"Mt. Hector - May 4, 2024. Skied and climbed to the summit of Mt Hector yesterday. Great weather, -4c ish to begin, a good freeze, mostly clear skies with a bit of clouds, -7c at the summit with some wind. Snow held up very well, softened up lower down for the ski out. Ski quality was good for most of the route, a few spots of wind crust and temp crusts but was pleasantly surprised overall how good it was. Coverage overall was good to great, could ski right to the ditch. 250cm at 2600m. Had to remove skis in the waterfalls section for just a few meters because it was pretty narrow but coverage was great. It won't last long down low, however. Crevasses were a non issue, all avoided easily if you travel away from Little Hector which you should do anyway to avoid cornices (cornices were not very big on this day). Found dry snow above 2500m, melt freeze below. As for the summit block, it was quite a bit harder than we were expecting and took a long time to figure it out. Lots of recent beta made it seem like it was gonna be a bit more straightforward than we encountered, maybe we're just crappy climbers. Took us a long time and multiple attempts to get up it, with crampons and axes. I ..." — jakefinnan • May 4, 2024

"Almost to the top of Mount Hector 🇨🇦 Great big day w Ryan T, Calvin L, Bentley B & ACMG guide Andrew Wexley & apprentice Kai. // I guess I an "log a climb" here ... even if it was not a summit.?" — BryonHoward • May 2, 2021

"Green brick = early ascent of Hector. Super supportive snowpack, no crevasse issues, roped up on the glacier. More ice up top with variable snow coverage. Between -30 and -35 at the top, 2 months later toes still numb. Fun!" — carreradawn • Jan 23, 2021

"Pretty good snow overall. Easy travel for the most part, some good turns in places. Happy to have crampons for the summit block. Awesome summit! 6 hrs up, 30 min summit stay, 50 mins descent. 7hr20mins round trip. " — jakefinnan • Apr 22, 2018

"7 hours of skiing up, 45 minutes of skiing down. Perfect weather, fairly cold above 2600m. Roped up for the majority of the glacier ascent, lots of snow and trail breaking especially on the top crux. Skied down unroped, great snow in some sections!" — BobbyG • Apr 4, 2017

"Stymied by whiteout and active avalanche conditions. Watched 1 inch deep snow crack everywhere suggesting widespread instabilities even though that snow was hard to even ski with rocks protruding." — alexjoseph • Mar 2, 2014

"Snowshoed up mount Hector as a spring trip. Conditions were great and foot penetration wasn't too bad. The gully right before the summit had ice in it and you definitely needed crampons to get through it. Many skiers were turned back as they didn't have crampons. " — dkmountainman • Apr 28, 2012