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Southern Alberta's major climbing area. Centered around the town of Canmore, the Bow Valley has a sport crag in every drainage, and long multi-pitch trad routes on most of the big walls that tower over the valley. The rock season is short (May-August) in most years, but fortunately the Bow Valley also has world-class ice climbing in the winter.


Getting There 

Canmore is one hour west of Calgary on the trans-Canada Highway


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Bow Valley:
Grotto Falls   WI3     Ice, 2 pitches, 200 feet   Grotto Canyon
NE Buttress   5.6 PG13     Trad, 11 pitches, 1500 feet   Chinaman's Peak aka Ha Ling...
Grillmair's Chimneys   5.6 PG13     Trad, 8 pitches, 1000 feet, Grade III   Mt Yamnuska : Kahl Wall
Easy Street   5.6 PG13     Trad, 6 pitches, 800 feet, Grade II   Mt Yamnuska : The West End
Keel Haul Wall   5.6 PG13     Trad, 6 pitches, 500 feet, Grade II   Kid Goat Buttress
Red Shirt Route   5.7     Trad, 8 pitches, 800 feet, Grade III   Mt Yamnuska : Red Shirt
Grey Waves   5.8 PG13     Sport, 5 pitches, 500 feet, Grade II   Kid Goat Buttress
Direttissima   5.8+ PG13     Trad, 9 pitches, 1100 feet, Grade III   Mt Yamnuska : CMC Wall
Kahl Wall   5.10-     Trad, 9 pitches, 850 feet, Grade II   Mt Yamnuska : Kahl Wall
Jimmy and the Cruisers   5.10+ PG13     Trad, 6 pitches, 800 feet, Grade II   Mt Yamnuska : Red Shirt
Meathooks   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Grassi Lakes : Meathooks Area
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Featured Route For Bow Valley
Dave starting up the crux pitch

Kahl Wall 5.10-  International : Canada : ... : Kahl Wall
Excellent and varied climb that felt very solid (I assume due to lots of traffic - but not too much as the limestone has not been polished smooth yet). Kahl Wall tends to wander about so route finding is a challenge. Most of the climbing is moderate so you don't have to be a solid 5.10 climber. The crux pitch is very sustained and much harder then any other pitch on the route, but it is extremely well protected with lots of bolts and occasional gear placements so that no matter what one coul...[more]   Browse More Classics in International


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From Chinaman's.  That's a nice rock.  EEOR.  Thanks Ron Keller for your help.

From Chinaman's. That's a nice rock. EEOR. Than...

Lac des Arcs.

Lac des Arcs.

True Grit on EEOR <br /><ul style='margin:0 0; padding:0 0;'><li>A. Larose climbing</li></ul>

True Grit on EEOR
  • A. Larose climbing



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By ihategrigris
From: Calgary, AB
Mar 19, 2007

The Rock season in portions of the Bow Valley, especially on south facing cliffs such as Yamnuska is more like March to October.