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1. South End, Parallax - Mellow Yellow Area

International > N America > Canada > Ontario > Ontario Ice & M… > LAKE SUPERIOR W… > Orient Bay Ice & Mixed

Description

As you enter the Orient Bay corridor, you will see the routes in this area first, and it includes the classics Parallax and Mellow Yellow.

Getting There

Drive north from Nipigon for about 20 minutes until you see the first obvious cliff band on the right.

Routes from Left to Right

WI4+
 1
● Highness
Trad, Ice 2 pitches
WI2+
 2
● Ice Phantom
Trad, Ice
WI2+
 10
● Hully Gully
Ice 2 pitches
WI3+
 10
● Mellow Yellow
Trad, Ice
WI4
 2
● Waiting For the Dog
Trad, Ice
WI3
 2
● Steves Ice Fall
Trad, Ice
WI5
 2
● Parallax
Ice
WI4
 1
● Passage at Sundown
Trad, Ice 2 pitches
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Highness
 1
WI4+ Trad, Ice 2 pitches
● Ice Phantom
 2
WI2+ Trad, Ice
● Hully Gully
 10
WI2+ Ice 2 pitches
● Mellow Yellow
 10
WI3+ Trad, Ice
● Waiting For the Dog
 2
WI4 Trad, Ice
● Steves Ice Fall
 2
WI3 Trad, Ice
● Parallax
 2
WI5 Ice
● Passage at Sundown
 1
WI4 Trad, Ice 2 pitches

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Orient Bay, Ontario. Henning Boldt nearing the top of Parallax. 15 March '09.
[Hide Photo] Orient Bay, Ontario. Henning Boldt nearing the top of Parallax. 15 March '09.