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Big New Routes Keep Falling in the Rockies — Two more major new ice routes have been climbed in the Canadian Rockies, still weeks before the official start of winter. On their second attempt, locals Steve Holeczi and Rob Owens made the first ascent of the Northwest Face of Mt. Bell, west of Banff, via a 12-pitch route they called Zeitgeist (530m, IV+ M7- WI5 R). Meanwhile, the Swiss climbers Simon Anthamatten and Ueli Steck, who have climbed a host of major repeats and new routes in recent weeks (see: Visitors Pillage the Canadian Rockies and Swiss Duo on a Rampage in Canada), concluded their Canadian holiday with another very hard new climb.