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Icefields Parkway Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Icefields Parkway

Bow Falls Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Cineplex Cave 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 4

Corona Creek 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

David Thompson Highway 2 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 12

Howse Peak 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 1

Icefields Parkway - North Ice 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 9

Mount Alberta 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2

Mount Andromeda 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 2 / 5 / 5

Mount Athabasca 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 1 / 7 / 7

Mount Hector and Mount Andromache 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2

Mount Murchison 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Mount Patterson 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Mount Snowdome 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Mount Wilson 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 6

Panther Falls 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Temple Of Silence 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 3

Weeping Wall Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 8

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Elevation:	6,391 ft	1,948 m
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Description

In the Josephson guide, this world-reknowned area is appropriately referred to as the 'epicentre of ice climbing in the Rockies.' Between the Trans-Canada Highway and Jasper, you'll find a lifetime's worth of ice, mixed, and alpine routes. One can hardly overstate the quantity and quality of the climbing that exists here.

For simplicity and clarity, the Icefields Parkway will be broken into a number of sub-areas.

Getting There

Drive north on from Banff on the Trans-Canada Highway until just north of Lake Louise. Just before Hwy 1 turns west toward Field, look for an exit on the right to Jasper, and take Hwy 93 north.

Travel conditions on this road can deteriorate quickly with wind and/or snow, so proceed with caution!

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Classic Climbing Routes at Icefields Parkway

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

WI5 46 ● Polar Circus Ice 9 pitches Weeping Wall Area
WI4-5 69 ● Lower Weeping Wall Ice 3 pitches Weeping Wall Area
Mod. Snow 15 ● North Glacier Trad, Snow, Alpine Mt Athabasca
WI6 19 ● Curtain Call Ice 2 pitches Icefields Parkway - N…
WI5-6 13 ● Upper Weeping Wall "Weeping Pillar" Ice 3 pitches Weeping Wall Area
WI4+ M4-5 10 ● Mixed Master Mixed, Ice 4 pitches Weeping Wall Area
WI5 22 ● Kitty Hawk Ice 4 pitches David Thompson Highway
WI4-5 39 ● Murchison Falls Ice 4 pitches Mt Murchison
WI6 9 ● Virtual Reality Trad, Ice 4 pitches Mt Murchison
WI4 24 ● Shades of Beauty Ice 3 pitches Icefields Parkway - N…
WI3 11 ● Kerkeslin Falls Trad, Ice 3 pitches Icefields Parkway - N…
WI6 10 ● Ice Nine Ice 2 pitches Mt Wilson
WI5- M6+ 5 ● Forgotten Land Trad, Mixed, Ice 4 pitches David Thompson Highway
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b WI2 Steep Snow PG13 17 ● Regular North Face Trad, Ice, Snow, Alpine 4 pitches Mt Athabasca
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c 56 ● Achilles Spire Sport, Alpine 13 pitches Mt Hector & Mt Androm…