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Alex Ratson

Ice Climbers Narrowly Escape Massive Avalanche On Polar Circus, Canadian Rockies

Alex Ratson and some climbing partners were scoping out the Icefields Parkway north of Banff when they spotted a parked car and it occupants most of the way up on Polar Circus, a 700-meter, WI5 route – one of the most coveted in the area.ย As they steppedย out of the van, a giant avalanche ripped down from above the route, obscuring […]

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Sergei Poljak | February 9, 2017
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