[TR] Mount Sir Donald - North West Ridge 8/8/2012

[caleb ng]

Trip: Mount Sir Donald - North West Ridge

 

Date: 8/8/2012

 

Trip Report:

Mount Sir Donald – Northwest Ridge – III 5.4 – 10 774′

 

Anyone who has ever driven up to Roger’s pass on a good day has seen this mountain and has probably said to themselves, “WHAT IS THAT PIECE OF GLORY !?!?!!”

 

And if you haven’t, and you want to see the Matterhorn of Canada, you ought to do yourself a favor by a) driving up there b) and be able to climb heaps of 5.4 proficiently so that you don’t leave not having become intimate with the beauty. This 50 Crowded Classic is worth all the trouble in the world to scramble up. The position is tremendous & the stone, precious. In fact, this route is more infinitely bliss than Mt Garfield could ever provide.

 

We simuled the whole thing in 3 hours.. the rappels were tedious.

 

It would be a great one to solo, though I think it would be quite scary. I don’t think I would ever do it anyways.

 

Pictures!

[Le Piston]

Nice photos Caleb. I got rained off this a few years back and hope to get back up there before I get too old and fat. I thought Mt. Assiniboine was the Matterhorn of Canada?

[denalidave]

SWEET photos!

 

We dubbed it "stairway to heaven" back in the day. And, yeah, "mini Matterhorn".

[stever]

 

It would be a great one to solo, though I think it would be quite scary. I don’t think I would ever do it anyways.

 

I've never seen the route in person, why would it be scary to solo? Is the route straight forward?

 

 

 

[caleb ng]

Naw.

 

It actually would be an amazing route to Solo.

Good Holds, Good Rock, Straight Forward In fact.

 

Just that I'm not a soloer

[caleb ng]

mini-matterhorn!! that makes sense.

[Brushbuffalo]

Here is Steph's report of her solo of the route a few years ago. She also indicates that the rappel was rather tedious.

http://www.stephabegg.com/home/tripreports/britishcolumbia/sirdonald