Golden Climbing and Mountaineering Fast Facts:

• Three of the “Classic 50 Climbs in North America” are in Kicking Horse Country – Northwest Ridge of Mt. Sir Donald, Beckey-Chouinard Route on South Howser Tower and East Ridge of Bugaboo Spire
• The first recorded climbs in Rogers Pass were made by Canadian botanist J. Macoun and his son in 1885
• In 1888, British mountaineers Rev. William Spotswood Green and Rev. Henry Swanzy completed the first recreational technical climbs in the Selkirk Mountains
• Over 60 sport climbing routes at Spillimacheen Crags, south of Golden