Mount Athabasca-Silverhorn Route/North Glacier Descent

Destination: Mount Athabasca Summit (11,453')
Date:
Starting Point: Climber's Parking Area (c.6700')
High Point: Mount Athabasca Summit (11,453')
Round Trip Distance: c.8 miles
Equipment: The ten essentials, helmet, crampons, ice axe, 2nd tool, ice screws & 2 x 30M ropes
Difficulties Route finding, glacier travel, snow and ice to 45 degrees, grade II

Trip report coming soon...

Mount Athabasca and Mount Andromeda from the north

Approaching on the North Glacier

Looking down from halfway up the Silverhorn Route

On the summit ridge with the Columbia Icefield in the background

At the summit with Mount Bryce in right background

Mount Columbia (12,293')-2nd highest peak in the Canadian Rockies

References:
The 11,000ers of the Canadian Rockies; Bill Corbett; Pages 93-95
Selected Alpine Climbs in the Canadian Rockies; Sean Dougherty; Pages 185-187