The Canadian Rockies are the holy grail of ice climbing in North America and with easy access to hundreds of regularly formed routes, there are a myriad of options here for ice climbers of all abilities.

         The ultra-classic "Weeping Wall"-  150m of ice up to WI5 with a ten-minute walk from the highway

           The upper Weeping Wall, with another 4-5 pitches of ice up to WI 6 on the Weeping Pillar (left)

                              Abby Watkins on the second pitch of the Carlsberg Column-  (WI 5)

                       John Bicknell finishing up the second pitch (WI 5)  of the Weeping Wall

                                    John leading the third pitch (WI 4) of the Weeping Wall                

                                    John rapping down after an ascent of the Weeping Wall

                                            Pitch 3 out of 8 on the Polar Circus;  grade V, WI 5

       The upper half of the "Polar Circus", one of the ultra-classic long ice routes in the Canadian Rockies

                                       John finishing up the first pitch of the Carlsberg Column

                                              John leading pitch two of the Carlsberg Column

                  The famed ice routes Replicant and Terminator on the side of Mt. Rundle in the Bow Valley

Bill Piekos leading the lower Weeping Wall with Fernando Nuflo and Joe Palma at the belay and Al Mandera below