Mt. Bute, School of Rock, First Free Ascent

British Columbia, Coast Mountains
Author: Dougald MacDonald. Climb Year: 2015. Publication Year: 2017.

In 2009, Bruce Kay, Jimmy Martinello, and Jay Sinnes put up School of Rock (1,900m, VI 5.11 A2), a 50-pitch route up the complete west buttress of Mt. Bute. In July 2015, after a three-day approach from Homathko Camp, near the north tip of Bute Inlet, Jason Ammerlaan, Nathan MacDonald, and Luke Neufield free climbed the route in two days at 5.12.

Dougald MacDonald, with information from the Canadian Alpine Journal