Thank you for your patience while we retrieve your images.

Home»Photography Collections»The Mountains»Alpine Climbing - Winter

The final trudge to the summit of Mount Athabasca with a mind blowing view over the Saskatchewan Glacier.Steven points the way! We're all pretty psyched at this point.This is what it looks like to descend the north ridge of North Twin to the Twins Tower col. Note Raf's party far below at the col already.Raf, Jay and Adam start up the arete to the summit of Twins Tower. From L to R, Alberta, Little Alberta, Woolley, Engelhard.Raf's group on Twins Tower.At this point I was totally psyched and ready to tackle the climb. And also a wee bit nervous. This is one of my favorite shots from the whole trip.Raf's group on Twins Tower.This photo from Raf more accurately depicts the serious terrain on the north ridge descent from North Twin to Twins Tower col.Jay leads Adam and Raf up Twins Tower in this view from the col.A look back down the arete at TJ who is obviously loving it!TJ descends the upper ridge on Twins Tower. Note the ridge on North Twin that we have to re-ascend.Raf's view of the two teams carefully down climbing the snow arete from the summit of Twins Tower.From the col, looking up at North Twin (L) and the other team still descending Twins Tower (R).Raf's photo of JW, TJ and I climbing back up North Twin.Twins Tower, Alberta, Little Alberta, Woolley, Diadem, Thorington Tower, Stutfields, Cromwell and KitchenerTJ on the final summit ridge of North Twin - note the nice drop to our right and Twins Tower visible at the center.Columbia, South Twin, West Twin (tiny bump!), King Edward and many, many others.The late evening light was nice - there was also no wind and the sun was still warm as we carefully descended the upper mountain.This section was frozen rock hard already and care was needed to negotiate it safely - no slip zone.
© Vern Dewit Photography
Powered by User Agreement