• Will celebrating his birthday!

  • Pete, Terry, Laetitia, Rob, and Pete at Will's birthday party

  • Pete enjoying a late breakfast at Craigs before heading off for a trip to the Banff hot springs

  • Laetitia enjoyed a very indulgent salmon and cream cheese bagel on one of her rest days - although she made up for the calories by then going to the excellent Canmore swimming pool at the Elevation Place!

  • A live band at the Drake

  • The gang - Laetitia, Pete, Terry, Pete, and Rob - having a fine dinner at the George Town Inn on St Patrick's Day evening

  • Craigs Waystation - perhaps the best all-day breakfasts in Canmore?

  • Icicles at Lake Louise

  • Pete exiting the ice cave at Lake Louise

  • Laetitia approaching Carlsberg Column

  • Wicked Wanda

  • Ghost River Wilderness

  • The entrance to Johnston Canyon

  • Laetitia near the top of the classic Grotto Falls

  • Oxford City Stars

  • Calgary Flames face off the Montreal Canadiens

  • Calgary Flames

  • Grotto Canyon - Pete climbing the hooked out Hers

  • Pete climbing some funky ice at Johnston Canyon

  • A shot from the warm up before the Calgary Flames beat the Montreal Canadiens 5:0

  • Pete climbing out of the cave on to the steep (WI 5+) ice above

  • Eyeing up the hanging ice above the cave to see if any was likely to break off before committing to the climb out of the cave

  • Pete and Laetitia in the North Ghost

  • Rob, Terry, and Alister in This House of Sky

  • Alister looking at the moves out of the cave on to the pillar at Johnston Canyon

  • A selfie of the gang - Rob, Pete, Laetitia, Alister, and Terry - in This House of Sky

  • The first pitch of Circus Circus

  • Laetitia abseiling from Circus Circus

  • Rob, Pete, and Pete at the bottom of Lake Louise Falls

  • Rob getting in to the cave belay on Lake Louise Falls

  • Pete on the main pitch of Carlsberg Column

Grotto Canyon

Monday, 20th March 2017

After a ten year break (!) we returned to Canada to get stuck in to some of what is likely the world’s best ice climbing… The trip was advertised as a joint Alpine Club and Climbers’ Club meet. But there was a surprisingly low take up, just 5 of the 9 available spaces were taken. This wasn’t a problem though as the gang were a fine bunch and we thoroughly enjoyed Terry’s superb hospitality in his wonderful Canmore home!

Our first day of the two weeks of ice adventuring was in Grotto Canyon. As well as climbing the classic Grotto Falls (where we bumped in to the local hero Margo Talbot) we also had some fun on the well used Hers…

Grotto Canyon – Pete climbing the hooked out Hers

Series - Canada '17

  1. Grotto Canyon
  2. NHL – Calgary Flames vs Montreal Canadiens
  3. Johnston Canyon
  4. Ghost River Wilderness
  5. Field – Carlsberg Column & Circus Circus
  6. Lake Louise
  7. Parties & Rest Days

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