The 2020 and 2021 winters have been good to me – with many spectacular ice routes climbed in The Rockies and on the West Coast. Swinging tools into frozen waterfalls never gets less fun. Below is a selection of some of my favourites from the last two winters.
Carlsberg Column (Wi5), Field, BCThe Tantalus Drool (Wi4), First ascent, Squamish, BCPilsner Pillar (Wi6), Field, BCRainbow Serpent (Wi6), The Recital Hall. Backed off this one.Rambles Right Column (Wi4), Duffy Lake, BCCurtain Call (Wi6), Icefields Parkway, ABShades of Beauty (Wi4), Icefields Parkway, AB. This ice is on the approach hike.Professor Falls (Wi4/5), Banff, ABCAmadeus (M5, Wi5), Kananaskis, BC Virtual Reality (Wi6), Icefields Parkway, ABScar Tissue (M7+, Wi5), Storm Creek, ABMoonlight (Wi4), Kananaskis, BCThe Killer Pillar (Wi6), Stanley Headwall, BCCounting Chickens (Wi5), First Ascent, Lilooet, BC
Dispatches from the Periphery 