Alpine Mentors Pacific Northwest had its second and third sessions in the Canadian Rockies this winter. The first session was primarily waterfall ice climbing with some mixed routes thrown in and the second session was mostly alpine climbing up at the Columbia Icefields with a few frozen waterfalls thrown in. Overall the group was able to do routes like; The Sorcerer, Hydrophobia, Professor Falls, Louise Falls, Coire Dubh Integrale, Murchison Falls, My Daddy's a Psycho, Polar Circus, North Face of Athabasca, and the Issac route on Athabasca.
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| North Face of Athabasca |
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| On the North Face |
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| Alex Ford leading the rock band |
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| Laurel Fan in the finishing ice gully |
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| Laurel Fan descending the summit ridge |
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| On the descent |
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| Laurel Fan beneath the Pencil on Polar Circus |
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| Laurel Fan leading on Polar Circus |
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| Alex Ford leading on Polar Circus |
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| Andy Dahlen leading My Daddy's a Psycho |
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| L to R AlexFord, Laurel Fan, Ryan Cupp, Jim Elzinga, and Andy Dahlen assessing conditions |
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| Laurel Fan leading Issac route on Athabasca |
Many thanks to the Mentors who helped out.
- Seth Timpano
- Rob Smith
- Raphael Slawinski
- Jim Elzinga
- Robert Rogoz
- Wayne Wallace
