Experts Choice, III, WI 6

1st Pitch- 130’- WI 6/ The center and left portion of this fall is normally quite thick. The middle portion gets its rating from the many hanging pillars creating at times, overhanging ice on the first pitch. There is typically a large hole on the left side of the center curtain. We chose a line just right of that hole and went straight up, traversing at the last few meters back left into a comfortable significant sized ice cave above the large hole. It had a small entrance that needed to be cleaned away in 2008, but made for quite the belay station for a party of three. This pitch is sustained and varied. You could pick a line left or right for several meters. Experts Choice, III, WI 6, Middle Route, 3 Pitches, Waterton National Park, Canadian Rockies, January, 2008