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| Bazehead | Fun route  Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009 | |
| Fun route with some interesting/challenging routefinding decisions, making for a solid day out in the mountains. We took 14hrs car to car, with delays due to waiting for another party ahead of us at the Big Step, and some moderate routefinding challenges on the Step and the Black Towers. As noted by others, the rock quality varies greatly - some very nice/solid rock (including quartzite), many loose blocks, nastly dinnerplates, and ample scree marbles on slabs. Overall one of the better Rockies alpine routes with a wide range of terrain to cover in different styles; scrambling, climbing, and glacier travel. Great views from the top, and an easy descent. Expect to be tired at the end of the day! :) | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 1:25 pm | ||
| MtnMagic | Good route Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2008 | |
| Good route, although the rock quality on the Big Step wasn't quite as good as I thought it would be. Got caught in a thunderstorm as soon as we topped out the Black Towers. Quite exciting. Final was beautiful once the storm had passed! | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2008 11:30 pm | ||
| pvalchev | Wicked Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2007 | |
| Nice route, once the route finding is sorted out, quite easy and quick... however, committing and can be serious nonetheless. I was off to Assiniboine the next day and then Sir Donald... a week of perfect weather, but tiring! | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2007 10:14 pm | ||
| Dow Williams | Another 50 Classic with Peter Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2007 | |
| With Peter, felt more like a grand scramble, definitely not sustained like Bugaboo Spire and Mount Sir Donald, other Canadian 50 North American Classics. 10.5hrs car to car…..nailed the route, led pitch 1 and 3 on the Big Step, Peter led #2. Led another short pitch up a chimney at the top of the Big Step and then the north glacier travel....that was about all the rope work we did except for one small step lower down with one piton and one pro placement due to exposure. Courtney met us at the summit via the scramble route within 5 minutes of when we toped out!!!!!!!!!! UNREAL....I swam in the lake below Sentinel Pass.......very cold! | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2007 12:22 pm | ||
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