Brohm Ridge

Last weekend my friend and I did some back country skiing at Brohm Ridge in Squamish British Columbia. I know it sounds really weird to say but we were skiing in July, and there was still quite a bit of snow. Me and my friend went up last yea on the August long weekend and there was more snow then which is crazy. We left fairly early Saturday so that we could make it back earlier. It took us about an hour to make it as far as we could in the truck. On the way up there are old gondola poles that were made in 1960 so that a ski resort could be put in. My Grandfather actually helped build the poles and the chalet at the top, so it was neat to see a little part of my grandfather again. Once we at the top we got out gear ready and headed out. We were able to ski in shorts and shirtless, which turned out to be a bad idea since we had forgotten sunscreen. It did not take us long to get used to our skis again and before we knew it we were at the Chalet at at the base of the ridge. We stopped there for just a second to grab some water and head out again. The views the whole way up were amazing and even though I have been there before I was still stunned by the views. We climbed until about 12ish, then we decided it would be a good idea to grab some lunch. Since we had only planned to head down at 1 we decided it would be the farthest we would go for this year. We had still made it farther then we did last year, and hopefully we will be able to go farther next year. We might actually go straight to the top of Mount Garibaldi at the end of the summer to finish off the summer. After a good lunch under some trees in the shade we headed down. I could feel my back and chest getting sore as well as a little dehydrated even though i had just about 2L of water. The way down was alot of fun, even though my leg had hurt from a soccer tackle the week before. Just before the truck there is a hill that we had to climb and when had gotten there we were both feeling pretty burnt and dehydrated so we both picked up the pace so we could get to the car and down a bunch of water we had there. All in all it was a pretty good get away from work and such and see my good friend. Below are some of the pictures we took when we were up there, hope you enjoy.

Current Swell

The other day I was looking on youtube for some new music, like I do on days that I have nothing to do, and I came across Current Swell. Current Swell is a band from Victoria BC, that play a different type of music from what i usually listen to, but after I heard "Cursed" I had to hear more. Since then I have listened to almost all their albums not and I really enjoy all the songs. Some of the songs have a slide guitar which I really enjoy listening to, it just has that different sound to it, have a listen you won't regret it.


After some research I found that this band won the Peak Performance project in 2011. This project is held on by a local radio station in Vancouver that gathers a bunch of up and coming bands and gets the public to vote on which one they think is the best one. The winner gets $100,500 to go towards their band. As well i found out that this band will be at Live at Squamish in August, and if i wasn't going to Metallica on the same day i would definitely be going to Live at Squamish to see this band.

Anyways hope you like the song, follow my blog for more good songs and posts about my adventures.

Brad



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Painted Bluffs

On wednesday me and my coworkers decided that we wanted to go on a trip to the Painted Bluffs provincial park. Usually this wouldn't be that big of a problem but the only way to get to this is by canoe. It took us the rest of the week but we were able to rent some canoes and find a truck to move the canoes.

If there is anyone who is thinking about doing this trip i would highly recommend it. There are some pretty amazing views and you get to canoe it, which is not something most people get to do every day.  We left around 9 in the morning on the Sunday thinking that the canoe portion would take  a long time. But once we got into the rhythm with the canoes we were across the lake in under 2 hours (Launched from Savona, 8km one way). When we got there there wasn't much of a beach due to the high waters we are experiencing in BC, but we were able to find a place to store the canoes, have lunch then head up the bluffs.

Once we hiked to the top of a little hill to the tracks we were amazed by the amazing sights to see. The picture below is just the beginning

We immediately started hiking up higher to get to the top of the bluffs. There is not really a trail anywhere so we started hiking up some spines (Which got a bit sketchy towards the top). The whole way up there was some pretty amazing colors. Once we got to the top we saw some awesome views of Kamloops Lake and of the painted bluffs. Here are some of the pictures that I took of the bluffs and the lake.

We happened to find a much nicer trail on the way down to the right, down a river. I would recommend taking that way up if you are a little squeamish with heights. All in all this was a pretty amazing trip and would recommend this trip to anyone who is looking for a good day trip.I hope i will be able to get some more trips like this in during the summer. Feel free to ask me any questions about the hike, i didn't have much time to actually write this post unfortunately. Well i am out, i hope you liking my posts and such let me know what you think Brad