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Overview
I mostly contribute raw beta route pages and have avoided maintaining any kind of group page (i.e. Banff National Park, etc.) at Summitpost. However, after a considerable amount of inquires, I have assembled Summitpost’s collection of Canadian Rockies ice climbs so that members have an easy reference guide to “first hand” ice climbing experience regarding their winter travel plans to the region. The Canadian Rockies and more specifically the Bow Valley (Canmore) is truly centered regarding the best waterfall ice climbing anywhere in the world.
Listing routes with no first hand experience available is not what this page is about. Rather the listing involves “first hand accounts only” of waterfall ice routes in the Canadian Rockies. The routes will be listed and maintained via their respective “areas” (i.e. The Ghost). The areas will be listed in descending order of East to West. The 2nd order will be via difficulty. I can assure you that this listing only scratches the surface of what is available come January through April up and down the central Canadian Rockies. I personally attempt to climb 30 WI routes per winter and still have plenty more to experience.
The Ghost
Fearful Symmetry-III, WI 6XSouth Ghost
Orient Point
The Joker, III, WI 3
Candlestick Maker, IV, WI 5
Planter’s Valley
Weathering Heights, III, WI 4
Peanut Gallery, III, WI 4
Devil’s Gap
Rainbow-Serpent, III, WI 6
Fearful Symmetry-III, WI 6X
Malignant Mushroom-II, WI 5
Aquarius, III, WI 4
Green Angel, III, WI 4
Sunshine, II, WI 3
North Ghost
GBU (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly), II, WI 4-5+
GBU Mixed
Indifferent, II, WI 3
Valley of the Birds
Eagle, III, WI 5
Yellow Bird, III, WI 4+
Seagull, III, WI 4
Beyond Valley of the Birds
Unforgiven, III, WI 3
Devil’s Punchbowl, IV, WI 4
Beowulf, III, WI 4
Fang and Fist, V, WI 5
Kananaskis
Whiteman Falls, IV, WI 6
Opal Creek
Whiteman Falls, IV, WI 6
Mount Kid
A Bridge Too Far, IV, WI 4+
Kid Falls, IV, WI 4
Waterton
Experts Choice, III, WI 6
Quick and Dirty, II, WI 4
Le Pilier des Putains, II, WI 6
French Kiss, II, WI 3
Experts Choice, III, WI 6
Canmore
Hers, II, WI 4
Grotto Falls, II, WI 3
Banff
Johnston Canyon, WI 3-5
Bourgeau Left-Hand, IV, WI 5
Bourgeau Right-Hand, IV, WI 4R
Professor Falls, III, WI 4
Cascade Falls, III, WI 3
Rogans Gully, III, WI 3
Lake Louise
Kootenay
Field
Beer Routes
Carlsberg Column, III, WI 5
Guinness Gully, II, WI 4
Guinness Stout, II, WI 4
Icefield Parkway
Bow Falls, III, WI 4
Mount Murchison
Murchison Falls, III, WI 4+
Mount Wilson
Wilson Major, III, WI 4
Cirrus Mountain
Polar Circus, V, WI 5
Weeping Wall, WI 3- 6
Snivelling Gully II, WI 3
Beauty Creek
Shades of Beauty, III, WI 4
Rick Blak Memorial Route, III, WI 5
Golden
Kicking Horse Canyon
9 Areas & Ranges