First Winter Ascent of West Coast Face

Brette Harrington and Marc-Andre Leclerc made the first winter ascent of the north face of Ledge Mountain on Canada’s West Coast in February. This is a significant climb and Leclerc said after, “It was our second attempt after only making it two pitches up in December. This is the best alpine route I’ve been on in the Sea to Sky by a large margin, hard well-protected mixed climbing and Scottish style ice gullies, interspersed with wild moments like campusing through an overhanging snow wave with my tools stuck in sketchy snice. Hard to ask for a better adventure so close to town.”