West Kootenays Climbing
Elevation: | 3,556 ft |
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49.41189, -117.49465 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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Shared By: | allenclimbs Rollin on Sep 12, 2014 · Updates |
Admins: | Rukas Fodor, Mark Roberts, Mauricio Herrera Cuadra, Kate Lynn, Braden Batsford |
The Climbing
Outstanding Alpine, Cragging & Bouldering in the areas around Castlegar, Nelson, Kaslo & The Slocan Valley. Beautiful mountains, valleys, lakes & rivers, tons of great camping opportunities. High Quality Granite & Gneiss.
There is a brand new (Spring 2020) West Kootenay Bouldering Guidebook! Check out westkootenaybouldering.ca/ for tons of great information and to get your hands on the guidebook . There are over 1000 problems at 15 different areas.
There is also lots of recent route development that's been happening in the area. There are now over 1000 routes!. Check out 'West Kootenay Rock Guide' for all the rope climbing information. Its a bit outdated and there has been lots of development since its release. http://wonowmedia.com/ has an updates document for free download and lots more info.
Lastly, there is a slated guidebook for the alpine climbing in the Valhalla Mountain Range which hosts the bulk of the Alpine Routes in the area and hosts many fine routes on amazing rock!
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