[TR] Banff National Park - 2/14/2013

[PeakBeggar]

Trip: Banff National Park -

 

Date: 2/14/2013

 

Trip Report:

We spent the weekend in Banff National Park doing ice and mixed climbing - TR on my blog. It was an awesome time in a spectacular place

http://cascadiastan.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-weekend-in-banff-national-park.html

 

Gear Notes:

ice screws and draws, also if you have 70 meter ropes that would be a good idea (we did not)

 

Approach Notes:

snowshoes would have been awesome in places

[obwan]

Dear PeakBeggar:

Thanks for the honest and interesting trip report - Banff has been in my future for too long, I am inspired. I know what it's like when going to a new place without being with someone who's been there before.

Good Job!

[Alex]

nice. guiness dripping is unusual as Field tends to be one of the cooler spots in the area and the climbs get no sun. moonlight and snowline are def classics and i remember my own romp up moonlight as a very fun honest 4 still to this day! As the days get longer now, into March, going for bigger longer routes like Murchison should be on your agenda

[glassgowkiss]

Alex, I have done Guiness something like 7 times by now and it is wet pretty much wet on 2nd and third pitch almost every other time. Only first pitch remains dry most of the time.