Great White Headwall. This is not the BC route. It is harder. But looks way cool.

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Great White Headwall. This is not the BC route. It is harder. But looks way cool.

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What could be better than getting Fred's blessing before hiking in to climb South Howser?

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“Great White Headwall. This is not the BC route. It is harder. But looks way cool.”

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South Howser from the approach to the Beckey-Chouinard

Route Overlay Beckey-Chouinard.

"Glaciers and Forest Fire" Starting the raps on a beautiful August evening. Photo credit Evan Ludmer

What could be better than getting Fred's blessing before hiking in to climb South Howser?

Great White Headwall. This is not the BC route. It is harder. But looks way cool.

launching off

Tim and Grant nearing the top

The dihedral on the lower part of the BC, with the headwall above.

A long walk awaited us that night. We were camped at a small tarn above Cobalt Lake. Took about three hours to get there. July 1979

On the great white headwall.

Peter Cole at the top of the B-C/South Howser Tower, July 1979 - photo by Dennis Ellsohn

A rimed up view of the route after a four day storm. July 1979

A group working the head wall cracks just above the bivy ledge. Not sure what they go at?
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August 2, 2017

From the summit looking North West during sunset

Erik & Felix super stoked to be on the summit of South Howser Tower.

Perspectives<br>

Looking down at the lower part of the Beckey-Chouinard from the top of pitch 11.

Tension traverse (or 5.10 free) at start of Pitch 15.

Samuel somewhere on the slabby, White Headwall

Bivy site below Great White Headwall.

Looking up from the base of the rap route.

Starting up Pitch 11.

Dennis Ellsohn jugging snowy iced up cracks on day 2. July 1979

The Becky-Chouinard ridge catching a striking last light. Taken from summit ridge of North Howser. August 2023

The awesome corner of Pitches 6-7.

Pitch 5.

Freeing the headwall traverse with a decent .75 placement midway.

Partial solar eclipse taken through a pair of very sweaty cardboard eclipse glasses from the top of Pitch 9.

Sunset on the big bivy ledge below the headwall.

The first pitch of the Great White Headwall climbs a short 5.10 offwidth/fist crack, then up these steep 5.9 cracks to the belay

The rap route puts you on flat glacier.

Lost in the sauce of the corners on the Great White Headwall.

On the rap route. With the wind and the lower angle of the first half of the rappel route, we decided to rap the first half with a single 70 rather than double ropes. The basic idea for Rappels 1-3 is to stay on the ridge and don't wander towards North Howser.

Pitch 10. The right-hand crack is a bit easier.

Pitch 8.

Pitch 14.

Beckey-Chouinard, South Howser<br>
Photo by Mtn. Proj. contributor Timmy! Tormey

Can use these pins for the tension traverse at start of Pitch 15.

Harz on the tricky traverse above the headwall.

Rap route off S. Howser Tower, from sign hanging in Kain Hut.

Rappels 4-5 go down this corner system that faces North Howser.

Bivy site below Great White Headwall.

On the summit. A pair of rap bolts is just around the block Jon (in orange) is standing at in the photo.

Pitch 4.

Pitch 3.

At the Pigeon-Howser Col looking down into East Creek Basin.

Pitch 9.

At the summit- with Jon Winiasz. We crushed through adversity!!

At the split boulders which mark the start of the roped climbing.

Glenn T. follows the second pitch of the BC, which climbs this 5.7 corner crack

Pitch 2.

Starting up the route

Descent anchors

BC in all its glory

Top out majesty

First rappel at the top of the gully on pitch 15.

Nate during our Patagonian conditions ascent. The chimneys on P12 were completely iced over so we opted for the cracks out left.

Approaching the base of the ridge.

Pitch 1.

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