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Lake Louise Classics 3-Day

Lake Louise Classics 6-Day

Price

Six-day program: $2150 CDN includes guiding, hut fees, out trip meals, Park Wilderness Pass and use of technical equipment.

Three-day program: $1250 CDN includes guiding, hut fees, out trip meals, Park Wilderness Pass and use of technical equipment.

Not included: Canmore accommodation, Gratuities & taxes.

Trip Cancellation Insurance is available through the Simpson Group.

Optional pre and post trip accommodation packages are available from $80 per person per night for shared room lodging ($160 for single occupancy). Purchase with booking. Subject to availability.

Is it for you?

This is a strenuous and demanding program involving lots of height gain, not only to the peaks but also to the huts. So you need to be in good shape as this program involves six consecutive days of high climbing. You should have at least basic mountaineering experience. In the context of Yamnuska's program we suggest you have at least Snow and Ice Long weekend or Intro to Mountaineering.

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Lake Louise Classics

The mountains near Lake Louise are the birthplace of Canadian mountaineering. To this day, the peaks that dominate the sky around Lake Louise in Banff National Park remain classic objectives for most mountaineers. The routes we chose for this program will test your current skills and help you develop new intermediate and advanced techniques. The scenery is only outdone by the sense of accomplishment for this hut based itinerary.

Our objectives this week are the spectacular peaks surrounding Lake Louise and Moraine Lake: Mt. Victoria, Mt. Lefroy & Mt Fay. This is going to be a terrific week of alpine climbing. And, if you're pressed for time, you can join us for the first three days only. 

Our plan is to have an enjoyable and challenging week of alpine mountaineering on the large peaks surrounding Lake Louise. We have chosen a week when it is reasonable to expect good conditions on all climbs.

From the Abbott Pass Hut at 2890m (9500 ft.) we can easily access:

Mt. Victoria (3464m or 11,362 ft.) by the S.E. Ridge. This is an enjoyable and exposed climb along a narrow ridge that can either be heavily snowed up with large cornices or can be a cat walk along ridge top ledges later in the season.

Mt. Lefroy (3423m or 11,227 ft.) by the West Face. This face is riven by gullies that are filled initially by snow which becomes ice as the season progresses.

From the Neil Colgan Hut we can easily access:

Mt. Fay (3234m. or 10,607 ft.) can be climbed either by the classic N. Face routes on steep ice or by the standard N.W. ridge on rock. We will access the area from Moraine Lake via the famous Perren Route and stay at the Neil Colgan Hut, the highest permanent structure in Canada. 

Other peaks in the region include: Mts. Huber, Lyttle, Quadra and Bident.

Sample Agenda

Day 1: We meet at the Yamnuska office in Canmore at 7:30am. After introductions, a review of goals and objectives we drive west to Lake Louise to catch the 10:30am shuttle to Lake O'Hara. Then we start the grind up to the Abbott Pass Hut, our base for the next two nights.

Day 2: At first light head towards Mt. Lefroy immediately east of the hut. We will climb the steep snow and ice gullies to the summit.

Day 3: Again at first light we start the climb of Mt. Victoria right behind the outhouse! We start up broken rock and snow slopes before reaching the ridge before the first summit. A long traverse over the 'sickle' and up again brings us finally to the South (highest) Summit. If conditions are good it may be an option to descend towards Mt. Huber for a climb of that peak before descending the Huber Ledges to Lake O'Hara thence returning to Lake Louise for the night at the Alpine Centre.

Day 4: Today is going to be a grunt. We climb out of Moraine Lake to reach the Neil Colgan Hut below Mt. Lyttle. Those with somel energy left may scramble up Mt. Bowlen in the evening.

Day 5: Climb Mt. Fay, either by the steep ice of the N. Face or the rock ridge on the N.W. side.

Day 6: A short climb on Mt. Lyttle behind the hut before heading down the Perren route rappels and on down to Moraine Lake where the program finishes and you will have earned a rest.

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