MSNBC news article.

The article doesn't mention his family, but I hope this brings closure for them.

Actually it says that the family has been notified. But right, at least they now know what happened and where.

"Holland disappeared while hiking a treacherous route known as Slipstream, a frozen waterfall on a 11,338-foot peak called Snow Dome on the Columbia Icefields in April 1989, CBC News said."



"Hiking" slipstream.

hmmmm.

I remember climbwild posting a photo of that route.

It certainly ain't a hike.

Tough followup story with daughter

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/changes+nothing+still+gone/3467633/story.html

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Body+found+years+later+glacier/3454073/story.html

Slipstream, a 3000-foot Grade 6 ice climb in the Canadian Rockies

The article states that the accident happened after the climb, as they were starting down.

"Bill Holland disappeared over the edge of a cliff in Jasper National Park. He was looking for a way down from the summit of Snow Dome mountain after climbing a frozen waterfall called a slipstream. He stepped onto a cornice, packed snow hanging over a cliff's lip, and began prodding with a ski pole. The ground gave way and Holland disappeared."