Gibraltar Wall - WI4, 140m

I have been ice climbing (at various levels of intensity) for 22 years and I finally made it to Gibraltar Wall. I shouldn't have waited so long, it is a great spot to climb. 

G Wall from the road

Brad picked me up in Fairmont and we met up with Jordan, Nat, Farzed and Nikki at the route. Brad and I soloed the bottom 30 metres of easy WI3. Brad led the next pitch of WI4 and brought up Farzed and I. Then Brad did a great job on a long pitch of WI4 for about 60 metres with me finishing the top 3+ pitch of about 30 metres. Nat led a nice WI5 pillar on the lower section, then their threesome followed us up.


Brad at the first belay, we found bolts :-)

Four raps and we were heading home. Cool views and pretty good ice quality.  Great day out.

View to FSR and Kootenay River

Nat just above his nice WI5, 30 metre lead



Autumn with bits of climbing

Pretty quiet Fall climbing season; attempted a few first ascent alpine rock routes, but cold weather, often with highs winds, snow and ice, kept us from getting up these new routes.

Snowy alpine rock

Did two short easy ice climbing days, not really worth mentioning, but did top rope most of a M7 mixed route.  Couldn't clear the roof on the route, but had a lot of fun.