As the 2013 ice-climbing season rolls around, one of the most difficult ice climbs in Hyalite Canyon, Montana comes in for the first time in 5 years – Winterdance. In years past, climbers would hike around to the top of Winterdance and climb the last pitch of ice. In December of 1998, Alex Lowe did the first ascent by climbing the rock pitches with ice tools and crampons, before his untimely passing in October of 1999. Fifteen years later, Alpine climbers Conrad Anker and Kris Erickson set out create a mixed climbing route that tackles the overhanging rock just adjacent to the route that Alex put up, The Nutcracker, as a way to honor their dear friend Alex. Watch as Sherpas Cinema captures the sentimental climb, and hear the story behind the film in Calgary, AB.

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