Will Gadd’s New Route Instagrade His Hardest Ever

Will Gadd’s new route is one of many at a big new mixed area north of Banff.

Gadd reported on Instagram about his new route at The Temple on the Icefields Parkway. He did not grade the route but said it’s his hardest ever.

He noted that you need a 100-metre rope and whatever you need to climb 50 metres of cave and 10 metres of ice. The ice was too thin for screws.

The crag was discovered by Pat Delaney and John Freeman a few years ago. A number of climbers have taken part in developing the wall. Sarah Hueniken established Supernatural, which might be the first M13 first ascent by a North American woman.

There is an M14 called Solarium and Gadd’s Instagrade, which he called “Mharder.”

A photo posted by Will Gadd (@realwillgadd) on Dec 30, 2015 at 9:30pm PST