"Barely any snow. Went up the southern edge of The ridge, end was steep an slippery with grass, frozen mud, and no supportive snow. Came down a bit more skier’s right, easier to travel but several small rock bands easily avoided." — apfelstrudel • Nov 14, 2019

"Stephan didn't feel like ice climbing, so I gave him some hiking/scrambling options on the South Highwood. He didn't want a huge elevation gain or long day, so this was perfect. It also offered some hands-on scrambling, which was a bit more interesting than a grassy knoll hike. He invited Jake and Bert opted to come along too, so we met Bert at the 22/22x and the four of us drove down in crappy weather on shitty roads to Longview and then west. Well, when we got to Etherington Creek the sky opened up and we had views! And we got treated to an inversion, which was cool. It was a good workout and the views were fantastic. The snowmobile trail made for some light postholing, but it was better than putting on snowshoes we figured. The ridge was almost completely dry and the rock was dry and grippy. Everyone enjoyed themselves and not too much complaining happened!" — leigh-annewebster • Nov 9, 2019

"Considered turning around before SM peak. Waist deep snow in some places, wind gusts and near zero visibility. We pushed ourselves to make the summit. Things started to clear and we were rewarded with views on our way down." — Randy • Oct 24, 2019

"Unable to cross the last river crossing with my SUV we had to add a couple extra km walking and another river crossing by foot. 4 total. Summited Bastion ridge with high winds. Hard packed snow and Ice on upper slopes. type 2 traverse to devils head with the incredibly high winds (80+km/h). Sugary snow made climbing the south gully slow and difficult. We cleared the devils horns and was getting late with the extra distance and snow conditions, so we opted to turn around before attempting the crux gully. " — ken_hercules • Oct 22, 2019

"Unable to cross the last river crossing with my SUV we had to add a couple extra km walking and another river crossing by foot. 4 total. Summited Bastion ridge with high winds. Hard packed snow and Ice on upper slopes. type 2 traverse to devils head with the incredibly high winds (80+km/h). Sugary snow made climbing the south gully slow and difficult. We cleared the devils horns and was getting late with the extra distance and snow conditions, so we opted to turn around before attempting the crux gully. " — ken_hercules • Oct 22, 2019