BETA PHOTO: Crossing the ice fall at the Robson/Resplendent Co...
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Remote climbing with low odds for success given the weather, snow conditions and logistics. Still once you get your shot, moderate to steep snow and ice climbing up the Kane Face and then moderate climbing up snow and ice faces and around gargoyles of ice leads to a large summit with a small summit bump.
If you think getting up is tough, getting down can be a job once the Kane Face softens and becomes very hazardous to downclimb. Be prepared to sit it out till the sun goes down and the freeze comes to stabilize the face. Do not underestimate the decent.
It is all worth it!
Getting There
You can approach on foot all the way from Berg Lake to the Dome, or fly into the Extinguisher and then travel over glacier to the Kain Face camp at the Dome. Take the time to climb Mount Resplendent before taking on the ice fall of the Resplendent/Robson glacier.
This can be bypassed by climbing the ridge above the ice fall and working your way back to the glacier once you overcome the ice fall. It worked well coming down, with 4th and 5th class scrambling and a few raps, so I am sure it will work going up though there likely will be 5th class climbing for short sections.
Very nice photos but shouldn't this be somewhere else? It's not in Alberta or Jasper National Park. Probably move this to British Columbia -> Mt Robson Provincial Park -> Mt Robson -> Kane Face.
By Peter Spindloe Administrator From: North Vancouver, BC Sep 2, 2008
John, quite right -- I moved it to BC for now. My one attempt on Robson in 1998 hasn't left me with enough detail to feel like I could do the area justice. If you, or anyone else, could add either the park or the peak, I can rearrange the location again.
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