Hynes Peak and Sawchuck Peak are both situated along the divide that separates the Tricouni group from the Squamish Valley. Seagram Lake and many smaller lakes are scattered below Hynes and Sawchuck. The sub-alpine meadows feel like a scene out of a BBC nature documentary. Blunt granite spires dominate the horizon while seemingly endless heather meadows carpet the floor of the hanging valley between Tricouni, Hynes, and Sawchuck. When I first heard of the name Sawchuck, I nai

This may be my first piece that actually follows suit with the name of my blog. On August 6th, 2023 Nick Elson and I rattled down the...

The Illusion Peaks were first ascended in September of 1961 by by Dick Culbert, Ronald Hatch, Monte Lasserre, and Arnold Shives. Since...

Last Summer (2020) my good friend Justen Bruns and I completed a fifteen hour push of the North and Southern flanks of Mount Tantalus...