The Team Sherpa Blog

Okay. I concede. We’ve entered into the shoulder season here in the rockies. This past weekend told the story of this summer’s last adventure before getting ready for real snow. Tangle Ridge (2900m) was the destination for Saturday, and after a late sprint from Edmonton down to the Columbia Icefields on Friday night we settled into our sleeping bags for a chilly night. We are
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The sun had just crept out by the time we’d had breakfast. Everybody was fairly stiff from our scramble up Sunwapta the day before, but we were all still keen to go up again. Today we would attempt Wilcox peak- a more technically demanding objective than Sunwapta, but with less elevation gain and a much shorter climb. Rowan was almost humming with energy, Guillaume was
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This was a simple trip of up and down, that ended up with some fantastic sidetracks. Carmen picked up my brother Rowan and I on Saturday after work, and together with my sister’s fiancé Guillaume the four of us headed West out of town towards the mountains and adventure. Our plans were not solid, but the weather was forecast as stable. With a setting sun,
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It was a long haul to Jasper, especially after a tough day of work. Carmen picked me up at exactly 18.00, and I jumped into the bright red car she had rented. It didn’t suit our style at all- a mid-eighties Volvo sedan would have been perfect, but it seems the rental agency has more demand for brand new sporty looking bean-shaped automobiles and thus
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The Canadian rockies are a tough place. Especially in early spring. Snow, ice, rock, water and anomalous weather can all be expected and encountered at any elevation at any time. Needless to say, packing can be a bit of a challenge (or not- I usually just end up bringing it all for the early season adventures). On the first weekend of June, I left with
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Back in the Netherlands again after three weeks of visiting friends and outdoor activity in western Usa and Canada! Not everything took place in the west however… I started off with a friend of mine in Indianapolis. Indiana is not the most exciting state of the USA, but we did a dayhike in Brown County which was interesting. After that, i took off to
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My father and I had a day free, so we decided head out to Elk Island national park. An oasis here on the prairies of Western Canada, Elk Island is a special place. Surprisingly, this extension of Bevear Hills was originally considered undesirable land. Early and contemporary settlers of Alberta deemed this area unfit for cultivation and ever since, it has remained relatively untouched. The
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Winter is always a tough time for the long distance hiker. It’s a time when maps are unfurled, plans are made, and day to day life is played out in hopes that lofty adventures will become realities in warmer times. Don’t get me wrong; I love winter. But for the most part, I concentrate on my training and my professional life in an effort to
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It’s a foot fall symphony. mid-December in Edmonton, Alberta is usually the time when citizens of the city get divided into two factions; the first are huddled in a corner, hibernating until the snow is gone and temperatures are no longer considered a “health risk”, and the second group are the crazy folk out at 6.00 am in running in tights, rosy cheeked and oblivious
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