"Bankhead" is a locality marked on the 1:50,000 maps and is a former coal-mining town which was subsequently moved. "Bankhead Buttress" is the next buttress north of "Urs Hole", the ice-climbing route. It appears as more of a long cliff rather than a distinct buttress.<p>After a leisurely start rounding up some beta in Banff, we started at noon.The parking-area is located at a drainage just over 1 km past the Trans-Canada up the road towards Lake Minnewanka.<p>On the north side of the parking area is a cairn marking the beginning of the trail to the base. This parallels the drainage to some...

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