Mountain Wagon

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonJune 26, 2017garibaldi parkcrevasse, south coast, skiing, mcbride, telemark, self rescue, garibaldi neve, coast, traverse, spearhead, touring, crevasse rescue3 Comments

Interview with a Monster

On June 4th Christian Veenstra ski toured 104km with 8700m of elevation gain - traversing Garibaldi Park in 30 hours and 18 minutes. I wanted to know how he did it.

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonJune 26, 2017garibaldi parkcrevasse, south coast, skiing, mcbride, telemark, self rescue, garibaldi neve, coast, traverse, spearhead, touring, crevasse rescue3 Comments

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonFebruary 03, 2017ski, skiing, touring, huts, thunder meadows2 Comments

Memories of Suffering at Thunder Meadows

Every once in a while, do a trip with a bunch of people who don’t have much experience, it reminds you of how fucking hard it is to climb a damn mountain, on your skis, carrying a big pack.

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonFebruary 03, 2017ski, skiing, touring, huts, thunder meadows2 Comments

Memories of Suffering at Thunder Meadows

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonJanuary 18, 2017ski, skiing, touring, winter, hutsComment

Chasing Chargers - Skiing at Tunnel Creek

Sometimes you just want to charge.

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonJanuary 18, 2017ski, skiing, touring, winter, hutsComment

Chasing Chargers - Skiing at Tunnel Creek

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonJanuary 12, 2017huts, skiing, touring, mountaineering, peak, sauna2 Comments

The Swift Creek Huts - The best place you've never heard of

I sort of debated about writing up this trip report.

It’s because I’m selfish.

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonJanuary 12, 2017huts, skiing, touring, mountaineering, peak, sauna2 Comments

The Swift Creek Huts - The best place you've never heard of

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonMay 15, 2016Whistlerski, skiing, touring, traverse, spearhead, whistler, blackcombComment

How to Spend 4 Days Slogging Through the Mountains to Avoid a Gondola

The Spearhead Traverse has been on my ‘to do’ list for a while. Instead of the 15 minutes it takes via the Peak-2-Peak gondola, you can spend 1-4 days doing the same thing.

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonMay 15, 2016Whistlerski, skiing, touring, traverse, spearhead, whistler, blackcombComment

How to Spend 4 Days Slogging Through the Mountains to Avoid a Gondola

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonMay 13, 2016ski, skiing, traverse, touring, winter, bugaboo, rogers pass, bugaboo - rogers pass6 Comments

How to pay a helicopter to drop you off some place really inconvenient and then spend 9 days trying to get back to your car

The Bugaboo to Rogers Pass Traverse is a classic. A tough, technical traverse with some incredible skiing along the way.

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonMay 13, 2016ski, skiing, traverse, touring, winter, bugaboo, rogers pass, bugaboo - rogers pass6 Comments

How to pay a helicopter to drop you off some place really inconvenient and then spend 9 days trying to get back to your car

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonMay 02, 2016garibaldi parkgaribaldi neve, garibaldi, park, parks, bc parks, ski, skiing, touring, traverseComment

Garibaldi Neve Traverse - A Coastal Classic

So, a week after doing the Spearhead Traverse I flew back to Vancouver to do a repeat crossing of a favourite weekend trip of mine - the Garibaldi Neve Traverse. This time though, instead of a four day weekend, Christine and I had one of those annoying 'regular' weekends with only two days in which to cover 38km and 1900m of elevation gain.

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonMay 02, 2016garibaldi parkgaribaldi neve, garibaldi, park, parks, bc parks, ski, skiing, touring, traverseComment

Garibaldi Neve Traverse - A Coastal Classic