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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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Don Fry on P9. This is getting nice. c. 1997. Thanks Ron Keller for your help.

NE Buttress 5.6 PG13  International : Canada : ... : Chinaman's Peak aka Ha Ling...
This is an aesthetic line on a prominent face that stands out in the skyline above Canmore. It is very attractive to the everyperson's climber who looks at the 5.6 grade, 11-12 pitches, 1500 ft of climbing, a direct line to the summit, and says "I'm there." However, there is more than what meets the eye to this climb.A rope, a helmet, and decent sense of routefinding are advisable for this line. There are stray bolts, stray gear, stray anchors to lead you astray.This face can gets sun in July...[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.