Orange Pipeline Crags  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  20' Lat, Long:  49.3767, -121.5042 Map Page Views:  371. Good page?    Administrators:  Kristine Hoffman, Peter Spindloe, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Dru on Jun 13, 2009 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

Description 

Located at the north end of the orange gas pipeline that spans the Fraser, off Highway 7(across the Fraser from Flood Falls). A selection of mostly mossy and unexplored crags and boulders dot the south-facing hillside. There are also a few good ice routes here in winter.

Getting There 

From Hope, drive west on Highway 7 past Landstrom Ridge until you reach the orange gas pipeline. Pull off and park on the north side of the highway at a paved loop road near a yellow gate - don`t block the gate. Walk back on the gated old road to reach the crags.

The Classics

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Two Clove Hitches and A Microcam 5.8 A1+ R  International : Canada : ... : Orange Pipeline Crags

This route was established as a roped solo aid climb. It takes a prominent, clean right-facing dihedral through a roof, with thin moves (hook and knifeblade) to start then widening cracks with good cam placements. Above the roof, the crack widens, becoming a mossy offwidth with some mandatory free-climbing (5.8, #4 Camalots). At a ledge about 5m below the mossy slabby cliff top, the route finishes at a bolted anchor. The bolts used on the FA were the wrong size for the drill bit and are on...[more]   Browse More Classics in International