Major Rockfall in Banff Destroys Climb and Buries Trees

A huge rockfall in Banff has destroyed the start of a multi-pitch on Mount Rundle called the Ridge of Death, which was first climbed over 50 years ago. Several people were in the area, but Parks Canada said that everyone was accounted for. Jordan Toth shared on Calgary Climbing Community Facebook page: “Witnessed this large rockfall on Rundle today. My husband and I had just started hiking up to climb Maclab Slab when a large section of the mountain cleaved off and came crashing into the Rundle rock crag area. We were lucky to be outside the debris path but…