- Leader, Co-Leader – John Stevens, Brandon Freeman
- Participants – Taylor Pearlman, Mark Stier, Erik Anderson
- Day 1—Sunday, 7/31/22: The team arrived in Calgary. Mark, Brandon, and John grabbed breakfast earlier in the day and then met up with Taylor and Erik.
- Day 2—Monday, 8/1/22: Drove to Shark Heliport. Helicoptered in to Assiniboine Lodge area around 10 am. Hiked to Hind Hut via Gmoser Highway. We encountered a more snowed-in Gmoser Highway than expected and had to improvise the route across snow. Great technical leads by Brandon Freeman and Taylor Pearlman on the approach.
- Day 3—Tuesday, 8/2/22: Summit Day. We woke up at 3:30 to pouring rain, so opted to sleep in until 4:30 with clearing conditions. We made good time up to the base of the route. From the bottom of the NE Ridge, we made great time through the red band with all 5 climbers clearing the red band by roughly 10am. We took a cautious approach to the grey band with 3-4 pitches and this led to our pace slowing down significantly. We experienced intermittent graupel and foggy conditions as we ascended. At 2pm, we reached the base of the last pitch but could not find the route through the last bastion of the mountain.
- We spent the next 9 1/2 hours descending to the Hind Hut over difficult terrain and multiple double rope rappels. We had passed most of the hard descending by dark but were on headlamps for several hours. We returned exhausted to the hut and several of us shared a Fireball Shot before going to bed around midnight.
- Day 4—Wednesday, 8/3/22: Descent of the Gmoser Highway and return to Calgary. After a brief interlude with sleep, the five members of the team left the Hind Hut between 5-6 am to return to the Assiniboine Lodge for the return Helicopter. The descent was more straightforward than the climb up, but still slow-going. Many small rappels were involved and John force-marched the group out to make the Helicopter with 9 minutes to spare.
- Day 5—Thursday, 8/4/22: Some participants went home while Brandon, John, and Taylor stayed an extra 2 days and climbed in Banff. This was a strong group with favorable weather but we were a little too slow in the rope team configurations we used. The team had a hearty and safe mindset and we all learned a lot. While disappointing to not make the summit after so much effort, a team (perhaps slightly smaller) from Summit Sensations could certainly make this happen.
