"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

"Added my gpx track to this report which follows the blue markers added in 2021. There's a few variations from common routes before the trail renovations. My descent takes a scree line off the summit, and the optional (typical) scree line down the south slope. Today the new snow is loose dry on leeward slopes, but not bad for hiking up. Same on south facing but with a fun solar crust underneath. Take care on the descent. It's boot-skiable!" — ivo • Mar 5, 2022

"Minimal snow on route. Chains were dry. Lots of new blue squares to follow. Optional descent from west col that bypasses the scree. However that trail looked snowed in, so we took the scree. " — ivo • Feb 10, 2022

"Started with a clockwise lap of the full loop, 2h19. Moving up the scree this way is not recommended, certainly wouldn't bother if there had not been snow to use as a boot pack. When I returned to the main junction I decided a second lap from there would be fun, this time counterclockwise. From a cardio and fitness standpoint, the idea was good, knees though, were not so convinced. As much as dislike the trek up the East ridge, it is far better than a ramble up the scree going west and the scree(most pushed out scree run in Alberta) is much better running down. 5h25 C2C tagging the summit twice, returning to the main junction in the middle. " — justinj • Jan 17, 2021

"Quick afternoon jot up Yam. Was not sure what the conditions would be like. Despite a few inchs of snow and several feet in wind drifts it was more then do able happy for my hiking boot crampon sorta things though. " — TBird • Oct 18, 2016