Edward Feuz Jr.

Biography

1884-1981

At the time of his death at age 96, this patriarch of alpine guides and our honorary member showed that the practice of alpinism, with its associated rigorous activity, was conducive to a long, healthy and productive life. Ed was born near Interlaken, his father’s home, the oldest of the seven children of Edward Feuz (1859-1944), who was one of the first two guides brought out by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1898 to encourage the pursuit of alpinism in western Canada.

Ed received his porter’s license in 1903, and came with his father to Glacier House that summer. With his father, he returned home during the winter months; but in 1912, having passed his final guide’s examinatio...