Wow, what a way to kick off this Spring’s Mountain Skills Semester program. Fellow Mountain Guide, Nick Sharpe, and I were excited to meet this new group of eight aspiring mountain adventurers. The plan was to begin the 3 months with 10 days of ice climbing and a great 10 days it turned out to be. The first […]
Mountain Hardware Trango 4 Tent
Our 2011 spring semester students are the guinea pigs for our newest addition in the gear room – Mountain Hardware Trango 4 tents. These apricot tents will be spotted in the campgrounds and backcountry throughout the Rockies for the next couple of months while Yamnuska’s Spring Mountain Skills Semester students continue their 3-month training program. When deciding on the […]
MSS reflects on ski mountaineering at the Wapta Icefields
I pull the sunscreen out of my pocket to smear all over my nose for the fourth time today. I squeeze the tube as hard as I can, but it is frozen once again and I have to warm it up in my gloves before I will be able to continue. The sun is shining […]
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