Into the Tantalus: Alpha Mountain East Ridge 

Sorry folks, Nina had to stay home for this one. She'll be back in the next though!

GORGEOUS vistas!!!! You two are so cute to watch.

that was epic Luke!!! thanks!

holy shit dude that rock looks great

Did the East Ridge of Alpha years ago. . .one of the best trips ever. . .pretty sketchy finding way down the west ridge of Alpha (some class 4 downclimbing similar to coming off the Black Tusk chimney). . .maybe an easier way than we went. The class 4 ridge up Niobe is also epic (kind of a hidden gem)

Beautiful video Luke and Nina.!:)

Cool cool Mr just watching made my old head spin.👍great stuff.

i whish i could escape from Germany +++ thanks for these gorgeous views

Bravo ! Huge effort for those stellar views. 👍🌲🤙

A brutal hike, but as always, the views are more than worth it!

I still remember the first time I saw this mountain. May 1,1995. My first day in BC! I was in awe and took a million photos!

Amazing video! I'm still feeling anxious from watching the climb (great music choice!). I'll use your link soon for the camera :)

Absolutely amazing views. Awesome video .

Great video and great to see people getting out and exploring our mountains! Brings back great memories. Did the east ridge in late October, 2000 without the bugs. We climbed up the crux ridge but found the goat ledges that you mentioned on he way back down. We were hoofing it that day as we were worried about the short days. Tyroleaning the cable we went car to car in 8 hours with a long summit break and my partner Guy took the boat out from the Alpine club cabin for a quick spin. Such amazing mountains for being so close to Vancouver.

Wow! This was awesome!

Hardcore insane! Thanks for lugging us up and back! Bryan from Vancouver

Lovely video Luke. 👍👍

Just incredible🌟Jeez Luke I would be so anxious about one of those rocks coming off as I am pulling myself up😰

You did a wonderful job capturing the exposure of the climb, that's hard to do on video!

Amazing place. I looked at the peak every time when I drove by sea to sky... Wish myself up there lol

I stayed in the bowl across the lake and this place is such a special slice of heaven

Luke Honnold here. I see what ya saying about the exposure, looks like solid holds.

So freakin awesome! Ain’t gunna lie, some of the footage had my nerves rattling…..Acrophobia 😳 Sure is beautiful up there tho!

Luke!! It’s your cousin Maxine! I found your RU-vid page and it’s awesome! I’m actually in Washington right now and got to do some hiking. I’ve been wanting to plan a trip to Canada and do some exploring up there. You seem like the right person to talk to about all of the best places to check out. Maybe we can link up and I could learn some stuff! I need to get your number!

Heyya Luke great content as always keep up the good work my man !! From a fellow BCer

What a wild adventure! Such epic views. Where else in BC are you hoping to explore?

Hi Luke! Awesome video as usual! Do you post your adventures on social media platforms like Strava? I would love to see some of your adventures on there!

Dang Luke looks like you had to do a couple spicy moves on that ridge. Looks like a blast though. Did you descend down a different route? Congrats on not only a challenging climb but also what looked like a super slow moving, tough approach.

So amazing, what was the downclimb like on the other ridge?

add base jumping to every ascent 🪂

That's so beautiful, I want to try Dione this summer. Anyone know of a person with a boat in the area willing to take folks to the trailhead?

That's so sick! I've had that lake on my list forever. Where did you park and put in?

Does anyone know what the process is for getting a key for the cable car to cross the Squamish River? Helicopter is crazy expensive (which is good because it keeps everyone away and having the area overrun like Garibaldi Lake area which is a circus zoo nowadays and retarded that you have to book 4 months in advance just to get a camping permit in the summer . . .I love being able to head up to Lake Lovelywater (which I think is just as scenic as Garibaldi with no one there and have it all to oneself). . .just crossing the Squamish River to get to the trailhead is a pain in the butt. . .I've done a tyrolean traverse across the river once on the cable (which really sucks at the end of a long trip having to do that to get back to the right side of the river), taken a canoe across another time, and the cable car was unlocked the third time and able to use that. . .would be nice to know how to get a key to unlock it. . .The inflatable raft is a good idea (also I guess renting or borrowing one if not owning specifically for the trip). . .but it would be logistically a lot easier to just be able to take the cable car so need for canoe or inflatable raft at all . . .Also, reluctant to leave a vehicle at the tower on the Squamish side of the river out of concern for having it broken in to when coming down (which seems to an issue at so many remote areas these days) or catalytic convertor sawed off. . . maybe finding someone to drop off and pick up from the point of the paved road (with the short unpaved section down to the tower crossing the Squamish River) (unless someone else has some other thoughts on this). . . or maybe a place to rent a canoe / inflatable raft in Squamish for a few days for the trip would be cool. . I would like to get up there again sometime as it's so nice but just working out this piece of the logistics

On the steep parts, easier to go up or down?

Brotha quick question, what month in the summer did you did this one? Thanks

I need friends like these T___T im that guy crazy enough to do anything to get to the wilderness

Holy mosquitoes!!

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