Winter on Mount Colwell

Max Fisher and Mike Ford made the first winter ascent of Mount Colwell on Vancouver Island. They left the car at 8:30 a.m. and found travel to be fairly easy and the bushwhacking manageable. They arrived to the base of the route around noon and started climbing. “After navigating the spindrift and run-outs we dug in at 7 p.m. to eat, drink and sleep,” said Fisher. “At 7:30 a.m. we were on the move again and topped out the face at 11:30 a.m. and summited the mountain at 12:45 p.m.” It was the second ascent of the face, the first was in August 2013 by Mike Shives, Mike Loch, Ryan Van Horne and Mike Morris. “Huge thanks to Mike Ford for another rad Island alpine adventure,” said Fisher. “Sometimes, you’re just in the right place at the right time and this was one of those times.”