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Montagne du Tranchant Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Montagne du Tranchant

Paroi des chevaliers de Colomb 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Tranchant - Left ice cliff 0 / 1 / 3 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 12

Tranchant - Right ice cliff 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

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Elevation:	1,184 ft	361 m
GPS:	46.28989, -73.85519 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Luc-514 on Nov 13, 2013
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Description

Montagne du Tranchant is clearly the most popular cliff in Lanaudière.
It's located on public lands managed by the city of St-Come, the Club d'Escalade de Lanaudière (CEL) and the FQME. The city is fairly open to climbers, they've created a parking lot, installed a dry toilet and clear out the snow from the lot for us ice-climbers. So please encourage the local economy to thank them!

Due to the high amount of climbers frequenting the area, always wear a helmet at the base and leave babies and dogs at home or very far from the cliff.

Don't go smashing developing ice, maybe it will fill in in a couple weeks.

-There's no garbage cans on the site so please pack it out.
-Please refrain from starting fires and camping on the neighbours lot.

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Getting There

From Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci:
Take the 347 east along a beautiful winding road.
Shortly after the Val-Saint-Côme ski center there's a left turn in the 347 going downhill.
Take a left on the bottom of that hill on Chemin du Lac Clair.
After 1.5km the parking lot is on the right.

From Saint-Côme:
Take the 347 west.
After 6km Take a right on Chemin du Lac Clair.
After 1.5km the parking lot is on the right.
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Depuis Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci :
Prendre la 347 vers l'est le long d'une belle route sinueuse.
Peu après le centre de ski Val-Saint-Côme, il y a un virage à gauche dans la 347 qui descend.
Au bas de la colline, tourner à gauche sur le chemin du Lac Clair.
Après 1,5 km, le parking se trouve sur la droite.

Depuis Saint-Côme :
Prendre la 347 vers l'ouest.
Après 6 km, prendre à droite sur le Chemin du Lac Clair.
Après 1,5 km, le parking se trouve sur la droite.

History

Jean-Claude Néolet discovered the cliff in 2003 and started putting up some routes, during the winter of 2004 the ice-climbing potential was also discovered. Following the publication of a regional guidebook in 2004 and the creation of the CEL in April 2005 the site gained even more popularity. In 2008-2009, mostly thanks to independent openers, the amount and range of routes ballooned to nearly 40 routes from 5.3 to 5.13.

Guidebooks

Guide des cascades de glace et voies mixtes
Stéphane Lapierre et Bernard Gagnon
Les éditions La Randonnée
528 pages
Guide updates

Guide d'Escalade de Lanaudière (Roche et Glace)
Jean Claude Néolet (2009)+updates
Available at La Cordée and Montain Equipment Coop