Routes

West Buttress #4 (II 5.7): One of the best alpine rock climbs in the entire Canadian Rockies!  After a very short approach hike (10 minutes!) the scrambling starts just above the road and follows a beautiful ridge throughout. The difficulty increases higher on the mountain and culminates in the spectacular 60 meter long “boot crack” pitch up a unique runnel on perfect limestone! The descent down the backside has a bit of scrambling but is reasonably quick & straightforward. 8-12 hours.  Group size up to 2 if experienced at scrambling.

West Buttress #4 with “Running of the Buller” start (II 5.9): For more experienced rock climbers an alternate start offers over two hundred meters of 5.9 rock climbing to gain the ridge! From there we still get to climb the best parts of the West Buttress route to the summit.  9-12 hours.  Group size up to 2 if confident at the grade and experienced at scrambling.