Chiefs Head Peak Accidents



July 31, 1960

Lester Reeble was descending with his group when he got ahead of them and fell in a rockslide. He tumbled down ledges and slid on a snowfield, where he came to rest. He was found to be deceased when his party found him.
Source: Accidents in North American Mountaineering, 1961

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Chiefs Head Peak from Mt. Orton
Photo © Gordon Novak

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