3 ice climbers dead on Joffre peak. What went wrong?

3 dead in a fall while ascending a couloir. Anybody has accident details/analysis besides what the media tells you?

Roping up doesn't do much for you if you aren't putting in any pro. Where did you get the idea they were "ice climbers?" The article doesn't mention that.

I'd also be interested in additional details if anyone hears them. The article says they had crampons so they were at least partially prepared.

Those three were no novices. Something must have happened. No one in their right mind goes up a line that steep without being confident in their preparedness, especially taking a visiting friend on it.

I only read the news reports that Google came up with. All the articles said the cause was slip and fall and the party was exprienced.

Condolences to the families. Very sad to read that a husband found his wife deceased.

A heck of a coincidence that the OP, others and I were just conversationing about the area a couple days ago.

Bill Kirby wrote: I only read the news reports that Google came up with. All the articles said the cause was slip and fall and the party was exprienced. Condolences to the families. Very sad to read that a husband found his wife deceased. A heck of a coincidence that the OP, others and I were just conversationing about the area a couple days ago.

Yes indeed that hit pretty close. There was a group of friends supposed to meet us in the area. We thought it was them when we heard the news. They ended up going to Marble actually.

cbc.ca/news/canada/british-…

Climbers identified but still no real detail about what might have gone wrong.

I'm not sure about the accident, but what went wrong here on MP.com is when I failed to notice that a troll started this thread in the first place.

Thanks for helping, MP.com! Pfffffft.