In 1907 the first attempt to conquer Mt . Robson was made by the Reverend George B Kinney and party. After a 41 day trip to the mountain's base from Lake Louise ,the party was forced to turn back at Emperor Falls due to poor weather and dwindling food supplies.
A year later the Reverend returned and after waiting one week at the base ,the weather finally cleared. However it was a Sunday and in deference to the Reverends wishes ,they did not climb. Unfortunately the weather closed in again and they were not able to climb at all.
In 1909 Kinney returned again and with the help of Curly Philips ,they managed to climb the west ridge to the ice cap of the summit crest which they took for the summit. Their only tools a piece of manila rope and a makeshift iceaxe.
The first successful climb came in 1913 when Conrad Kain and the Alpine Club of Canada led a party up the mountain in 8 hours!!