Chic has always had an interest in mountain literature and avidly read the climbing classics of his time. It was not until he was into his late 20s that he began to experiment with writing himself.Since then he has published about 150 magazine and journal articles and over a dozen books, initially about his own mountain experiences but of late about mountain history.

Publications List

• The Mountains of Canada, The Alps, Leysin, 1971
• Drama and Death in the High Himalaya, Canadian Geographic Journal, Vol 89 #3, 1974, p4
• Dougal Haston Visits Banff, The Banff Crag and Canyon, Feb 20 1974
• Dhaulagiri IV An Attempt From the South, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 57, 1974, p2 (Reprinted in The Canadian Mountaineering Anthology, ed Bruce Fairley, Lone Pine, Edmonton, 1994)
• Excitement and Death on the Set of The Eiger Sanction, The Banff Crag and Canyon, Sept 11 1974
• The Eiger Circus, The Banff Crag and Canyon, Oct 1974
• World Renowned Climber at Eric Harvie Theatre, The Banff Crag and Canyon, April 16, 1975
• The Alps, Canadian Alpine Journal, vol 58, 1975, p22
• Lloyd MacKay on Les Courtes North Face (cover photograph), Mountain #46, Nov/Dec 1975
• Filming the Eiger Sanction, Off Belay #24, Dec 1975, p21
• Fantasy and Reality - Filming the Eiger Sanction, Ascent, 1975-76
• The Eiger (book review), Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 59, 1976, p51
• Front and/or back cover photographs on The Alpine Club of Canada brochures 1976, 77 and 78
• Harold Lloyd MacKay (obit), The ACC Gazette, Fall 1976
• The Eiger and Dick Renshaw, Foothills Wilderness Journal, Spring 1977
• Lloyd MacKay - A Friend of the Mountains (obit), Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 60, 1977, p45
• Mount Logan and the SSW Buttress, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 61, 1978, p92
• A Climbers Guide to Yamnuska (book Review), Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 61, 1978, p62
• The Great Canadian High Level Ski Tours, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 61, 1978, p2
• The Canadian Himalayan Foundation, The ACC Gazette, Autumn 1978
• Canadian High Level Ski Tours, Summit, Vol 24 #4, Aug/Sept 1978, p9
• Logan’s East Ridge - An Alpine Style Ascent, Summit, Vol 24 #5, Oct/Nov 1978, p6
• Four photographs in The Mountains of Canada, by Randy Morse, Hurtig, Edmonton, 1978.
• The Mountains of Canada (book review), Mountain #65, Jan/Feb 1979, p50
• Saint Elias Mountains, Mountain #65, Jan/Feb 1979, p37
• Odyssey in the Canadian Icefields, Nordic World, Vol 7 #6, Feb 1979, p36
• Another High Level Ski Traverse, The Trailblazer, Spring 1979
• Wheeler (book review), Canadian Geographic Journal, Feb 1980
• Canada The Mountains (book review), Canadian Geographic Journal, Apr/May 1981
• Editor of the Calgary Mountain Club Newsletter from 1981-83
• The Canadian Himalayan Foundation, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 66, 1983, p52
• The Canadian High Level Ski Traverses, The Polar Circus, 1986, p15
• The Polar Circus (book review), Explore, 1987
• The History of the Calgary Mountain Club Its Members and Their Activities 1960-1986, published privately, 1987, 384 pp
• Alpine Update, Canadian Alpine Journal, vol 71, 1988, p93
• The Central Buttress of Mount McArthur or Life Begins at Forty, The Blizzard, 1988
• Alpinism (a 72 page mountaineering journal), edited and partially written, published privately, 1988
• Homeward Bound, Alpinism, 1988, p4
• Passing of An Era, Alpinism, 1988, p15
• The History of Winter Alpinism, Alpinism, 1988, p44
• Life Begins at Forty, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 72, 1989, p27
• Alpine Update, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 72, 1989, p75
• The Ascent of Denali (book review), Arctic, 1989
• A Final Note on Climbing Competitions, The Chinook, 1989
• Pioneers on Skis, Explore, Winter 1990
• Charlie Locke the Mountaineer, The Drift, Vol 3 #3, Feb 1990
• UP A Mountaineering Exhibit in Banff, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 73, 1990, p90
• Forward to Selected Alpine Climbs in the Canadian Rockies by Sean Dougherty, Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary, 1991
• The Rogers Pass to Bugaboos High Level Ski Traverse or Dreams Can Come True, The Alberta Nordic Ski Annual, 1991, p11
• The Guiding Spirit, Explore, Winter 1991, p21
• Alpine Climbing Update, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 74, 1991, p51
• A Neophyte in Nirvana, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 74, 1991, p69
• Canadians on Everest (book review), Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 74, 1991, p105
• Who Is That Masked Man? A Portrait of Don Gardner, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 75, 1992, p106
• The Outsider (Newsletter of the Board of Directors of the MEC), Summer 1992
• Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies, Rocky Mountain Books, 1992, 224 pp
• A Review of the 1992 Season, Mountain Review, Vol 1, March 1993
• Across the Great Divide - The Rockies Icefield Traverse, Alberta Nordic Skier, 1993-94, p10
• My Most Memorable Christmas - Mount Assiniboine 1967, The Blizzard, Dec 1993
• The Mountain Guide A Career of Adventure Ends, Explore, Oct/Nov 1994, p45
• Natural High, Arena (a supplement to Macleans Magazine), Oct 3 1994, pA4
• Summits and Icefields, Rocky Mountain Books, 1994, 304 pp
• The Canadian Rockies, Ski Trax, Dec 1995, p58
• The Ski Mountaineers Creme de la Creme, ACC Gazette, Spring 1996, p6
• Foreword to Ken Jones Mountain Man by Lorne and Kim Tetarenko, Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary, 1996
• The Mountain Guiding Tradition in Canada, The Cairn, Vol XXI #2, Winter 1997, p7
• Dreams Do Come True, Odyssey, Vol 10 #3, Fall 1997, p7
• Robson Revisited - Who Was Really the First to the Top of Mount Robson, Mountain Heritage, Vol 1 #2, Summer 1998, p14
• Two sections (Mount Logan and Mount Robson) in World Mountaineering, edited by Audrey Salkeld, Mitchell Beazley, London, 1998
• The Comfort Zone, Ski Trax, Dec 1998, p10
• Get a Life Not a Job, Kitai, April, 1999
• Swiss Guides, Where Rocky Mountains, Summer 1999, p12
• Das Beste au Zwei Welten, Berge #94, p26
• Contributing writer for The Encyclopedia of BC, Harbour Publishing Co., Madiera Park, 2000
• The Conquest of Mount Alberta, Where Rocky Mountains, Summer 2000, p12
• Brussels Peak, Mountain Heritage, Vol 3 #2, Summer 2000, p50
• TightWadds, Backcountry #24, 2000, p22
• Pushing the Limits the Story of Canadian Mountaineering (hard cover), Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary, 2000, 440 pp
• Adventure Into the Wild, Where Rocky Mountain, Winter 2000-2001, p10
• Tragedy on Mount Temple, Mountain Heritage, Vol 3 #4, Winter 2000-2001, p32
• Mount Hector, Backcountry #26, 2000, p16
• A Visit to the Old Country, ACC Gazette, Vol 15 #1, Spring 2001, p4
• Mountain Mysteries, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 84, 2001, p100
• A Controversy Squelched (with Andy Selters), Climbing, Sept 15 2001
• The Jasper to Lake Louise High Level Ski Traverse, High Off Piste, 2002, p4
• A Portrait of Don Gardner, Backcountry #29, 2001, p223
• The Best Places to Ski Backcountry, Explore #112, Nov/Dec 2001, p50
• Face Powder Steep Challenge on Mount Matier, Backcountry #31, 2002, p48
• Two small pieces (Mount Logan and Abbot Pass Hut), Explore, Aug 2002, p33+35
• A Brief History of Backcountry Skiing in the Rocky and Columbia Mountains, Canadian Ski Museum Newsletter, Vol 1 #1, Summer 2002
• A number of columns called Historic Lines in Gripped Magazine:
  1. Canadian Traditions Hard Partying and Hard Climbing, Oct/Nov 2000, p52
  2. Pioneer Ice Climbs in Quebec, Dec/Jan 2001, p52
  3. The Canadian Record in the Himalaya, Feb/Mar 2001, p52
  4. Sport Climbing Comes to the Rockies, Apr/May 2001, p52
  5. Women in Canadian Climbing, 06/07 2001, p52
  6. The American Contribution to Canadian Mountaineering, 08/09 2001, p56
  7. Without Mountains, 10/11 2001, p56
  8. Canucks in the Alps, 12/01 2002, p56
  9. The First Canadian Mount Everest Expedition, 02/03 2002, p56
  10. Climbing in the St Elias Mountains, 04/05 2002, p60
  11. Pioneers of Quebec Climbing, 08/09/2002, p60
  12. The Yam Fifty Years of Climbing on Yamnuska, 12/01/2003, p40
• Pioneers of the Canadian Rockies Hans Gmoser and Leo Grillmair, Backcountry #32, 2002, p44
• Mt. Field A British Columbia Classic, Backcountry #33, p16
• Continental Corn BC’s Columbia Icefield, Backcountry #35, p20
• On Tour with Charlie Locke King of the Hill, Backcountry, Nov 2003, p22
• The Wilderness Lodge, Explore, Winter 2003, p44
• The Yam 50 Years of Climbing on Yamnuska, with Dave Dornian and Ben Gadd, Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary, 2003
• The foreword to Don Forest Quest for the Summits, by K. Calvert, Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary, 2003
• On Tour with Don Forest 1920-2003, Backcountry, Feb/Mar 2004, p24
• Billy Davidson (Obit), Canadian Alpine Journal, 2004, p147
  
• Powder Pioneers, Where Rocky Mountains, winter 2004/5, p 14.
• Foreword to The Rage by Steve DeMaio, Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary, 2005.
• My Dream Home, included in We Live in a Postcard, Banff History Book Committee, Banff, 2005, p 645.
• Powder Pioneers, Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary, 2005, 240 pp.
• Steve Smith the Most Average Mountain Man, Backcountry, autumn 2005, p 62.
• Foreword to The Canadian Rockies New and Old Trails, by A.P. Coleman, Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary, 2006.
• Hans Gmoser Canadian Mountain Pioneer, CMH News, October 2006, p 4.
• Canadian Alpine Icon Passes On, Hans Gmoser: Filmmaker and Mountaineer 1932-2006, Rock and Ice, October 2006 #154, p 28.
• Hans Gmoser Canadian Mountain Pioneer 1932-2006, Gripped, October/November 2006, p 22.
• Hans Gmoser 1932-2006 The Passing of a Legend, Avalanche.ca, Fall 2006, p 28.
• Hans Gmoser Canadian Mountain Pioneer, ACC Gazette, Fall 2006, p 22
• Hans Gmoser 1932-2006, Kootenay Mountain Culture, Winter 2006-2007, p 78.
• Chic Digs It, Early Ski tours in the Canadian Rockies, Outdoor Approach, November/December 2006, p 14.
• Chic Digs It, Resplendent Mountain - A Winter Ascent, Outdoor Approach, March/April, 2007, p 10.
• Rogers Pass, Experience the Mountain Parks, 2007/2008, p 50.
• Foreword to In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies, by James Outram, Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary, 2007.
• Canada – the Great Unknown Land, Explore, Climb, Ski (The Alpine Ski Club 1908-2008), March 2008, p 59.
• Locals Recreate Historic Ski Touring Journey, Rocky Mountain Outlook, April 24, 2008, p 4.
• Skyline Trail and the Eight Pass Route, Outdoor Approach, Spring 2008, p 4.
• My Lake O’Hara, O’Hara 2008 (Lake O’Hara Trails Club Newsletter), summer 2008, p 1.
• Keeping up with the Smiths: the quintessential Kootenay mountain family, Kootenay Mountain Culture, winter 2008/09, p. 98.
• Deep Powder and Steep Rock, the Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser, Assiniboine Publishing Limited, Banff, 2009, 346 pp.
• Hollyburn, the Mountain and the City (book review), Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol 92, 2009, p166
• High times, the Adventures of Jim Davies, Highline Magazine, Vol 2 #1, Winter 2010
• Edited the second edition of Tommy and Lawrence, the Ways and the Trails of Lake O’Hara, by Jon Whyte, Lake O’Hara Trails Club, first published 1983
• Rogers Pass to Bugaboos Ski Traverse, an essay in Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America, Capitol Peak Publishing, 2010
• On the Trail of David Thompson, Banff Crag and Canyon, January 2011
• The John Lauchlan Award, Gripped, April 2011
• Bequest Honours GMC’s Favourite Camper, ACC Gazette, Winter 2011, p 14
• Lloyd MacKay – An Appreciation of one of our Earliest Honourary Members, ACMG News, Winter 2012
• Laura Robinson to Speak at the Banff Public Library, Banff, Crag and Canyon, March 21, 2012
• Freedom Climbers (book review), Alberta Views, April 2012
• Lizzie Rummel, Experience the Mountain Parks, 2012
• A Man for all Seasons, Banff Crag and Canyon, June 6, 2012
• Fran Drummond ‘Our Little Yoho Lady’, Banff Crag and Canyon, October 24, 2012
• Young at Heart – the Inspirational Lives of Richard and Louise Guy, Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 2012, 40 pp
• Banff Mountain Film Festival Forerunners, Highline, Winter 2013
• Fireside Chats at the Whyte Museum, Banff Crag and Canyon, February 13, 2013
• Preserving the Films of Hans Gmoser, Banff Crag and Canyon, March 13, 2013
• A Glimpse Into History, Banff Crag and Canyon, April 10, 2013
• The Hans Gmoser Film Preservation Project, ACMG News, summer 2013
• Mountain Romantics, The Whites of Banff, Experience the Mountain Parks, summer 2013
• Member Initiates Gmoser Film Preservation Project, Alpine Club of Canada Gazette, Summer, 2013
• Another Fireside Chat, Banff Crag and Canyon, February 5, 2014
• Fran Drummond Next Fireside Chat at Historic Abegweit, Banff Crag and Canyon, March 26, 2014.
• Experience Lake O'Hara, Jewel of the Canadian Rockies, Experience the Mountain Parks, 2014/2015, p 38
• Mountain Romantics, the White/Whytes of Banff, Assiniboine Publishing Limited, Banff, 2014, 280 pp
• The Book of Mortimer, Celebrating a Life of Volunteerism, Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 2014, 40 pp
• Foreword to Conrad Kain, Letters from a Wandering Mountain Guide, 1906-1934, edited by Zac Robinson, University of Alberta Press, 2014
• The ACC Community Gives Back, Karl Ricker, ACC Gazette, Vol 30 #2, summer 2015, p. 10
• The ACC Community Gives Back, Tony and Gillean Daffern: Mountain Lovers, Volunteers and Philanthropists, ACC Gazette, Vol 30 #3, winter 2015, p. 5
• Haute Hopping, Kootenay Mountain Culture, Winter 2015/16, p. 132
• The ACC Community Gives Back, Gary Norton, ACC Gazette, Vol 31 #1, spring 2016, p. 25
• The ACC Community Gives Back, Ken Baker and Jane Lancaster, ACC Gazette, Vol 31 #2, Summer 2016, p.28
• Skiing Across the Top of the World, Banff Crag and Canyon, April 26, 2017, p. 19
• The Grand Adventure Continues, Banff Crag and Canyon, May 17, 2017, p. 18
• Enjoy a Fireside Chat with Eddie Hunter, Banff Crag and Canyon, October 18, 2017, p. 20
• A Fireside Chat with Mountain guide Leo Grillmair, Banff Crag and Canyon, November 15, 2017, p. 18
• The Mount Royal Hotel, Experience the Mountain Parks, 2018/2019, p. 22
• The Legacy of Lloyd MacKay, Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 03, 2018, p. 24
• Brian Patton to be next Fireside Chat, Banff Crag and Canyon, October 17, 2018, p. 18
• The Alpine Club of Canada, Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival’s Oldest Partner, The ACC Gazette, Winter 2018, p. 12
• Obituary of Brian Greenwood, Canadian Alpine Journal, Volume 101, 2018
• Roy Andersen the next Fireside Chat, Banff Crag and Canyon, October 9, 2019
• Charlie Locke next Fireside Chat, Banff Crag and Canyon, November 20, 2019
• Experience Mount Assiniboine, Experience the Mountain Parks, 2019/2020
• Obituary of Tim Auger, Canadian Alpine Journal, Volume 102, 2019
• An Alpine World, printed in Many Lives Mark this Place, John Hartman, Figure One, Vancouver, 2019
• A Life in the Wild, The Story of Mountain Explorer John Baldwin, The Alpine Club of Canada, 2019
• Walking Through History, Experience the Mountain Parks, 2020, page 17
• A Fireside Chat With Lloyd Gallagher, Banff Crag and Canyon, March 31, 2021, p. 5
• In Memory of Philippe Delesalle 1929-2020, The Arete, Winter 2021, p. 46
• Obituary of Richard Guy, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 104, 2021, p. 170
• Obituary of Philippe Delesalle, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 104, 2021, p. 183
• Mount Assiniboine — The Story, Assiniboine Publishing, Banff, 336 pages, 2021
• A Rocky Mountain Original — Bill Peyto, Experience the Mountain Parks, 2021, p. 14
• Obituary of Glendon Webber Boles, Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 105, 2022, p. 134
• Dan Verral: Big Smile, Big Heart, The Alpine Club of Canada, 2023