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Submitted By: Sandro on Dec 4, 2006
Administrator: Peter Spindloe
Latitude: 51.0246  Longitude: -115.4083 
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Rocks above climbing area dangerously destabilized. MORE INFO >>>

Looking up at the Meathooks area


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Grassi Lakes is a unique climbing are in the Bow Valley. A good portion of its climbs are on an old coral reef. Grassi is famous for overhanging limestone with large juggy pockets.


Getting There 

Grassi Lakes can be reached from Canmore by driving south on the Spray Lakes Road towards Kananaskis country until you reach a reservoir where the valley narrows and a gravel parking lot. From there you walk back towards Canmore about 500 m and follow a trail down the earthen dam.



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<br />Grassi is a great place to escape summer heat waves. The trail from the dam down to Grassi Lakes is in the gully, center. The belay platforms for Meathooks can be seen in the shady alcove right of the lake. <br /><br />One problem unique to Grassi is the occasional rockfall. The Spray Lakes road is just above the meathooks wall and non-climbers will sometimes toss rocks.


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By Peter Spindloe
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From: North Vancouver, BC
Jun 15, 2007

Grassi Lakes is featured in one of the demonstrations of Photosynth, probably the coolest development in web-viewing of photographs since, well, the web.
http://labs.live.com/photosynth/default.html