Mt Tupper (Rogers Pass BC) - Aug 7, 2001

Jim Frankenfield; snowman@csac.org; 1-877-604-0166

[Climbing and Mountain Recreation Page]

Rope Bar divider

On Aug 7, 2001, following a week-long trip into the Battle Range, I climbed Mt Tupper in the Hermit Range by Rogers Pass (British Columbia). My partners were Michael and Lisa of Calgary who I met in Hermit Meadows the day before while hiking up to the Sifton-Rogers Col.
Mt Tupper, BC Mt Tupper, BC Mt Tupper, BC The Mountain - The left two shots are from the vicinity of the Sifton-Rogers col, the right one is from the ridge where the route first meets it.
Mt Tupper, BC Mt MacDonald, Mt Sir Donald Mt Sir Donald and Mt Bonney Some Views - The left two show Tupper, MacDonald and Sir Donald (the highway is between Tupper and MacDonald); the right shot shows Sir Donald and Mt Bonney
Climbing Mt Tupper Mt Tupper, BC Mt Tupper, BC Scrambling Up - Michael and Lisa scramble up the 4th class lower ridge
Mt Tupper, BC Mt Tupper, BC Mt Tupper Summit Block The Upper Parts - Shortly after a sloping chimney (left) we roped up (center, Michael preparing a belay). On the right is the summit block, finally!
Mt Tupper Summit Block View down to Tupper Glacier Mt Tupper Summit Block Summit Block - left and right; and the basin behind Tupper towards Hermit.
Descending Mt Tupper Descending Mt Tupper Descending Mt Tupper Coming Down - A bit of scrambling (left), crossing above an avalanche track (center, berms to guide the flow over a snowshed are visible), on the right Michael completes a rappel with Sir Donald in the background
Descending Mt Tupper Descending Mt Tupper Descending Mt Tupper Some Rappel Shots - On the right Lisa rappels with Rogers in the background
Mt Tupper Summit Mt Tupper Mt Tupper Us - Me on the Summit with Sir Donald in the Background (left); Lisa and Michael after the descent; me again with my old "Euro-Yellow" fleece reflecting the sunset
Panorama Panorama Panorama Panoramas - The feature on the digital camera didn't work quite right this time so two of these are manually combined in photoshop (thus the discontinuities).

Rope Bar divider

Back to Climbing Home Climbing page Home Guiding page Back to Guiding Home
HTML 4.01 Transitional Compliant - Validate