This was one of the big outings I wanted to do in the Canadian Rockies and thankfully the weather finally started opening up at the end of our trip.

Probably the easiest 11000 peak in the Canadian Rockies with probably the best mountain views I’ve had in my life.

It wouldn’t be a trip with this group if not for doing off the beaten path. It’s always hard to get a sense of what’s feasible with the topo maps for Canada being low-res but it was cool to see a different part of the range.

Youngs Peak was the only objective I wanted to check out for my first time in the Asulkan Valley and I’m so glad the views and snow panned out, even if a bit short lived.

We’ve been staying at Golden BC for this trip since it’s in between Rogers Pass and the Canadian Rockies, but we actually have not ventured into the local resort. Although I’m not super fond of resort terrain usually, the mountains around Kicking Horse were pretty rugged and aesthetic! But like most of our trip so far, the snow left a lot to be desired.

We quickly learned about how finnicky the weather would be in the Selkirks/Rockies, so we shifted to something where the lack of visibility wouldn’t be the biggest deal. While the rock walls would help us see, the snow didn’t do us any favors on this day.

The same day after I headed up Fairview Mountain / Surprise Pass, the guys were a little antsy that I had bluebird skies despite the more pessimistic forecast they interpreted earlier. We decided to link up in the Canadian Rockies to do something in the afternoon.

I thought the weather looked decent today while the other guys did not so I went for a solo jaunt up to Fairview Mountain and doing the Surprise Pass loop. I think I was right about the weather haha.

For our first nice day at Rogers Pass, we decided to get up to the namesake Mount Rogers, the highest peak in this zone (at least north of the pass).

The coastal mountains of British Columbia are a magical place. I was a little worried coming into this with the historically bad lower-elevation snowpack, but it ended up not detracting from the experience whatsoever. Indeed, the conditions at the bottom of the Whistler resort were a little dire, but it was sooo white once you got up in the mountains proper.

A nice day for peakbagging in between bouldering days.