Howse Peak

Chris Gibbish and I climbed the NE Buttress of Howse Peak last weekend, located in the Canadian Rockies. We spent one night on the route, about 2/3 of the way up, a second night on the decent, and arrived back at the car the morning of the third day. The route covers about 4000 vertical feet and follows the prominent buttress directly below the summit.

 Our bivouac on the route.

Chris and I huddled at 2am about 200' below the summit of White Pyramid, on the descent.  A thunderstorm rolled in with lightning but luckily we found a nice protected spot

Ski Kite Invitational

Last week a group of us spent a few days ski kiting on the Harding Icefield, outside Seward. My friend Jason put it together, the first annual Ski Kite Invitational. Below is Jason cruising back to camp after a day cruising around the icefield. We skied 2 very steep lines on the nunatak just above his kite, which is about 3 miles away...but easily accessible with some wind. Below is looking out across the icefield. It's just flat snow to the horizon, and past. The whole Harding is about 30 x 50 miles of snow and ice. HUGE!
Heather flying a 5 meter Ozone Frenzy in high winds
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