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Yeah, what Dru said. Look in the most recent R&I mag, it's in the first few pages I think. Thanks for the clarification Dru.

Speaking of grades, I read recently that a new "WI 8" was established in the Canadian Rockies. The route climbs through a hanging glacier at the crux. It even showed pictures of it, some dude climbing through an overhanging sheet of blue glacier ice. My question is, wouldn't it be AI 8 since it is alpine ice? It certainly isn't waterfall ice like the "WI" rating would infer.

You mentioned that you were able to drive up 8 mile road for 1.5 miles. Was this on snow or was it snow free? Did you use 4wd? Thanks for the info and pics. Looks great. I'm probably going to go up there this Saturday and have a look myself.