Links
Writing trip reports and processing photos can take a lot of time and I have to give lots of credit to these guys. My inspiration comes from them and in fact, most of my climbing partners are web authors as well. Below are the websites that I regular use as a reference. There’re many more great sites and I’m not listing them all.
SW BC (Coast Mountains):
- Andrew Knapman – Best Hikes BC
- Dean Perez’s blog
- Francis Bailey’s peakbagging site.
- Matthew Lettington – Explorington [Vancouver Island]
- Patrick F – BC Mountain Man
- Richard So – RichSo’s Blog
- Tiffany C – Exploring the NW Coast
Washington:
- Eric Gilbertson – Country Highpoints
- Eric Willhite – WillhiteWeb.com
- Eve J – havetent.com
- Karl Helser – karl-helser.com [GPX]
- Matt Lemke – Lemke Climbs [Impressive selection of alpine climbs]
- Sean O – Dr. Dirtbag [Alpine climbs and FKT]
- Steph Abegg – stephabegg.com
- Wenatchee Outdoors – online guidebooks
Interior BC:
- Andrew Parker – Trip Reports from the Okanagan
- Janice Strong’s site [Road reports in East Kootenay]
- Josée and Fabrice – goldenscrambles.ca [The best site around Golden, BC]
- Golden Hikes
- Trevor Sexsmith – PerpetualSki [steep ski descents]
Canadian Rockies:
- Bob Spirko – Road Not Taken [GPX, foothills, scrambles]
- Cornelius – Spectacular Mountains [GPX, front range explorations]
- Eric Coulthard – site and Summit Search
- Kevin Barton – Alpine Soft [obscured climbs]
- Matthew Clay’s site [GPX]
- Matthew Hobbs – on-top.ca [GPX]
- Mike Mitchell – Giants Gate Journey [GPX]
- Rafal Kazmierczak – The Raffinator
- So Nakagawa – soistheman [GPX]
- Sonny Bou – Bou Avenue [GPX, Kane’s List, scrambles]
- Vern Dewit – Explor8ion [The best site for the Rockies. 11,000ers, Kane’s List, GPX]
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Steven's Peak-bagging Journey 
awesome site – great beta amigo – thank you!! keep tappin those summits – inspired!
Awesome trail reports! Very muchly enjoying all the info and pics on the various hikes and summits!
I just discovered your blog, amazing treks! What brand of snowshoes do you use? Do you have different pairs for flat vs. steep terrain? Do you carry avalanche gear – if yes, what do you carry?
Thanks.
Re snowshoes: I’ve one pair of Lightning Ascents 25′ and another pair of Lightning Ascents 30′. The 30′ are essential in the deep winter powder but in spring or fall I use the 25′. They are the best brand and awesome for the steeps. I’ve once worn snowshoes straight up the North Face of Mt. Joffre for a good measure.
Re avalanche gear:
If I go out with folks who also have gears then sure, just the standard package (PIEPS beacon, probe and shovel). I don’t have the airbag. If I go solo then I don’t carry any fancy gears, just light and fast. Judge the terrain and make decisions so you don’t start an avalanche at the first place.
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Hey Steven, I just realized you linked to my site here! Cheers!
Hey Steven, do you have a Google map with all the peaks you’ve done shown geographically?
Yes. the link is under my “Summits” page.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1NN090wex-5fSEDlrc9G5tcsTSBo&msa=0&ll=51.76104%2C-117.037354&spn=1.511278%2C4.22699
Great page and great adventures Steven! I am from Vancouver and share same passion for local hills as well for those in Andes, but not nearly as many as you have. Also like your disclaimer and fully agree!
Thanks for all these lovely and useful trip reports. I hope to day solo Mount Olympus, and was heartened to see that you didn’t need to rope up on the Blue Glacier. How would you decide whether is was safe to cross the Glacier unroped? Is it just time of year?
Hey, I wouldn’t say it’s “safe” to cross that glacier unroped at any time of a year. There were factors that reduced the risk such that there were previous parties tracks, the snow had undergone freezing, and I did have a lot of experience leading across glaciers (which could reduce the chance of falling in based on my reading of the terrain), but without a rope we took an elevated level of risk no matter what.. At the time being, we accepted that risk. The only exception is when you walk on dry ice on a glacier (that, you don’t need a rope)..
Thanks Steven, that’s helpful to know. I will avoid crossing unroped unless I am with an experienced person who knows better than me.
Your site is just pure awesome and a big inspiration for me to go bigger on my hikes and to learn a lot more about the world of mountain climbing.