Comments on: King of the Bush

By: craig

craig — Thu, 10 May 2018 23:17:19 +0000

We skied the diamond spur of icefall 2004 0r 2005 from summit then skied the the diamond spur into the east face in 2011 from summit, great area lots to do out there in Larryland, the only ascent that we found was a mountaineers ascent in 1975 if I am not mistaken, the area was never busy until just recently

By: TrevorSexsmith

TrevorSexsmith — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 05:27:00 +0000

In reply to Jason Thompson. That creek is now the first crux of any trip up there haha, it washed the road out badly. That NW glacier of Rostrum sure looks nice from Icefall.

By: Stan Wagon

Stan Wagon — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 01:31:34 +0000

In reply to Jason Thompson. Thanks, Jason.....

By: Jason Thompson

Jason Thompson — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 22:32:24 +0000

In reply to Stan Wagon.

Nice work Trevor – amazing trip!
Stan, I climbed the west ridge of Rostrum in the summer of 2006 from a point ~5 km up the Valenciennes road. The route is described in the 2007 CAJ if you are interested.

By: Larry Dolecki

Larry Dolecki — Fri, 20 May 2016 03:20:27 +0000

Good work doing both of those in a day! Especially in the dark and not knowing the terrain. It was probably a good call not to do the north face of Icefall, there was a lot of bare ice showing this winter. It looked in a lot better shape last year.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 19 May 2016 04:28:32 +0000

Nice work, killed it. Perfect soundtrack too – had to check it out, never would have guessed that’s The Guess Who!

By: douglas

douglas — Wed, 18 May 2016 15:05:11 +0000

3:10, lol! Thanks for taking the time to write about yer shenanigans. Have wanted that Icefall line for long time. Good to see you send. Happy trails.

By: TrevorSexsmith

TrevorSexsmith — Wed, 18 May 2016 07:07:43 +0000

In reply to Stan Wagon. I would think Icefall would be a good one, from either Icefall Lodge or camp in the valley, as it is a relatively moderate angle and exposure above and below. Rostrum would be difficult, due to the funnel shape of the face dropping rock or snow on the climb, the big exposure below, relentless steepness and length of glacier travel on approach. Perhaps a high camp on the ice? Or with a guide who knows the glacier well enough to travel it by night. Access on the glacier will become only more difficult as snow bridges drop. Google Earth has updated their imagery for the area since I went up there, worth a look.

By: markus

markus — Wed, 18 May 2016 06:07:40 +0000

Nice work man, killed it.

By: Stan Wagon

Stan Wagon — Tue, 17 May 2016 01:55:50 +0000

Superb work. We were there recently and these peaks always inspire. I look forward to the photos and your usual well edited video. I am wondering if Icefall or Rostrum are worthy summer climbing objectives.