British Columbia peaks
British Columbia climbs
First Ascent Awards
1724 of 8,196 peaks 21%
Top climbing months
August 21%
July 20%
September 13%
British Columbia mountains highlights
- 75% of British Columbia is mountainous. That's almost 700,000 km2 of mountain terrain, 4 times the size of Great Britain. Mind-blowingly huge.
- BC's rugged Coast Mountains line the 27,000 km of Pacific coastline, topped by 4,019 m Mt Waddington
- Eastern BC is mountain country... dominated by the breathtaking Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains (broken into the Cariboo, Selkirk, Monashee, and Purcell ranges) in the south.
- The St Elias Mountains in far northern BC include its highest, Mt Fairweather at 4671 m, lying only 20km east of the Pacific Ocean.
Latest climbs

"With Juan and Oriel, we started a little late but made it back before dark. We had a good pace, slowed down a little by an icy skin track with quick switchbacks and lots and lots of kickturns. It was challenging at times but we persevered. The final 100 meters was crusty, icy, and steep so we bootpacked to the summit. Ski Crampons would have helped a lot for the conditions we experienced. We skied off the summit. The upper half skied great for about 500m. Then we hit old tracks, that were crusty and tough to ski over. The other option was skiing and dodging around small tree shrubs which is what we did the rest of the way down. " — Randy • Jan 29, 2025

"Ski tour. I followed left hand avi gully than rib towards the summit . Managed to make it on skis all the way to the top. On the top group of 3 and another group of 6 joined. Great weather and views . In skied like other folks main slope/ gully facing south and then skier’s left main avi gully. Good condition for skiing , pretty big skiable slope of 1300 m vertical. Popular in the winter for a good reason." — PawelG • Jan 25, 2025

"A bit confusing to find the trail head but we found it on the other side of the crosswalk. Nice sunny day amazing views of Mt Baker, Mt Rainier, The Olympic Mountains, And the Cascades." — owenyaeger • Jan 18, 2025

"The ski up was good, but snow on the ridge was thin. Tough to avoid contact with rock - I don’t want to look at my edges yet. We skied down the west slope for a few nice turns. Much of the north side was facets to ground. With the sun shining, this was a great day to get after something mellow. " — ivo • Jan 5, 2025

"Couldn't find any trail signs - bushwhacked through deadfalls in waist deep snow until finally realized that we ascended less than half of elevation in 3.5 hours and won't be able to reach the summit and return in reasonable time.
" — MikaM • Dec 28, 2024