Lisa Foster and Paul Kejla on the descent with Bug...
O Canada!
It would be as difficult to sum up the climbing potential in Canada just as it would be to sum up that in the United States, unless you wanted to use broad terms like LOTS. From sea cliffs to urban crags, high altitude to bouldering, almost every type of climbing is available (except desert sandstone perhaps).
Rather than trying to describe it in this overview, let's describe it area by area and route by route, right here.
This route runs along the edge of the North Gully and frames the top of the Sheriff's Badge. There are lots of ledges and terraces, and moving the belay is quite common.Begin on a blocky pitch of 5.8 with a pin. Climb up to a large ledge and belay.Climb the magnificent Angel's Crack, a diagonal hand and finger crack, at 5.10a. Belay on a good ledge at its end.Next, climb a difficult face, the crux, at 10b past 2 bolts and up into a corner. Th...[more]
In western Canada, (British Columbia & Alberta)Squamishand the Bugaboosare exceptional- world class destinations. However.. if you are able to get your head around the chossy limestone the makes up the majority of peaks, the infinite number of previously unclimbed lines could keep you occupied for several lifetimes.