"4th annual CSMC Bugaboos trip. Erich and I took a shot at Bugaboo NE Ridge after a 1am arrival at the Kain Hut and an hour sleep we headed out at 4:30am but had at least 5 parties ahead of us. Was at the base of the first pitch before 8am and the sun started to come out as a group of 5 from California headed up the first pitch. 15min later we were enshrouded in cloud and fog and it poured rain leading to the leader taking 3 lead falls and bailing. After another 2 hours of watching them recovery their gear and then 2 of the 5 begin another ascent, we looked south and north to stormy clouds and decided we didn't want to spend the day in the rain on the ridge. But since we were there, we figured we should climb the first crux pitch. It was good fingers crack climbing with the crux being small foot smearing and edging about 3/4 the way up. It went down clean but was a little more a mental battle than I would have liked. We rappelled off a few cords and then headed down and over Crescent Spire to be back at the hut by 3:30pm." — alexjoseph • Jul 12, 2019

"NE Ridge route with J. Rowe in Koflach plastic boots the entire route, descended Kain route. Ice axe and crampons would help descending from Bugaboo / Snowpatch col. $5 / night at ACC hut." — KrisT • Jul 28, 1984