Scene of a leader fall on the route Quadra on Mt. Rundle. The belayer (yellow circle) is in the lower left, and the injured climber (red circle) is above and to the right. A rescuer flown to the scene was able to heli-sling in to the patient, an...
On April 28, a party of two decided to try a new eight-pitch sport route on Tunnel Mountain called The Doe (5.10a). On the fifth or sixth pitch, the leader pulled off a hold and fell. The hold hit the belayer in the head and they momentarily lost ...
Brittle and rotten ice contributed to a 50-to-60-foot lead fall on the second pitch of Bourgeau Right (WI4). Note the ice tool (circled red) at the climber’s high point. The team self-rescued and then drove eight hours back to Washington state. ...
Marble Canyon is deceptively committing. Though close to the road, free of avalanches, and mostly top-roped, it has no walk-out and poor to non-existent cell/satellite communication. These factors contributed to a group of five requiring a haul-...
At the end of 2024, a very experienced climber named Dave Peabody fell to his death while rappelling on the Stanley Headwall. The yellow line traces the route, and the blue X marks the spot where the fall took place. Photo: Parks Canada At th...
Early on August 24, Dan Erikson (45) and I, Michael MacLeod (56), started climbing the east ridge of Mt. Temple (1,500 meters, 5.7). We had climbed several times together and are experienced. The weather was cloudy and there was some light precipi...
The approach to C-Train on North Crowfoot Peak, showing the climbers’ route of ascent in blue and the location of the avalanche in red. Photo: Parks Canada On December 15, two climbers set off across Bow Lake to climb C-Train (200 meters, M6)...
The two climbers (yellow circle) hunkered down at the summit of Mt. Athabasca, waiting for a rescue after climbing the north face. Variable weather and the sheer magnitude of alpine climbing in the Canadian Rockies play major roles in annual acc...
Climbers (blue circle) awaiting rescue at the base of the Rick Blak Memorial Route. A climber fell near the top of the pitch and was moved to an open area to be extracted. Photo: Parks Canada On December 27, three climbers were attempting the...
The upper half of the south face of Mt. Robson, seen from a rescue helicopter. The deceased climber fell from the yellow X and was later found on a ledge 750 meters below (yellow rectangle). Photo: Parks Canada On August 31, two climbers near...
On September 22, a rock climber named Stewart Phillip Porter (21) died from injuries sustained during a fall at Devils Tower National Monument. The accident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. Devils Tower Law Enforcement was informed, and responding s...
A climber injured his leg on the first pitch of the Durrance Route (just right of the sun/shade line in the middle of this photo). Though his partner offered to bail, the climber considered the time they had invested in the trip and decided to c...
On the afternoon of May 30, Jenna Jones (18) was gearing up at the base of a sport crag when she was struck in the head by a falling rock. Jenna sent the following report to ANAC: While on a Teton trip with my boyfriend, “A,” we decided to do a q...
On July 3, two male climbers summited the Middle Teton via the Northwest Couloir Route. As the weather deteriorated and winds increased, the climbers elected to descend the Middle Teton Glacier Route (Grade III 5.4 AI2+) instead of the standard 3r...
With the Middle Teton (center right) dominating the skyline, Garnet Canyon presents a beautiful and relatively low-altitude (9,280 feet) vista. Still, without proper acclimatization, climbers can easily suffer high altitude illness here. Photo: ...
On the afternoon of July 16, a 72-year-old male fell while leading on the Upper Exum Ridge of the Grand Teton. Luckily, he landed on the ledge from which he was being belayed. This climber sustained significant injuries and was having difficulty b...
This photo was taken after a 30-plus-foot leader fall low on the North Face of the Grand Teton. The leader’s high point is visible (blue X), as is the failed cam placement (red arrow). The fall ended at the yellow arrow. Photo: Christian Feinaue...
On July 24, a 22-year-old female climber fell on steep snow while descending the Southwest Couloir Route on the Middle Teton (12,809 feet). The fall occurred while the climber was traveling on a shortcut to avoid the usual path to the saddle below...
In recent years, Frenchman Coulee, a.k.a. Vantage, has emerged as a destination climbing area, with sport routes and superb crack climbs on columnar basalt. Pictured here is a popular area known as the Feathers. The density of routes and ease of...
On June 29, I (male, 35) and two partners (both male, 40 and 36) were descending the Emmons Glacier after a summit attempt. A little after 7 a.m., a serac collapsed higher on the mountain. We were around the 11,000-foot level, near the top of the ...