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Sunshine Wall
5.11- YDS 6c French 22 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 22 ZA E3 5c British R
Avg: 3 from 1 vote
Type: | Trad, Alpine, 2000 ft (606 m), 20 pitches, Grade V |
FA: | Art Higbee and David Breashears, 1975 |
Page Views: | 3,403 total · 20/month |
Shared By: | Ken Trout on Feb 22, 2010 |
Admins: | Mark Roberts, Mauricio Herrera Cuadra, Kate Lynn, Braden Batsford |
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Access Issue: SNOWPATCH SPIRE ROCKFALL
Details
BC Parks is aware of a rockfall incident that occurred on December 23, 2022 on the north end of Snowpatch Spire in Bugaboo Park. The natural occurring event triggered a significant deposit of rock into the glacial basin below, however no park facilities were impacted by the debris. The area involved is a popular recreation area during the operational season (July to September). With this in mind BC Parks has implemented a Closure Area (Travel Not Permitted – Section 17 (Park Act)) and a Rockfall Hazard Zone (Travel Not Recommended) in the localized incident area (February 1 – July 15, 2023) until more information becomes available.
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Sunshine Wall Collapse
The key to getting up this route without doing 5.12c fell off, some time before 2007. I always thought this route was as good as Half Dome. Thank you for pointing out the collapse, Hanshan.
I took off the route description since climbers interested in the east face are not usually looking for the easy way. Super Direct for example.
Super Direct Topo: mountainproject.com/images/…
HISTORY
Art Higbee and David Breashears once needed no introduction, but 1975 was awhile ago. Climbers took big risks then to leave no trace. True to the clean climbing code, Higbee and Breashears published little about this alpine route of impressive size. A hand-drawn topo was left in the Hut Book.
The key to getting up this route without doing 5.12c fell off, some time before 2007. I always thought this route was as good as Half Dome. Thank you for pointing out the collapse, Hanshan.
I took off the route description since climbers interested in the east face are not usually looking for the easy way. Super Direct for example.
Super Direct Topo: mountainproject.com/images/…
HISTORY
Art Higbee and David Breashears once needed no introduction, but 1975 was awhile ago. Climbers took big risks then to leave no trace. True to the clean climbing code, Higbee and Breashears published little about this alpine route of impressive size. A hand-drawn topo was left in the Hut Book.
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