Search Results for: "rockies"
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Profiles
The Professor Falls is a Must-Climb Rockies Ice Route
It’s one of the best routes at the grade in the Rocky Mountains with the final pitch being the steepest and most fun
Gripped Magazine February 5, 2024 -
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Backcountry Skier Dies in Canadian Rockies
A sluff avalanche from a rock wall above is blamed for knocking a skier off balance
Gripped January 28, 2024 -
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Six Rockies Ice Climbs With Low Avi Hazard
Some fun options for when avalanche conditions are keeping you away from exposed climbs
Gripped January 10, 2024 -
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Americans Climb The Wild Thing in Canadian Rockies
This is one of the most classic difficult alpine mixed routes in Banff National Park
Gripped December 12, 2023 -
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Big Rockfall in the Canadian Rockies
Epaulette Mountain is a tall peak on the Icefields Parkway. In 2014, we heard about a previously unrecorded alpine route up it
Gripped November 18, 2023 -
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Climbers Ascend Classic Rockies Alpine Route
The Slawinski-Takeda is one of the best fall alpine lines at the grade along the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park
Gripped October 22, 2023 -
Profiles
10 Tips for Fall Alpine Climbing in the Canadian Rockies
Fall brings frozen choss, ice lines and nearly perfect conditions for climbing on certain alpine routes
Gripped October 3, 2023 -
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Thriller is New Bolted 10-Pitch 5.8+ in Rockies
A new fully equipped route has been established that climbs parallel to the classic Joy
Gripped September 29, 2023 -
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Mega New 13-Pitch Mixed Climb in Rockies
Conditions will be shaping up for Bow Valley climbers to start mixed and ice climbing within the next month
Gripped September 27, 2023 -
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New Bolted 12-Pitch 5.11a in Rockies
Creature from the Black Lagoon climbs a featured line up Mount McGillivray in the Bow Valley
Gripped September 18, 2023