"Second time on the top of Leyland Mountain. This time we went via OldTower Trail through Teck mine lease. This route is shorter and easier but the last 200m is on very steep and unstable rubble, which requires some caution, but no real scrambling except a few steps to gain the ridge. Class II (easier moderate scrambling)." — Taras • Jun 26, 2022

"Last 250 vertical meters on Leyland Mountain is way harder than expected. The terrain gets very steep with loose rock and slabs on scree. It is followed by scramble on slabs towards the false summit and a beautiful ridgewalk towards the summit. The exposure never gets deadly and some easier options exist but a lot of caution is required. The easiest route I would rate as Class 3 or "upper moderate scramble". From Leyland Mountain, we tried to traverse the ridge towards Luscar Mountain. The scramble quickly turned into mountaineering. The ridge was more rugged than expected and the snow on the ridge created more challenges. At one point, we walked on an snow arete with a few hundred meters drop-off on one side. A few meters later we had to clear the snow on a knife-edge ridge with an ice-axe to see where to step. There was still 3.2km to Luscar Mountain. What we saw ahead looked as difficult as the part that we had covered. We decided to abort the traverse and descend the steep and very loose south slopes of Leyland and rejoin the ascent route. Luscar Mountain will wait another time." — Taras • May 5, 2018

"I had to turn back 200 vertical meters from the summit. The terrain was getting increasingly challenging and it was getting close to 4pm. I wasted too much time trailbreaking in the deep isothermal snow." — Taras • Mar 10, 2018