Only doing private bookings at the moment. If you want to go mountaineering, ice climbing, or ski touring contact me directly, please.

joe@mountainguide.com

If you are contributing to the Mike Barter youtube channel I want you to know every cent goes back into making more videos.

Climbing Tools Video Series

Feb 26
5 min

Canada is in Distress! Colonialism rears its head.

âpihtawikosisân a Metis originally from Northern Alberta and a podcaster add to that a lawyer living in Montreal. She has always been a an activist on the si...

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Joe McKay

Nov 29, 2019
2 min

2019 November; best skating Lake Louise ever produced.

This year was crazy at Lake Louise. The Lake flash froze and for three days the ice surface was zambomi style glass. I’m sure it was a once in a lifetime exp...

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Joe McKay

Nov 29, 2019
2 min

Nasa deep space light speed data transfer links musician to skier.

So we hooked up a prodigy fiddle musician to a world class skier and this is what we got. All made possible by a new compression/decompression algorithm. So ...

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Joe McKay

Nov 7, 2019
5 min

Story of my life.

This is me in Mayo, Yukon. If you wanted running water you had to run and get it. Sod roofed hut I lived in as a child.

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Joe McKay

Nov 5, 2019
1 min

Indigenous Multi-Media

I think ice climbing is my favorite sport to teach. It's not stressful, home every night. Guests get a pretty good bang for their buck.

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Joe McKay

Nov 4, 2019
1 min

Dirtbag Dinner coming soon

One of the things you get out of climbing all over the world is the amazing food that the locals eat. Climbing for extended periods of time in various countr...

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Joe McKay

Jul 17, 2019
3 min

The Battle of Seven Oaks - 5.6 - 150 meters

Approach: Once again, I highly recommend starting your day by climbing the popular Minihappi (5.4) route. This climb is a lovely 3.5 pitch climb that will g...

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Joe McKay

Jul 10, 2019
3 min

Keeping it Riel (since 1885) 5.6 - 4 pitches

This route is a slightly harder version of "Back to Batoche." If I could only do one line of the upper Cascade bench, I most likely would choose "Keeping it...

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Joe McKay

Jul 5, 2019
4 min

BEST 5.4 MULTI-PITCH IN THE VALLEY TO BE REMOVED

About two weeks ago I climbed what I consider the be the best low-end family-friendly multi-pitch climb in the entire Bow Valley. I had a less than 10-minute...

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Joe McKay

Jul 4, 2019
4 min

A bold accusation

OMG! In this day and age, you would have thought we were done with this sort of thing. Inflammatory comments made without a shred of proof. In this case, Ban...

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Joe McKay

Jul 3, 2019
3 min

Who's Crag is it?

You might get the impression that the crags at Cascade Falls area are well-developed. The fact is that it is one of the least developed and underutilized cl...

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Joe McKay

Jul 2, 2019
5 min

The building of a rock route - II (ropes)

So if you decide to become a route builder, there are a few things you need to get started. I am assuming that you already know what you need to know as far ...

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Joe McKay

Jul 1, 2019
3 min

The building of a rock route - I

Most climbers do not put too much thought into the routes that they climb. Most don't even give a second thought to the actual crag that they are climbing at...

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Joe McKay

Jul 1, 2019
4 min

Back to Batoche

Just finished the Batoche route today. Open to the public. The preferred approach is to warm up on the four-pitch 5.6 Minihappi route. Back To Batoche begins...

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Only doing private bookings at the moment. If you want to go mountaineering, ice climbing, or ski touring contact me directly, please.

joe@mountainguide.com

If you are contributing to the Mike Barter youtube channel I want you to know every cent goes back into making more videos.

Climbing Tools Video Series

Canada is in Distress! Colonialism rears its head.

2019 November; best skating Lake Louise ever produced.

Nasa deep space light speed data transfer links musician to skier.

Story of my life.

Indigenous Multi-Media

Dirtbag Dinner coming soon

The Battle of Seven Oaks - 5.6 - 150 meters

Keeping it Riel (since 1885) 5.6 - 4 pitches

BEST 5.4 MULTI-PITCH IN THE VALLEY TO BE REMOVED

A bold accusation

Who's Crag is it?

The building of a rock route - II (ropes)

The building of a rock route - I

Back to Batoche

mikebarter387

mikebarter387

Cerritos Beach - Baja California - Feb/2020

"Little Fishes" - The Movie - Banff Mountain Film Festival 2020

Chilling With a ski Friend At Lake Louise

Saga of "Little Fishes" Vandalism issues

Only doing private bookings at the moment. If you want to go mountaineering, ice climbing, or ski touring contact me directly, please.

joe@mountainguide.com

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If you are contributing to the Mike Barter youtube channel I want you to know every cent goes back into making more videos.

Climbing Tools Video Series

Canada is in Distress! Colonialism rears its head.

2019 November; best skating Lake Louise ever produced.

Nasa deep space light speed data transfer links musician to skier.

Story of my life.

Indigenous Multi-Media

Dirtbag Dinner coming soon

The Battle of Seven Oaks - 5.6 - 150 meters

Keeping it Riel (since 1885) 5.6 - 4 pitches

BEST 5.4 MULTI-PITCH IN THE VALLEY TO BE REMOVED

A bold accusation

Who's Crag is it?

The building of a rock route - II (ropes)

The building of a rock route - I

Back to Batoche

mikebarter387

Cerritos Beach - Baja California - Feb/2020

"Little Fishes" - The Movie - Banff Mountain Film Festival 2020

Chilling With a ski Friend At Lake Louise

Saga of "Little Fishes" Vandalism issues