On Thursday, February 18 2010 a group of us lit up the interweb with a flurry of emails regarding the upcoming weekend. The reason we were so excited was the weather forecast's promise of an imminent stretch of bluebird days over the Rockies, specifically in the Wapta Icefields area.
On Saturday, March 6 2010 I was joined by Scott Berry, JW and Janice to ski Vermillion Peak. We had a gorgeous day and sublime mountain views but on hindsight we probably should not have chosen this particular peak for an 8 degree day... :-)
On Saturday, December 08 2007 a whole bunch of us skinned up the the ski-out at the Sunshine ski resort in Banff National Park with the intention of bagging a small peak near the ski resort called Twin Cairns.
A very easy ascent on a (very popular!) hiking trail from Tunnel Mountain Drive in the town of Banff. Great views from the top and well worth it if you're in the area and don't have time for something bigger. Can easily be done with kids, dogs etc.
See the Mount Baker trip report for details.
On Thursday, March 12 2009 Bill Kerr, Wietse Bylsma, Kevin Papke and I set out to clear Kev's head after a personal loss, the manner of clearing being a nice back country ski up some Wapta Peak. It's been almost 2 years since I was last on the Wapta since I didn't get up there at all in 2008 for some reason.
This is probably the easiest summit I've attained on my list so far. I did it early on Saturday morning with my son and didn't even bother taking photos - besides a few summit shots on my iPhone which I won't bother posting here.
After ascending Mount Ball and Beatrice Peak the previous day, we awoke to clear skies on Sunday morning, August 15 2010 ready to tackle Stanley Peak.
As part of our Mount Olive trip to the Wapta on February 11 2006, we thought we'd give St. Nicholas Peak a shot at the same time while we were all the way up there anyway.
Just as I was lamenting the fact that the gorgeous fall weather was sure to end without me taking advantage of it my email dinged with a message from the crazy Pol - Raf. He was asking me if I would be interested in scrambling up Mount Sarbach. Yep! I would be very interested! Arrangements were hastily made.
Nothing to this one. Do it as part of a trip up Fairview Mountain and get two peaks in one day. It only took me 23 minutes to go up, take pictures and descend back to Saddleback Pass so it's worth doing. Good views of the Bow Valley and Castle Mountain.
My name is Vern Dewit. I moved to Calgary, Alberta (Canada) in 1999 and since then I've fallen in love with the spectacular scenery and grand vistas that open up as you scramble up above treeline on a beautiful fall morning, or make your first cast on some back country stream as the sun throws its golden warmth on surrounding peaks.
