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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). The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Canada:
East Ridge 5.3 Mod. Snow Trad, Snow, Alpine, 5000 feet, Grade III Jasper National Park : Mt. Edith Cavell
West Ridge 5.4 Trad, Alpine, 1500 feet, Grade IV The Bugaboos : Pigeon Spire
Kain Route (South Ridge) 5.6 Trad, Alpine, 4 pitches, 1500 feet, Grade III The Bugaboos : Bugaboo Spire
North East Ridge 5.7 Trad, Alpine, 10 pitches, 1500 feet, Grade IV The Bugaboos : Bugaboo Spire
Northeast Buttress 5.9 Trad, Alpine, 25 pitches, Grade V British Columbia : Mt. Slesse
Penny Lane 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet The Smoke Bluffs : Penny Lane
Flying Circus 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet The Smoke Bluffs : Neat and Cool
McTech Arete 5.10- Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, 500 feet, Grade III The Bugaboos : Crescent Spire
Apron Strings 5.10b Trad, 2 pitches, 300 feet The Chief : Grand Wall Base Area
Seasoned in the Sun 5.10b Trad, 1 pitch, 95 feet The Chief : Grand Wall Base Area
Beckey-Chouinard 5.10 Trad, Alpine, 15 pitches, 2000 feet, Grade IV Howser Towers : South Howser Tower
Exasperator 5.10c Trad, 2 pitches, 150 feet The Chief : Grand Wall Base Area
Sunblessed 5.10c PG13 Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet The Chief : The Solarium
Cruel Shoes 5.10d Trad, 6 pitches, 600 feet The Chief : Grand Wall Area
The Grand Wall 5.11a A0 Trad, Aid, 9 pitches, 1000 feet, Grade III The Chief : Grand Wall Area
Southeast Face 5.11- Trad, Alpine, 18 pitches, 2000 feet, Grade V The Cirque of the Unclimbab... : Lotus Flower Tower
Sunshine Crack 5.11- Trad, Alpine, 11 pitches, 900 feet, Grade IV The Bugaboos : Snowpatch Spire
Crime Of The Century 5.11c Trad, 1 pitch, 40 feet The Smoke Bluffs : Penny Lane
Freeway 5.11c Trad, 11 pitches The Chief : The Dihedrals
Featured Route For Canada
Centre Ice Bulge Direct WI3 International : Canada : ... : Mount Fay
The second biggest strip of ice from the east (left) side of the mountain. Cross the 'shrund at the place of most convenience for you and start climbing this calf burner. The ice starts out at a low angle and ramps up the higher you climb, up to about 60/70 degrees depending on which line you take. There may be a cornice on the top, and definitely watch for rocks falling down along the sides of the route. When I did the route we simulclimbed...[more] Browse More Classics in International
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