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Description 

This area encompasses Mounts Murray, Smith-Dorrien, Black Prince, Warspite, Invincible, & Indefatigable. This is a large area with smears, drips, gullies, & the occasional pillar. Early season is best for most routes here, but in low snow years the approaches are not to bad.

The ice routes in this area include:
Cobre Verde
First Blood

Getting There 

This area is located where the Kananaskis Trail Highway 40 meets up the the Smith-Dorrien Spray Trail.

The Classics

Featured Route For Spray Mountains (Ice)

Huh?!? WI8 A5+ X  International : Canada : ... : Spray Mountains (Ice)

Crux is serious, really prepare yourself mentally for this one. I climbed it in Five Ten approach shoes and as this was the chosen style during the first ascent, I would appreciate if crampons were not used on this route. I also free soloed the first ascent without preview on rappel, but if you need to rope up, it will probably go in about 6 pitches....[more]   Browse More Classics in International