Join us on this journey to Canada’s highest peak, Mt. Logan at 5,959 meters. Canada West Mountain School has been leading mountaineering expeditions up the Kings Trench for over 15 […]
Archives for February 2011
Everest 2010
Mount Everest, South Side – Spring, 2010 Join Canada West Mountain School on one of our small-group expeditions to climb Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world. Our teams […]
Elbrus 2010 planning
Our Elbrus trip departure of June 18th is rapidly approaching! We have a solid team prepared, I am looking forward to meeting everyone in Moscow next month. We will continue […]
Team summits on Mt Logan, May 26th, 2010
The CWMS team has climbed to the summit of Mount Logan on May 26th. Weather cooperated enough, though it was very cold and there was some wind. Everyone is back […]
Logan Expedition starts – May 8th, 2010
Our Mount Logan – Kings Trench expedition met in Whitehorse on May 8th and were met with clear skies and a great weather forecast. Team Members: Rich Prohaska – Lead […]
May 31, 2010 – Team is back in Kathmandu
The team has finally completed their journey back in Kathmandu. Everyone is safely back and enjoying the change of scenery! This climb has been a huge achievement for everyone of […]
May 25th, 2010 – Summit Success!
The Canada West Mountain School team has reached the summit of Mount Everest! Rob Hill has reached the South Summit at 9 am on May 25th, Local Nepal time, while […]
May 23rd Update from Camp 4
John just called in at 10 pm (Everest time) to confirm that they have decided to hold off on the summit bid due to deteriorating weather. A few small teams […]
May 23rd – Team is in the South col
t is now 10:00 am, May 23rd and John has just called in to let us know he and Darrel are off the Lhotse Face and ascending the Geneva Spur […]
May 22nd Update
ohn Furneaux just called in to say that he and Darrel made excellent time from C2 to C3, they are relaxing in their tents at Camp 3 on the Lhotse […]