Climbing Near Lumby, British Columbia

The Aspen Pillars are about 200m long in the treed section between the two boulder fields, and range from 12m to 16m in height. There is a fourth-class ramp between Arborcide and Shortcut just inside the trees from Aberdeen Wall.

Several chain belay/ rappel stations have been installed across the top of Aberdeen Wall. Anchors are above Goldrush, Springboard, Agent Orange, Pick of the Splitters, Acapulco Gold, Domino, Up From the Abyss, Bump and Grind, Full Body Stone and new two stations above the Gray Wall area. The rest of the walls use tree anchors with about six permanent chains. Please respect the local bolt-free ethic and do not add bolts to the climbable face. Hike up through the trees on the good trail, watch for stinging nettle. As you pass under a large tree the Aberdeen Wall will come into view above. About 5 minutes from the vehicle to the cliff.

The Aberdeen Columns are a welcome addition to the Central BC Rock climbing inventory. The area provides 140+ steep columnar basalt crack climbs ranging in height from 12m to 25m. The rock is solid and provides high quality cam and the occasional nut placements.The popular climbs are clean, less-traveled routes may still have some loose rock and lichen. The Aberdeen and Edwin walls are the true standouts of the crag.Link to guidebook: http://www.climbkamloops.ca/?p=111 downloadable as free pdfThe information used to create the Mountain Project pages was used with permission from Lyle Knight. Highway #6 (east): Drive from Vernon 16.3km east to Lavington, B.C. into the Coldstream Creek valley.  Right onto Park Lane - follow 0.7km to Learmouth Road.  Turn left onto Learmouth Rd - follow for 1.7km to Reid Rd  Turn left onto Reid Rd - follow for 1.2km to Whitevale Rd.  Turn right onto Whitevale Road - becomes Bluenose Road when the pavement ends after about 1km.  Wind up the Bluenose Road for 8km to the start of the Aberdeen Forest Service Road.  Turn left onto the Aberdeen – Haddo Lake Road at between the 10km - 11km sign boards. Many signs to other lakes (Aberdeen, Nicklen, etc).  Stay right just after the bridge at 12km and left onto the Goat Creek FSR at 14km. Park just past the corner at 18.1km.  Park near the 90-degree corner along the road. The signed trail heads into the trees on the east side of the road.  Hike up through the trees on the good trail, watch for stinging nettle. As you pass under a large tree the Aberdeen Wall will come into view above. About 5 minutes from the vehicle to the cliff. Anchors: Several chain belay/ rappel stations have been installed across the top of Aberdeen Wall. Anchors are above Goldrush,Springboard, Agent Orange, Pick of the Splitters, Acapulco Gold,Domino, Up From the Abyss, Bump and Grind, Full Body Stone and new two stations above the Gray Wall area. The rest of the walls use tree anchors with about six permanent chains. Please respect the local bolt-free ethic and do not add bolts to the climbable face. April through October – mosquitoes and black flies are a nuisance for a few weeks in June. The cliffs face west, at an elevation of about 1350m, so it is shady in the morning and in full sun until sunset.Expect the temperature to be about 5c cooler than Vernon. Video Here