Mount Deltaform

Rap down to the base of the notch. The most exciting bit of climbing of the whole traverse was climbing the opposing wall. This short pitch consisted of old school 5.5 complete with ice rime, no gear, face climbing, left to right out of the notch. A leader fall here would be quite serious and is impossible to protect. You can go up the much steeper corner to the left, but the shattered rock does little in terms of giving you much more confidence about pro. Either option is quite exposed. Once up the 15m or so of steep climbing, the angle eases up to the summit proper. Belay directly from the summit of Mount Deltaform by slinging a block. Traverse, III, 5.5, Mount Deltaform and Mount Neptuak, Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, to Marble Canyon, Kootenay National Park, August, 2010