Over the past few years, the 11,000′ peaks in the Canadian Rockies have become somewhat of a prize for mountaineers, as only a handful of alpinists have successfully climbed the more than 50 mountains that qualify. Yamnuska’s summer programs now include some of these Canadian Rockies 11,000ers, including Mt. Temple, Mt. Hector and Mt. Joffre. On […]

On the evening of July 25th, I met up with Yamnuska guide Grant Meekins and guest Carl Granrud from Colorado, to spend the next 3 days on the last days of the Lake Louise Classics. Our objective was to reach the Neil Colgan Hut, Canada’s highest habitable structure at 2957m. Grant outlined our route from Moraine Lake, pointing […]

Awesome scramble up Mount Temple this past weekend on Yamnuska’s Canadian Rockies 11,000ers program, with veteran guests Brian Gray, Silvie-Marie Fortin and new comer Kevin Boles. Silvie is training to climb Mt Rainer in Washington, USA. It’s a 14,411ft (4,392m) summit, so Mt. Temples 11,625ft (3543m) summit was a perfect training mission for her. We wish […]