Here are ideas and information about mountain ascents in many different places including my playground, The Canadian Rockies . Many of the scramble peaks on these pages are described in the new edition of my best-selling guidebook, Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies , which can be ordered online by clicking here . This site also includes select peaks from the European Alps and Western United States .
Scrambles are popular with soloists too.
In dry conditions, a rope is not usually required, nor is any other equipment except perhaps an ice-axe. I'll admit, these are to promote my Scrambles guidebook. Climbs are technical ascents and usually require a rope and some rock-climbing hardware, such as pitons, chocks or camming devices. Soloed by the hard-core crowd sometimes. Occasionally a solo pursuit.