Alpine Mentors Pacific Northwest - Canadian Rockies

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.



North Face of Athabasca

On the North Face

Alex Ford leading the rock band

 

 

Laurel Fan in the finishing ice gully

Laurel Fan descending the summit ridge

On the descent

 



Laurel Fan beneath the Pencil on Polar Circus



Laurel Fan leading on Polar Circus

Alex Ford leading on Polar Circus

Andy Dahlen leading My Daddy's a Psycho

L to R AlexFord, Laurel Fan, Ryan Cupp, Jim Elzinga, and Andy Dahlen assessing conditions

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