Tag Archives: ice climbing

Hyalite Ice Climbing: a love story

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Stuart Picken

Ice Climbing; a love story. So fair warning folks; this may turn out to be more of a cloying love letter to ice climbing than a legitimate trip report. Also, it’s pretty damn self-centred. Tough. You’ve been warmed. The cast: … Continue reading →

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Rockies Ice Climbing: Part 4 – The Stacked Nuts

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Artem Bylinskii

We are ever-so grateful for Alfred letting us lot of dirtbags using his condo, but that was quite likely the worst night any of us had on the trip. The condo was a like a furnace. Way too hot to … Continue reading →

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Rockies Ice Climbing: Part 3 – The Ghost

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Alfred Larsen

Ian and I awoke in Calgary hearing that the others (fresh from Vancouver) were ready to go from Canmore. The plan was to skip the crowded and easy-to-get-to-crags along the Trans-Canada highway and go straight into the Ghost Valley. We … Continue reading →

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Rockies Ice Climbing: Part 2 – The Walking

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Alfred Larsen

Ian had combed through the old ice guidebook and found an adventure behind Yamnuska to Association Peak. One of these routes was a 200m WI3 and the other a 100m WI2, without much more info. Tom, Ian, and I made … Continue reading →

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Rockies Ice Climbing: Part 1 – The Chinook (warm-up)

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Alfred Larsen

Two carloads drove east from Vancouver early on Friday the 13th. The destination: the Canadian Rockies for some sweet, sweet ice climbing. We got to Ian’s mum’s house in Calgary in the evening, a chilly evening at -15C. The first … Continue reading →

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Team Bad Idea and the slowest ascent ever of Cascade waterfall

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Colin Pither

Original trip report at: http://crackandiceaddict.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/team-bad-idea-and-the-slowest-ascent-ever-of-cascade-waterfall/ Artem and Tom joined me in Banff for a few days of climbing on the 14th. Tom had never been ice climbing before and Artem had never done any serious ice climbs. I’m also a a … Continue reading →

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