Octopus Garden  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Lat, Long:  49.7081, -123.1346 Map Page Views:  1,678. Good page?    Administrators:  Kristine Hoffman, Peter Spindloe, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  kBobby on May 18, 2007 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

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A wonderful moderate climbing area, mostly 5.8 and 5.9. If you're coming up here to lead these (and they are nice), you might consider bringing a set of hexes and/or some larger cams (up to about #4 Camalot). Many of the climbs can be led on a standard rack, but two or three are w i d e.

Because of the ease of top-roping (most climbs have rappel anchors), this place can be crowded on weekends. Also a bit "buggy."

Getting There 

Follow the trail past Neat and Cool, and turn off at the next main junction (signs). Follow up and up, past stairs and several switchbacks, until the Loop Trail crests, and then descends more stairs. Then you are almost there. The trail will lead directly to the wall, and you cannot possibly miss it when you are there. ~20 minutes.

If you need to get up to (or down from) the top of the cliff, there is a trail that ascends a root-filled gully on the left side past Harry's Crack, 5.8.

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Electric Ball 5.11b PG13  International : Canada : ... : Octopus Garden

A beautiful route with several cruxes and good gear. Be bold on this one, though, as one of the lower cruxes has groundfall potential and the upper one has big air potential. This route is easily top roped by climbing any of the routes to the left and moving the rope to the anchors on top of this route....[more]   Browse More Classics in International

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BETA PHOTO: the line on the left is "Edible Panties 5.7" and t...