Meet, Don Vockeroth, Rossland, British Columbia based, gentle giant of kindness, was known early on for his climbing skills, ...

Months before he left to climb Howse Peak, Jess signed a sponsorship contract with The North Face, which in 1992 established a team of adventurers and the best extreme-sports athletes.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BANFF, Alberta — Three renowned mountain climbers are presumed dead ...

We were nearly halfway up the longest, most intimidating climb either of us had attempted back then: the 4,000-foot Northeast Buttress of Howse Peak in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

He had died five months earlier in an avalanche, while attempting to climb a new route on the dangerous Howse Peak in the Canadian Rockies. His two partners, the American Jess Roskelley and the ...

This month, Jess Roskelley, Hansjörg Auer and David Lama died in an avalanche while alpine climbing on the east face of the 10,810-foot Howse Peak, north of Banff, in Alberta, Canada. They were ...

The elder Mr Roskelley said he had climbed the 10,810-foot Howse Peak himself in the past and would travel to Canada in an attempt to help with the recovery effort.

The team was climbing M16, a 3,280-foot route on the east face of the peak that was first climbed in 1999 by Barry Blanchard, Scott Backes, and Steve House. The line is considered one of the most ...

Jess Roskelley, a U.S. citizen, and David Lama and Hansjörg Auer, who are both Austrian, had been attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak in Banff National Park.

The bodies of three professional mountain climbers were found Sunday, days after they were presumed dead in an avalanche at Canada's Banff National Park.

The 36-year-old was attempting a difficult route on Howse Peak with David Lama and Hansjörg Auer.

Earlier this week, American Jess Roskelley and Austrians Hansjörg Auer and David Lama were attempting M16, a difficult climb up the 10,810-foot Howse Peak in the Canadian Rockies, about 70 miles ...