"Less than ideal conditions. Being familiar with the traverse as well as the blue markers helped with the poor visibility. Ice axe and crampons were necessary for the hard packed steep icy slopes.The vertical chain was totally buried. I had to dig around with the ice axe to find and dig it up. I would not of found it if I hadn't known it was there. First time checking out the new trail." — Randy • Mar 28, 2024

"Haven't been up this mountain since 2016 (I think?). It was nice to revisit it again. It was the first mountain I ever climbed and I recall it being rather exhilarating with the chimney and chain, and I struggled descending from the summit on hard pack rock/scree. Fun to come back with years of mountain experience under my belt and not have any of those feelings. Felt rather special to be back up there again after all these years, a reminder that we all start somewhere in this mountain summit baggin' thang. Yam, I'm proud to have you as my first." — hollywilliams • Oct 14, 2023

"Mount Yamnuska, one of the most rescued mountain in the rockies, not a super hard mount. Im guessing most people who are rescued are not from Canada or very inexperienced. The chains were a little frightening at first once you get on it, its not that bad. Im afaird of heights but this summit was manageable its not the tall so it was do-able. Great hike for couple of people!" — trevorgoodram • Jul 30, 2023

"Quite snowy on the North aspects. Still supportive early morning, but some of the drainages could be dicy once the sun is on them. Took the alternate scree bypass trail for the first time. It was nice, but not as fast as the scree runs. " — ivo • Apr 15, 2023

"An evening trip to catch shots the full moon. Standard hike/scramble route. Below tree line is hard-packed and/or icy. Above the chimney, the trail is bare rock, or firm snow. " — ivo • Jan 6, 2023

"Goat Mountain via the northeast face, peak 1, 2, 3 (Peak 4 being the summit). We ended the trip with summiting Yamnuska from the Yam/Goat col. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but my feet were hating me by the time we got back to the parking lot. A note of caution: I wouldn't go anywhere near the NE face with another group already climbing or descending. The whole face is loose. Even being careful, we caused a lot of rockfall. Using ropes on rappel will inadvertently send large amounts of the crumby face to the trail below. We disturbed a rather large flake that was barely attached to the upper slab, sending it crashing down with a pile of debris picked up along the way. Wear a helmet and mind your ropes. Northeast Face - We ascended the 5.3 gulley mentioned in trip reports from Bill Kerr and Steven Song. While parties have pitched out sections of this, we scrambled all the way to the ridge. Despite how loose everything is, we found solid holds the whole way. Honestly, I didn't see much that I'd trust for protection anyway. As mentioned in other trip reports, trending climbers left after the gulley gets you to a slab. We we chose to climb directly to the rap ri..." — ivo • Jun 11, 2022

"Climbed P1 of Dirty Dreams, P2 on Traditional Values, and P3 on Old Style. This was a fun line with a few traverses requiring long slings. Crumby and loose at the top. After topping out the Loss Relic Wall, we traversed to the main trail and hiked to the summit." — ivo • Jun 4, 2022

"After turning around at the NE route of Goat Mountain due to slushy snow on the route, we decided to do Yam counterclockwise. Was not as bad as I thought it would be. Although it was probably the busiest day of 2022, and we were going the “opposite” way of everyone else. There was a looooong line up at the chains, so we bypassed that section by scrambling the crack on the south side of the ledge. I always wanted to try that line. " — ivo • May 28, 2022

"Great weather for May Long Weekend, but I didn't want to travel too far from home. The objective was the East Peak of Mt. Wendell, I decided to add Yamnuska on my way out of the valley... It was a beautiful day afterall. All recent snow is gone from the main routes on both mountains, with some remaining after the chains on Yam. The hike approach to Wendell was straight forward, but required some bushwhacking as i kept loosing the trails i was following. The creek was low, so easy enough to hop across a few stones. I didn't go up the ascent gully, but instead bashed scree between slab outcrops. It wasn't too bad... already forgotten. The ridge was easy and longer than i anticipated. There are some great views from up here, considering it's in the front range. All in all, a great day in the mountains." — ivo • May 22, 2022

"Second time around Yamnuska this weekend in support of #ClimbForClimate and Protect Our Winters Canada, through FATMAP. There's only a few options when you have a 5 hour window between kids' activities! Today was a good reminder of how conditions can easily change in the mountains. There was no new snow, but what was up there had blown around enough to drift heavily on North and East slopes. Some of the worst parts were covered in 2 to 3 feet of loose dry snow. All other parties turned back at the chains. We would have turned back immediately after the chains due to the conditions, but i was confident knowing the route and what was under the snow from being here the previous day. This actually made for a lot of fun as we move cautiously. We probing each step, as we crossed the exposed sections. Eventually we got away from the exposed areas and b-lined for the summit in a cold snowy wind. 10 seconds at the summit and we headed down, trudging through deep snow and scree. We made it back with enough time for a quick TH bevy, then off to watch the girls play ringette!" — ivo • Mar 6, 2022