"Been interested in the Canadian Provincial High Points challenge for a while so figured might as well get the first one in since I was in the area. The sign has been removed unfortunately so not too much around to take a photo with, but we didn't see anyone in the area so cool experience! My buddies Kia Soul had no issue on the gravel roads, and if you go west a bit there are some great views South into Montana. " — snowsurfer • Sep 9, 2022

"Set out to do Columbia yesterday, but we turned around at the summit block. We met a group of skiers who had camped on the far side of the trench and they gave it a go in the morning. They bootpacked about 1/3 of the way, encountered some windslab and called it a day. It was disappointing to get that far only to turn around so we thought we would at least take a look. At some point between meeting the other skiers and making it to the summit block, there was a smallish, but still considerable release that covered the other party's bootpack. We could also see signs of windslab higher up. We turned around and slogged back to the parking lot. We'll be back, hopefully under better conditions." — mike_rogers81 • May 31, 2021

"To the Top of Alberta in a Day - Mount Columbia May 19, 2021 Not that long ago I became aware of Alberta’s highest peak, Mount Columbia. At 3,747 meters it is Alberta’s Highest Peak, and is the 2nd highest of the Canadian Rockies. To summit, requires much Glacier Travel, good weather conditions and good timing. It is a summit that is on the “to do list” of most mountaineers, and many never get it ‘bagged’. In the past weeks, friend and trip leader Alex, has been monitoring the weather models closely. In the lasat days prior to Sunday, he put together a group of 6 who he knew were keen and motivated to ‘get to the top’ of Alberta! We car camped Saturday night at the Columbia Icefields Trailhead. I set my Alarm for 1:25am, and we were off at 2:07am walking to the toe of the glacier. Before sunrise, we were above ‘the crux’ of the day - the dangerous crevasse filled icefall, and away from the potential falling seracs. About 14km later of glacier travel infrequently in cloud and hail and much up and down vertical gain, all we had left was the steep push to the summit (in the clouds). As we book packed these final 400m, Alex was hopeful the cloud would dissipate and we w..." — BryonHoward • May 16, 2021

"Trust the SPOTWx forecast and it did exactly what it said it was going to do. Departed at 2am in +5C. Up through the icefall in the dark for the first time. Cloud and hail at 6am had us doubting. But you could see the sunshine on the peaks to the far west. One of 5 parties ascending Columbia. Cloud top on summit finally broke as we stepped over the cornice onto it. Had epic ski/climb descent. Full on 16.5 hour day with CSMC friends. Highly recommended." — alexjoseph • May 16, 2021

"Did this back when I had just gotten out of high school, found it to be quite an easy trail, starts out just up and down for a good half hour to 45 mins then a slight incline for the next bit. Lastly you get to a point where you’re basically rock climbing. Going down is super easy though." — jomo • Aug 13, 2019