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 Hkusam Mountain - 1671M 1534 M Prominence 50.33492, -125.84069 April 27 4H 25M C2C, 4H 10M Moving 721M Elevation gain Day two of Tyler and I's Island trip started just as early as the first one. At 4 AM we woke up and quickly hopped in the truck to start making our way North towards Hkusam. We followed HWY 19 towards the small village of Sayward, and before getting to the village we took a turn onto the logging road that would take us to the start of the climb. The logging road was in acceptable condition for the most part, but there was an incredible amount of cross ditches to crawl over. I lost count after 20 some ditches, but fortunately none were too deep for my Tacoma. The road took us even further than we had expected, and we were able to drive up to 950 meters, where the snow started. We packed crampons, an ice axe and a tool each, prepping for the steeper section nearing the summit. We got going at 6:25, and hiked the rest of the road until taking a right hand turn into th...

 Mount Wesley - 906M 506M Prominence 49.30800, -124.64714 April 26, 2025 2H 33M C2C, 2H 20 Moving 72 0M Elevation Gain After climbing Klitsa earlier in the day, we entered back into civilization around 2 PM. Tyler and I still had some energy to burn and time to kill. We started making our way back to Comox, and after some Peak Bagger analyzation I found Mount Wesley. It was not quite as exciting as I would have hoped to find as a nearby objective, but we settled for it. After all, the trailhead was right beside where we had parked in Cathedral Grove to check the map. We emptied our bags down to a bottle of water each, and made our way to the west side of Cameron lake. We hiked the cabin road for a few minutes, and the trailhead was right there. Unfortunately we completely missed it on the way up, so instead of backtracking we bushwhacked our way up the first 100M to meet the trail again. The trail is steep and covered in slippery bits of gravel that made the descent precarious. Asi...

 Klitsa Mountain - 1639M 1389M Prominence 49.25398, -125.23126 April 26, 2025 4H 32M C2C, 4H 15 Moving 920M Elevation Gain Klitsa has not been on my radar for very long, and before I took off to Vancouver Island with Tyler for a 2 day trip, it was not even in the plans. We had intended to climb Arrowsmith via the North ridge, but when we arrived at the Mosaic gate at 5:30AM and found out it would be locked until 8AM, we had to think fast. Fortunately I have been doing lots of map analyzing for the Island recently, and I had a route for Klitsa downloaded. Unfortunately the access was still pretty long from the gate. After an hour and a half of driving on the poorly graded Gracie main logging road, I took the N600 up to 725M. At this point the snow started, and we inevitably had to pull over and park the Tacoma. We got our packs sorted, and I switched over from my climbing gear to my ski touring setup, and we got going at 7:15 AM. We hiked up the rest of the road, and then found the ...

 Mount Freda - 1904M 800M Prominence 49.977996 -124.151072 April 16, 2025 4H 53M C2C, 4H 30M Moving 1000M Elevation Gain It's about time I make my way up Freda, and quite frankly it's embarrassing that it has taken this long.  Freda is currently one of the most accessible alpine peaks in Qathet, and for this reason it sees loads of visits every year, especially in the summer when it is simply a 4 hour hike. Today however, as we enter spring time, it is still definitely winter conditions on Freda. The snow is melting off quickly with this spell of fantastic weather and 15+ degree days. After waking up at 4:20 and driving down Stillwater main in the dark, I met up with Raphi at 5:40 at Freda lake rec site where he spent the night. We carpooled up to the second bridge at 900 meters where snowline started, then got going at 6:10 AM. The trek to the summer trailhead was short lived and the crust was extremely supportive on the snow. It felt like walking on concrete. Once at the tra...