Archive for 2016

  • Surprise Pass or Alternate – Dec.4

    The BITS team of split-boarders braved the cold on Saturday and were rewarded with great turns in the sunshine.  Luckily…

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  • Red Rocks Climbing Trip : November 6th – 17th 2016

    The stark contrast of this beautiful landscape; Vegas in the distance from Red Rocks.     A few week’s ago…

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  • Saturday November 12: Moose to Jumping Pound to Cox Hill

    That morning we took two cars to arrange to have a one at each end of the trail. Andy, Al,…

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  • Bow Summit – Dec.3

    This past Saturday Josh and Lida posted a ski trip to Bow Summit and I knew the conditions were going…

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  • Rock and Roll – Climbing and Mtn biking trip

    The 2016 Rock and Roll tour left Calgary on October 7th in the freezing rain, heading south hoping to find…

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  • Louise Area Slack Country

    Last Thursday, November 24, a couple ACC members and I went on a short walk-about to Richardson’s Ridge near Lake Louise.…

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  • How to Secure a Flat Joining Knot With Only the Rope

    Say you like the idea of flat rappel knots, as they seem likely to slide easily over the terrain when…

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  • Friday November 11: Mount Wendell East Peak

    What a w.end! What a bunch of troopers! It all started on the way back from Midnight Peak, the trip…

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  • Icefields parkway Ice Climbing observations

    Observations and Rumors… Shades of beauty  – lower pitch may or may not be in. Weeping wall very thin more…

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  • Shifty Avalanche Shovels

      Skis, bindings, ski poles, probes – what can Phil rant about next? Avalanche shovels. Yea, that’s right, I even…

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