Mt. Athabasca 阿薩巴斯卡山 - Summit Attempt Sept 2011

WanchaiBoz · 发表于 2011-9-19 17:12:07

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Mt. Athabasca is probably the most well-known and often-visited peak in the Canadian Rockies, with the possible exception of Mt. Robson. Many mountaineers have made their first big alpine ascents on the icy slopes of this Columbia Icefield mountain, and its awesome North Face was one of the first major "big wall" ice routes to be climbed when steep alpine ice climbing was coming of age. It is the most often-climbed major alpine mountain in the Canadian Rockies, and combined with the Athabasca Glacier and the surrounding peaks such as Mt. Andromeda, Snow Dome, Mt. Kitchener, Mt. Wilcox and Nigel Peak, forms the crown jewel of the Icefield Parkway, one of the most scenic and beautiful drives in the world.

TimK · 发表于 2011-9-19 21:33:08

来一张你登山的英姿:

whiteout condition，恨哪，坏了我们的好事：

WanchaiBoz · 发表于 2011-9-24 18:06:28

Date: Sept 17th weekend
Summit: Mt Athabasca
Route: AA Col
Base Camp: Columbia Icefield
Elevation: 11453 ft / 3491 m
Lat/Lon: 52.18100°N / 117.2011°W

:yes: 謝謝你TimK，Hao 和 Kenny（Calgary Team）讓我加入這個攀登

WanchaiBoz · 发表于 2011-9-24 20:19:43

Arrived at Columbia Icefield campground on Sat at noon to set up our base camp for the next morning climb.

This campground has 33 tent only sites, water, dry toilets, camp kitchen-wood stove, fire pits and picnic tables. Fire wood is available for use in the camp kitchens and camp sites.

One tent per site and it costs $15.70 nightly. (We didn't pay extra for using the firewood!)

WanchaiBoz · 发表于 2011-9-24 20:41:42

:wink:

*** The water tap inside the campground is turned off during the night to prevent any freezing *** We almost got caught without any water supply when woke up at 2am on Sunday morning!

WanchaiBoz · 发表于 2011-9-25 13:03:15

After the lunch and we decided to check out the trail head during the daytime. First we reached the ice field visitor center to obtain the weather forecast info. Then we hiked up the road and scouted condition from the trail head to the glacier.

WanchaiBoz · 发表于 2011-9-25 16:37:12

:wink:

WanchaiBoz · 发表于 2011-9-27 21:18:48

:wink:

WanchaiBoz · 发表于 2011-10-2 16:06:57

By the time we had returned and most of the camp sites were pretty much filled. Organized the gears and got ready for 2am wake up call. Plan was to up and running at 3:30am.

Weather was very nice and cool for the first 2 hours but turned nasty once we reached the glacier. Bloody windy and white out condition in the pass.

googoo · 发表于 2011-10-2 19:26:31

Rich, great job! :b.cool:

everie · 发表于 2011-10-2 21:49:14

Another impressive achievements! Congratulations!

The photos are awesome. Keep posting please. :)

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