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| Brad F | Silverhorn  Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2012 | |
| Great day out. More of an ice climb on the Silverhorn. Ascended the Silverhorn, descended the north glacier (normal route). | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2012 3:48 pm | ||
| Old School WB | North Glacier (Normal Route) Date Climbed: Jul 2, 1994 | |
| First Canadian Rockies 11,000'er, did it as part of an ACC mountaineering course, ran by Yamnuska guides. Summited with Andy Meyers and a big group of other wankers. Did Silverhorn route on July 26, 2003 in perfect conditions. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2011 3:10 pm | ||
| icypeak | Route: Silverhorn Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2011 | |
| Left Canmore at 2 am, started climbing at 4:30 and watched the beautiful sunrise over the mountains. Easy climb technically, but fairly long. There was a lot of snow, unusual for this time of the year, which may have slowed things down a bit. Took us a little over 9 hours return trip, although we took our time. Had a gorgeous sunny day so there was no rush. The summit ridge is awesome! | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2011 6:27 pm | ||
| jackstraw0083 | Standard route Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007 | |
| Beautiful day in the Rockies, and what a view from the top! | |
| Posted May 5, 2011 2:33 pm | ||
| jbsantos | North Glacier Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2010 | |
| Climbed with Yamnuska Mountain Adventures. First mountaineering trip. -5C in the night; 20C forecasted the next day. Day was so hot, we plunge-stepped on the descent in t-shirts. Lots of serac fall heard the night before, but not on Athabasca. Had a great time with fellow participants, Jeff, Nadine, Jane and Duncan. Special thanks to Steve Blagborough and Jason Billing from Yamnuska for keeping us in one piece. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2010 11:39 pm | ||
| Stickit | A-A Col Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2009 | |
| Not the greatest conditions on the routes so we took the easy way up. Fun day anyway, nice views. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2010 3:16 pm | ||
| theAxeman | North Face, North Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2001 | |
| Been all over this thing in all conditions, good and bad, climbing and exploring. My old stomping grounds, miss it there. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2010 10:24 am | ||
| attimount | Silverhorne Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2008 | |
| Another beautiful day on the mountains. | |
| Posted Dec 10, 2009 1:33 am | ||
| lloyd | U never forget your 1st | |
| First real mountain. Hellafun. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2009 5:58 pm | ||
| FlatheadJim | Standard route Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2001 | |
| Climbed in 2003 also | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2009 9:19 pm | ||
| justing | North Face Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2009 | |
| A fantastic route and perfect weather. No wind and great views of many distant summits. The rock step was as difficult as advertised. My first mixed pitch - what a great way to start! | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2009 10:11 am | ||
| ArankaP | Route Climbed:North Glacier with Brian (Dunsum) and Lubos Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2008 | |
| Great weather, early start. Fantastic view on Mt Bryce. Descended down to the AA col. | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2009 12:33 am | ||
| jmitch421 | North Glacier Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2008 | |
| Started out around 3:30am my friend who had never climbed before was having a tough time (fitness) he stayed with some other climbers at the base off to the right of the Silverhorn and we climbed up to the summit with clear views after snow earlier in the morning. Awesome trip!!! :) | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2008 5:28 pm | ||
| William Marler | Sunny Day on Athabasca Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008 | |
| Tom Marron and I climbed (and descended) Athabasca by the north glacier route on his arm sunny day. The ascent took 4 3/4 hours. It was warm, sunny, and still to stand comfortably on the summit in shirt sleeves. The descent, on surprisingly firm snow despite the warm weather, took 3 hours. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2008 1:27 pm | ||
| caputaka | Standard Route then down AA Col Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2008 | |
| Started hiking up the moraines 3:50AM. Summit by 8:00. Descended the AA Col - a MUCH SAFER option as it faces north and the snow stays frozen for longer. Back at car at 11:20. Other group that day started at 7:00am - a little late given the snow conditions I think. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2008 2:19 pm | ||
| Steve Larson | North Face Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2008 | |
| Climbed this with Bill Nootens on a beautiful day. Glacier travel was reasonable, though we got a bit off the beaten track on the way up and punched through a hidden slot. We were about an hour behind another party that left at 3:00 am. We caught up with them at the base of the route, but couldn't quite pass them. Pity, because that meant taking Barry Blanchard's suggested traverse around the standard exit. If the standard exit was hard (Blanchard called it "mixed 5.9?"), then the traverse from the left was harder. And scary. Loose and difficult to protect. We spent about two hours on two short traverse pitches before regaining the route. Ice conditions on the face were so-so. There was generally good ice (some dinner plating) under a variable layer of old snow. You had to excavate somewhere between 4" and 12" of crap to get decent screws. We ended up taking 17 hours car-to-car. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2008 11:15 am | ||
| dunsum | Silverhorn Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Lubos Pavel. Six inches of rotten ice covered the good ice. Fun climb; we finished early enough to make a safe descent of the Normal Route which was getting very mushy even still. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2008 4:01 pm | ||
| dunsum | North Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2008 | |
| An early start was mandatory as the snow softened quickly. Climbed with Lubos and Aranka - the summit ridge is spectacular. We descended the AA Col. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2008 3:58 pm | ||
| Jakester | Route Climbed: AA Col Date Climbed: May 25, 2008 | |
| Avalanche conditions forced us to turn around at 9,500 feet. Heard many thunderous avalanches on the way down, confirming our decision. Still had a great time. | |
| Posted May 27, 2008 1:34 pm | ||
| IanKnox | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2006 | |
| Great intro climb. | ||
| Posted Apr 20, 2008 3:54 pm | ||
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