Mount Robson, at 3,954m, is the tallest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. It is a legendary peak of near Himalayan proportions, with over 3,000m of vertical relief from valley to summit. The South Face was first climbed in 1924 by the great Austrian guide Conrad Kain, along with M Geddes, T Moffat, and M Pollard. It offers the fastest, most direct route to the summit.
The FKT starts and finishes at the trailhead. Ride a bike or run the mostly flat trail for 6km past Kinney Lake before turning off and beginning the ascent through steep forests. After about 1,700m ascent the route passes the Ralph Forster Hut. Above, fourth and low fifth scrambling passes below some seracs and follows a rib up to the top of Little Robson. From here cross a glaciated saddle and then cross the infamous Schwarz Ledges below more seracs. Scrambling leads up and left to the steep, aesthetic summit slopes. The position here is incredible and in good conditions you will find firm, steep snow leading directly to the summit.
Descend by the same route.
This route goes through highly complex and exposed mountain terrain and involves considerable objective hazard from seracs, rockfall, avalanches, weather, and probably other things as well.
