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 ...

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.

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

By April 14, the weather was improving, and the three set their sights on Howse Peak. April 15 The three drove north from Canmore, parking at the Waterfowl Lakes area.

The mountaineers, David Lama, Jess Roskelley and Hansjorg Auer, were attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak at Banff National Park in Alberta on Tuesday but were reported overdue on ...

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.

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.

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

John told the Los Angeles Times that he had successfully climbed Howse Peak, a 10,810-foot climb, in the 1970s. His sister Jordan Roskelley, 29, remembered her brother in an interview with NBC News.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...