Thank you for your patience while we retrieve your images.

Home»Trip Report Albums»Columbia Icefield»King Edward, Mount - Attempt II (Click to Load Album)

More blue snow and Steven up ahead, pulling away as Ben and I discuss the safety of our situation.Ben following me up the slope.Deep in the suck. With a ski. Glorious fun...We reach snow much earlier and lower down than on our last trip.Alder-thrashing on the road.Walking out to the Bush River FSR.Hard to tell from a photo but this is a no go!Ben briefly climbs ahead of me to see if that'll help him not sink knee deep in the tracks!Not too many souls climb the equally impressive Cockscomb Mountain to the south.Sigh. A beautiful peak and a beautiful area but I sure would have preferred to get the peak this time rather than come back yet again. Especially on such a gorgeously clear day!Waiting for Steven to clear the first convexity around the moat at the top of the first slope to see if the slope holds.Watching Steven descend the south face - now in full sun.Camp.Steven at camp.The last stand of trees before reaching a world of complete white.Approaching King Edward's south face.The handrail ridge at left with our ramp onto the glacier just ahead.Ben following me down the slope.Mount Columbia with a tarn in the foreground.Evening settles in as we continue on the road with Mount Bryce looming over us now.
© Vern Dewit Photography
Powered by User Agreement