the bifrost · adventures

Whistler Blackcomb — biggest vert day

Simon Damborg — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Sixteen new PRs in one outing, a mixed bag of a day at Whistler Blackcomb: groomers, bumps, everything the mountain had on tap. The biggest vert day on record: 8,931 m in four hours.

Whistler Blackcomb big day, Apr 2026

Simon Damborg — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A full morning at Whistler Blackcomb that turned into 13 new PRs. Seventy-three kilometres and 8,632 m of vert in under five hours.

Whistler Slackcountry

Simon Damborg — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Using up the passes at Whistler.

Kicking Horse & Revelstoke road trip

Simon Damborg — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The gondola shut down for 90 minutes right as we arrived at Kicking Horse, waited it out in the parking lot. Called it a day at 3pm, took the gear off, then turned around at 3:15 for one more lap anyway. From there it was three more days at Revelstoke. The biggest trip here: 169 km of skiing and 20,066 m of vert across Kicking Horse and Revelstoke.

Whistler Blackcomb big day, Jan 2026

Simon Damborg — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A lunchtime lap at Whistler Blackcomb turned into 12 new PRs. Fifty-eight kilometres and 6,841 m of vert in a single January day.

Overnight on Seymour

Simon Damborg — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Up late, back early - just getting outside and above the city for a night.

Japan

Simon Damborg — Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Two and a half weeks on foot across Japan: Tokyo neighbourhoods (Shibuya, Shinjuku, Chiyoda), a full day of Tokyo Disney and DisneySea, a dedicated Tokyo food tour, then on to Kyoto, Nara, Uji and Osaka. Nearly 113 km on foot across Japan.

Overnight on Seymour

Simon Damborg — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Up late, back early - just getting outside and above the city for a night.

Sea to Sky Gondola

Simon Damborg — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Whole lotta snow, not a lotta people (not in a good way).

Fernie / East Kootenay ski trip

Simon Damborg — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Two days at Fernie with Jordan Harris, day two's run count looked so high the watch had to be lying. Back home a few days later, a Seymour lap at what felt like PR pace (forgot to start the watch, so no one will ever know for sure). A Kootenay road trip, 71 km and 8,537 m of vert.

Camping & Manning Resort

Simon Damborg — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Camped out nearby the night before, then Jordan met us at the resort. It was cold.

Whistler ski day, Dec 2024

Simon Damborg — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

First day back on skis with my dad this season, forgot to turn the tracker on for the morning laps, so the real number is higher than what's logged. An easy December day, 26 km and 2,546 m of vert.

Seymour w/ Kevin & Tyee

Simon Damborg — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A couple bugs.

St Marks in the Vivos

Simon Damborg — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

First time taking the new vivobarefoots for a break-in!

Whistler ski day, Apr 2024

Simon Damborg — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT

The last day of the season at Blackcomb, seven new PRs on the way out. Spring laps: 6,125 m of vert and 36 km of skiing.

Whistler ski day, Jan 2024

Simon Damborg — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Snuck up the mountain for some fresh snow and came home with six new PRs. Thirty-five kilometres and 5,176 m of vert in under four hours.

Whistler ski day, Dec 2023

Simon Damborg — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Season opener with my dad, not bad for 76. Five hours on the hill and 5,870 m of vert.

West Van hike + ride

Simon Damborg — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT

A Raincity crew meander through West Van, hiking and riding, tagged #rathletesoutside. Hike and ride combined, just shy of 40 km across West Van.

Sea to Summit w/ Nicola & MD

Simon Damborg — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT

North Van long day

Simon Damborg — Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT

A long spring afternoon meandering the North Shore trails. Fifteen kilometres of North Shore trail on a May afternoon.

Spearhead Traverse

Simon Damborg — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Our second attempt turned into quite the adventure.

Not Zoa Peak

Simon Damborg — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT

We slept on the side of the coq to get an early start, it wasn't worth it.

Mulligan

Simon Damborg — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Quick rip up our favorite spot.

Wedgemont Lake

Simon Damborg — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Quick jaunt up a classic just past whistler.

Squamish big day

Simon Damborg — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT

An afternoon 'hike' in scare quotes for a reason, 1,441 m of gain in two and a half hours. Pong got the second half of his walk the next day to make up for it.

Lake Lovely Water 2

Simon Damborg — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT

This time we took the chopper in... After hiking in the first time, we decided helicoptering was the way to go.

North Van overnight

Simon Damborg — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT

A night out of town on the North Shore, packs on, back to work the next morning. An easy summer overnighter on the North Shore, 8.8 km with the packs.

Kees & Claire Hut

Simon Damborg — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Our first attempt at the Spearhead traverse audibled into an epic hut trip instead...

Whistler ski + tour day

Simon Damborg — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Half the day on the resort, half in the backcountry taking a look at what the skin track had to offer. Half resort, half skins, 1,006 m of vert.

Metal Dome

Simon Damborg — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT

We were NOT prepared for the grind this became.

Whistler ski day, Feb 2022: whole family skiing together again

Simon Damborg — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT

The first time the whole family skied together in almost 20 years. A long February day, 36 km and 5,106 m of vert.

Gin Peak

Simon Damborg — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT

One of the best powder days we've ever had.

Red Heather

Simon Damborg — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Though it was sunny and beautiful, I do not recommend touring when its -20 out.

Whistler ski weekend, Dec 2021

Simon Damborg — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Early season rounds that turned into a full weekend, morning and afternoon laps with the old guys, a full day with my dad in between. A December weekend, 68 km and 12,136 m of vert.

Whistler ski day, Nov 2021

Simon Damborg — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Home opener for the season, working the kinks out early. Opening weeks of the season, 4,211 m of vert packed into just over an hour.

Watersprite Lake

Simon Damborg — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT

By my own account, the most boring trail I've ever speed walked, but a 17.6 km round trip and the highest effort score logged of any of these thirty days. Late-October run into Watersprite, 17.6 km round trip.

Sky Pilot

Simon Damborg — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

An incredible day sumitting Sky Pilot during an Altus intro to mountainerring course.

Golden Ears

Simon Damborg — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Another one of our favorites when you're looking for a quick overnighter near town.

Howe Sound Crest

Simon Damborg — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

We knew what we were getting into this time, and had a great time taking our time on Vancouver's most beautiful hike.

Lake Lovely Water

Simon Damborg — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT

You've gotta climb this grind once to earn taking the helicopter for future adventures.

Mount Seymour overnight

Simon Damborg — Sat, 22 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT

A sleepover up Seymour, then the walk back down the next morning. A short walk up Seymour with the tent, 8 km and 574 m of gain.

Garibaldi

Simon Damborg — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

We managed to convince the boys to join us for some winter camping. After carrying an 85lb bag with skis up, we didn't even get to ski.

Mt Muligan

Simon Damborg — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

After this Mulligan quickly became one of our favorite spots for a mellow tour.

Zoa #ski

Simon Damborg — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

First time checking out the Zoa range with Jordan & friends.

Red Heather

Simon Damborg — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Our first adventure that was appropriate after a few incompletes.

Whistler ski weekend, Feb 2021

Simon Damborg — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

A ski day with my dad, hoping I can still put down 8k of vert when I'm almost 75 like him, then a whiteout the next day that turned out powdery underneath. A full weekend on the hill, 80 km and over 14,000 m of vert.

Whistler ski day, Jan 2021

Simon Damborg — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

A last-second free ski day at Grouse Mountain, playing instructor for the day, first time skiing Grouse despite everything else logged here. A short one, 12 km and 1,895 m of vert in under an hour.

Whistler ski trip

Simon Damborg — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Three days finding the ski legs again, crunchy snow but sunny skies to start, laps to shake off the rust, and knees finally ready for some slack country by day three. A multi-day trip: 115 km of skiing and 18,700 m of vert.

Whistler ski day, Dec 2020: first day back after ACL

Simon Damborg — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

The first day back on skis after ACL surgery, a real one. An early-season day on the hill, 5,150 m of vert in just over three hours.

Brew Lake Hut

Simon Damborg — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

One of our first big adventures, a lot of lessons were learned as we had to turn around, call SAR, and not get back to the car until 2AM.

Buntzen Lake

Simon Damborg — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Diez Vistas at Buntzen Lake, then the long speed-walk back out, 1,899 calories' worth of it. A November hike at Buntzen, 15.7 km and just under 1,000 m of gain.

most of the Howe Sound Crest

Simon Damborg — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Our second big adventure, still biting off a bit more than we were ready to chew.

Garibaldi Lake — the first one

Simon Damborg — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

The first trip to Garibaldi Lake, and not a clean one. Something went sideways on day two (logged twice, as two separate 'Injured Climb' entries), but day three still ended at the lake. Thirty kilometres and just over 2,000 m of gain, camped at the lake.