• First time in South America – climbed 5 ultras over 6000 m, including Ojos del Salado, second highest in South America
• Finished the 11,000ers list 58/58 on Lyell IV
• 10-day traverse across Clendinning Range in South Coast, ascents of Tinniswood and Boardman
• Judge Howay
• Bagging the 1000th peaks, at time only 27 years old
• 2020 Archive

2019 Summary:

• 2-week Expedition to Labrador Arctic – Mt. Caubvick with 160+ km packraft descent
• Palisade Traverse in the Sierras
• Clemenceau/Tusk heli camp
• Slesse via SW Route
• Classic climbs in WA – Forbidden, Liberty Bell etc.
• Cleveland and Stimson – highest and second highest in GNP, MT
• 2019 Archive

2018 Summary:

• Mt. Fairweather success in Alaska
• A few more important 11,000ers – Goodsirs, Helmet, Tsar etc.
• Lincoln Peak in Washington – probably the scariest snow climb I’ve done
• Jack via Nohokomeen Headwall
• Chilliwack Bulgers slam including Hard Mox
• Tantalus Traverse
• First trip to 5000+m – Pico de Orizaba and Iztaccihuatl in Mexico
• 2018 Archive

2017 Summary:

• Mt. Alberta via Japenese Route – hardest 11,000er
• Mt. Robson via Kain Face
• Persuasion of more difficult 11,000ers – Deltaform, Whitehorn, Hungabee etc.
• First major road trip to US SW deserts – 40+ peaks in 18 days, all solo
• 150+ peaks bagged
• 2017 Archive

2016 Summary:

• Atwell Peak – one of the scariest in SW BC
• Mt. Fee North Tower via North Face
• Ticking off SW BC classics – Garibaldi, Wedge, Matier, Joffre, Rexford etc..
• Mt. Rainier – first peak over 4000 m
• 2016 Archive

2015 Summary:

• Moved from Edmonton, Alberta to Vancouver, BC
• Cleaned up Columbia Icefield
• The bulk part of the 11,000ers bagged in this year – over 20 of them, including Bryce and Twins Tower.
• Exploratory ascent of Simon Peak/Mt. Fraser
• Immediately ticking off SW BC classics – Lions, Sky Pilot, Habrich, Mamquam etc.
• 10-day ski trip to Lizzie Creek Cabin with 15+ peaks bagged
• 2015 Archive

2014 Summary:

• First time to the Bugaboos with ascents of Bugaboo Spire and Pigeon Spire
• Sir Donald via NW Ridge
• Wapta Icefield difficult peaks – Balfour, Ayesha, Collie etc. ski mountaineering
• FRA of Ghita – 25 h single push in -30C temp.
• 2014 Archive

2013 Summary:

• Turned 20 years old…
• Assiniboine and Edith Cavell
• Starting the 11,000ers game with 9 down
• More Difficult Scrambles – Chephren, Old Goat etc.
• 2013 Archive

2012 Summary:

• From newbie to hardest scrambles in Kane List – Smuts and Northover
• Lots and lots of scrambles with 120+ peaks bagged
• 2012 Archive

2011 Summary:

• First ever scramble on Cirque Peak in Rockies in July
• Mt. Temple
• Serious peak-bagging started in December when I was 18 years old
• 2009-2011 Archive