From Gripped Magazine · Brandon Pullan · · 50s
New Ice Route Climbed in Canadian Rockies
First ascent of a new ice route on Vulture Peak in Canadian Rockies.
In brief
First ascent of a new ice route on Vulture Peak in Canadian Rockies. Sebastian Taborszky and Juan Alberto Henriquez climbed The Early Worm Gets the Bird, a 75-metre WI4 route on Vulture Peak near Bow Hut in Canadian Rockies. Originally reported by Gripped Magazine.
First Ascent of New Ice Route
Sebastian Taborszky and Juan Alberto Henriquez made the first climb of The Early Worm Gets the Bird, a 75-metre WI4 route on Vulture Peak near Bow Hut.
“in general, the high elevation ice has deteriorated, and new smears have formed at lower elevations”
Second Route Climbed
Taborszky and Henriquez also climbed Tierra Mapuche, a 28-metre M8 trad route in Storm Creek near Rectal Squirrels.
“Sadly there is no ice anywhere in Storm or Stanley, much too warm”
Conditions in Rockies
Daytime highs remain well above freezing throughout the Rockies valleys for the foreseeable future.
At a glance
Sebastian Taborszky and Juan Alberto Henriquez climbed The Early Worm Gets the Bird, a 75-metre WI4 route on Vulture Peak near Bow Hut in Canadian Rockies.
