Columbia Icefields All Alpine climbing 9 routes in area

Located on the Icefields Parkway, but deserving of an area all to itself, the Columbia Icefields hold some of the testpiece alpine routes of North America, put up by a who's who of climbers from around the world.

Notable routes include the Andromeda Strain (Mt Andromeda), Grand Central Couloir (Mt Kitchener), Slipstream (Snowdome), and the prize of the lot - the imposing North Face of North Twin.

Despite the list of hard routes, the Icefields also contain great routes for all abilities of climbers - classic moderates include the Silverhorn and North Glacier of Mount Athabasca, Skyladder on Andromeda, and the many ski/walk ups from the plateau of the Columbia.