peak book

Blackcomb Peak - 2436M 86M Prominence 50.08120, -122.87087 June 19, 2026 The Spearhead - 2457M 307M Prominence 50.08637, -122.86402 June 19, 2026 1900M Ascent and descent 11H 47M C2C, 11H 15M moving 25KM Blackcomb Peak is a somewhat uninteresting peak in most metrics, but it is well known as being one half of the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort. Realistically Blackcomb peak is sort of a sub summit of The Spearhead, and it does not even break 100M of prominence. Usually I do not care about tagging sub P100 peaks, as I view them as not really peaks, but like the Copilot a week ago, I am counting it due to the fact that I took a technical route on the ascent. The Blackcomb Buttress is a route I had been looking at for a while now, and seemed like yet another good introduction to alpine climbing. In Kevin McLane's Alpine select book, the route goes at "up to 5.7", with the route description being mostly low 5th or below climbing and a short bit of 5.7 near the end. Before arriv...