All Locations > International > N America > Canada > Alberta > Icefields Parkway

Mount Andromeda Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Routes in Mount Andromeda

L › R R › L A › Z

	Andromeda Strain T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c WI4+ M6
	Asteroid Alley T M6
	Near Earth Practice Gully T WI3 Steep Snow
	North Face AI2 Mod. Snow
	North West Shoulder Direct AI3 Steep Snow

Order Wrong? Sort Routes

Explore this area in 3D

Use onX Backcountry to explore the terrain in 3D, view recent satellite imagery, and more. Now available in onX Backcountry Mobile apps! For more information see this post.

Elevation:	6,391 ft	1,948 m
GPS:	52.18739, -117.07858 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
Page Views:	6,879 total · 106/month
Shared By:	David A. Turner on Aug 9, 2020
Admins:	Dave Rone, Tom Jones, Richard Rose, Rhys Beaudry Page Updates (admin only)

See Weather Forecast

Description

Companion to Mount Athabasca, and joined to it by the AA col, Andromeda offers what may be the finest roadside alpinism in North America. Skyladder, NW Shoulder Direct, Shooting Gallery, Andromeda Strain, and other worthy objectives, can all be easily viewed from the Information Center. The mountain on the Parkway side is split in half by a north trending ridge into the closer NE face and the N. Bowl/NW Shoulder further on.

Getting There

Approach as described for Mount Athabasca. Continue walking up the snowcoach road toward the coach parking lot. Pick up the climber's trail into the moraines a short ways before the lot. To reach routes on the NE face, head left when below the AA (Athabasca/Andromeda) glacier. For routes in the N. Bowl/NW Shoulder, continue contouring along moraines until the N. Bowl glacier is reached. Good to be roped up on both glaciers.