In late March, Vince Anderson and Steve House climbed a new route on the north face of Mt. Alberta in the Canadian Rockies—the first time this legendary face has been ascended in "near-winter" conditions. House has generously provided this slide show to give a taste of the adventure. All photos and captions courtesy of Steve House.Read more about the ascent HERE
Vince rigging the second rappel on the third day of our little Alberta adventure. This is the one rappel where we were forced to rap off a single Metolius cam (and one of the new single-stem units too!). The left side of the biggest wall (the North Face of North Twin) is where Marko Prezelj and I made the third ascent of the face via a variation to the Lowe-Jones route. Some of you may remember the story of how I dropped a boot shell from high on that face. I wonder where that boot is now? For the full story of that adventure, search out a copy of Alpinist #10.
