It was about 10 years ago that Christina “Lusti” Lustenberger began imaging the impossible: Could she ski down the signature south face of Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies?
For those unaware, the south face appears as an imposing death star of snow and rock, looming over all who drive the Yellowhead Highway in British Columbia.
Dissecting the vertical monolith is a thin, unbroken ribbon of white — snow, in other words — that Lustenberger thought just might be a route down from the top. Not for mere mortals, mind you. But for someone with her skiing pedigree, nerves of steel and local savvy.
WATCH | B.C. skier talks about the experience:
A British Columbia woman is one of two extreme athletes who became the first to ski the south face of Mount Robson, the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies.
“Growing up in Canada, in the Columbia Valley, Mount Robson has such a deep …