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The best moderate ice climbs in The Rockies

Posted by Farzad on December 11, 2010 No comments

In an earlier post I mentioned a list of the top moderate ice routes in The Rockies as selected by Barry Blanchard. I recommend picking up this issue of Gripped magazine and I’ve copied the list below.

Source: Blanchard, B. (2011, Jan 12). Rockies Fat Ice Moderates. Gripped. V12.06, (28-33)

Moonlight III WI 4 110m, Snowline III WI 4 100m: Kananaskis Valley, AB [link]
Pretty Nuts II WI 4 180m: Kicking Horse Canyon, BC
Takakkaw Falls V WI 4 250m: Yoho National Park, BC
The Professor Falls III WI 4 280m: Banff National Park, AB [link] [link] [link] [link]
This House of Sky III WI 3-4+ 500m: Ghost River, AB [link] [link] [link] [link]
Elliot Left-Hand Gully III WI 4 200m: David Thompson Highway, AB [link]
Bow Falls III WI 3-4 95m: Banff National Park [link]
Weeping Wall Left Hand II WI 4 180m: Banff National Park [link] [link]
Lucifer V WI 4+ 100m: Castle River, Southern Alberta

This House of Sky (THOS) 500m III 3

Posted by Farzad on December 11, 2010 1 comment

I’ve been spending a lot of time reading about local ice climbing routes and when I come across one that sounds interesting it’s been difficult finding out details because I can’t find a copy of the excellent Waterfall Ice guidebook by Joe Josephson. For example I keep coming across this route called THOS (see subject for expanded name) and after some digging around I think I found where it is in the Ghost River area. Map below.

I came across the co-ordinates on an archived page from Josephson’s book. You can also search the Gravsport-Ice forums for more info. [Update] Barry Blanchard just rated this route as one of the “Top 10 Rockies Fat Ice Moderates” in the January edition of Gripped magazine.