Rogers Pass / Glacier Park - August 2003
Jim Frankenfield; snowman@csac.org; 1-877-604-0166
[Climbing and Mountain Recreation Page]
From August 22 through September 5 of 2003 I visited Rogers Pass (Glacier National Park) in British Columbia (BC). Photos from most of the climbing I did are on this page, many of the other days were rest or weather days. This summer was one of the worst wildfire seasons up to that time in BC. Most of the extremely large fires were to the west but the entire province (and most likely a lot of Alberta as well) were downwind and very smoky. This is the reason most of the photos are not terribly crisp looking.
[Report Page - Text Summaries of each climb]
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Hermit Range from Asulkan Pass |
West Face of Mt MacDonald |
View of Tupper, MacDonald and SirDonald Group (L to R) |
View of Sir Donald Group (L to R: Avalanche, Eagle, Uto, SirDonald) |
General Views |
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Hike to Asulkan Pass
On my many trips to this area I had never yet gone to Asulkan Pass or the new hut just below it.
Top: The views of the Dawson Range are fantastic and inspire me to do that traverse on a
future trip. Middle: The Pass itself lies on the edge of Asulkan Glacier which is broken
with crevasses in places. However, it is not difficult to find a safe route to the pass. Bottom:
Waterfall below Rampart (which has a few good rock routes, one in particular); Youngs Peak, and a
Marmot which remained poised on its high perch while I got quite close. |
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Avalanche Peak
Complete W Ridge from the Crest. |
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Traverse of Rogers Massif
Mt Rogers from the west (left), the North Face (center), and the glacier on the north (r). |
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Mt Sifton
I had always wanted to climb the N Face. The lower section looked a bit raked by rockfall with a few short rockbands to cross but I did do the upper face by climbing the eastern ridge until I could get out onto the ice. From there up it was a really great climb at a nice consistent angle on good ice. |
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Climbing page |
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Guiding page |
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