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Overlord Mountain, Whirlwind Peak, Fissile Peak, Flute Summit, Whistler Mountain

Overlord Mountain - 2625M 415M Prominence 50.01568, -122.82084 August 28, 2025 Whirlwind Peak - 2427M ## Prominence 50.00966, -122.84154 August 28, 2025 Fissile Peak - 2439M 119M Prominence 50.01884, -122.84873 August 29, 2025 Flute Summit - 2015M 127M Prominence 50.03994, -122.92569 August 29, 2025 Whistler Mountain - 2189M 471M Prominence 50.05904, -122.95683 August 29, 2025 45.07KM 3677M Ascent, 2516M Descent 30H Car to Lift  This might not be the most usual introduction to the sea to sky area, but it is a relatively interesting one. Weeks ago I came across a message in the SWBC group chat from Taras who was looking for partners on his 2 week S2S mini rampage. I had some work to do back at home, but knew I wanted to make a trip down to SWBC and the PNW before the summer was over, so I commited with him to doing Overlord Mountain. Frankly I had never heard of it, and there was many other peaks that were on his list that I would of rather had the partner for. His schedule was fari...

Hippo Peak, Mount Steele

A weird spell of rainy mid summer coastal gloom has hit the coast over the last few days, but finally the forecast looked like it might hold off on the rain. I have been dying to get out since I returned to B.C., but due to work, weather and lack of successful planning I haven't been able to get up to much. I decided to convince my mom to come on a quick trip with me to a new place for the both of us. We don't do many trips together, and usually we do quick trips in the local Qathet backcountry, so we both wanted to do something new. I had mentioned to her the good network of trails in Tetrahedron Park after I had climbed Tetrahedron peak earlier in the year, and she was interested. We came up with a plan to catch the 7:30AM ferry from Saltery bay and head to the lower coast on Sunday. Once we got off the ferry we drove to Sechelt, and then took a turn through Sechelt to find Grey Creek FSR. This FSR is in very good condition up to the 'First parking lot" and in slight...