The Javiers, father and son, came all the way from Guadalajara Mexico to spend a few days with us in the mountains. They were keen to try out ice climbing, and even with the season coming to a close we managed a great day of intro skills at King Creek, and the following day was […]

Yamnuska Mountain Skills Semester – Spring 2010 – Ice Climbing On belay! Secure! Ice! These phrases were like second nature to us as our ice climbing  program was coming to a close one and a half weeks into the Yamnuska Mountain Skills Semester (MSS) of Spring 2010. The twelve of us enrolled in the MSS […]

A great group of folks chose to finish off 2009 with myself on the Ice Evolution Course. We had a fantastic week of weather, with warm temperatures, good ice and some sunny skies. Thanks a lot to Constantine, Tom, Isabelle, James and Jared for their enthusiasm and hard work! We spent day 1 at the Junkyards […]