I plan on spending the summer up in the Canadian rockies.. looking to do some classics and crowd sourcing on some fun areas and routes that people have had an amazing time on... thinking Mount Sir Donald and the Bugaboos right now... looking for more insight and other area/climbing suggestions... trad routes under 5.9, easy glacier travel, ACC huts, camping, multi-day expeditions, multi-pitch trad, mountaineering, .. no portaledge.. minimum aid climbing...... thanks! suggestions?
I live in the area and these are on my Hit-list this summer, you can find youtube videos of all of them if u want to buy the guidebook banff rock by chris perry is the way to go for trad routes in banff and area
Ha Ling, NE face 5.6 trad 12pitch 500m canmore easy limestone slab climbing, committing, some people have died on the route, walk off on the top
Takakkawa Falls, 5.7 mixed trad sport 12 pitch 410 meters yoho easy scenic waterfall climb traverse style with 100 foot cave mixed in
Grand Sentinel, South face 5.8 trad 4 pitch 110m lake lousie steep quartzite, this is an breathtaking spire in an alpine setting, there is also a much harder 5.10d sport route as well
Tunnel mountain, gooseberry 5.8 trad 7 pitch 250m in banff super short approach right beside banff, may be pretty busy
Tower of Babel, NW direct 5.8 trad 6pitch 390m right beside lake moraine near lake lousie parking at moraine lake fills up SUPER early, so if climbing this or grand sentinel keep that in mind
things not on my hitist u may be interested in Robson castle mountain super brewers kananaskis joy 5.8 20 pitch 600m dihedral bugs pigeon spire 5.4 bugs bugs spire 5.8 12 pitch bugs snowpatch route 5.8 19 pitch
while in the canadian rockies check out spirit island athabasca falls johnstons canyon, go early to avoid crowds upper and lower kananaskis lakes u dont need a park pass and u can drive right up to it, lots of trails and its right near JOY lake lousie has some great hikes and world class climbing back of the lake, super crowded though for rockies standards
if either of you guys are looking for partners for any of this, shoot me a message. I lead 5.9 alpine, crevasse rescue/etc, have a double rack, ropes (including twins/halfs), and all that. I'll be in the area August 10-20!