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Elevation:	6,324 ft	1,928 m
GPS:	51.03614, -115.16661 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Bowl and Cliff Band are easily seen from the Trans-Canada (Highway 1) when heading west toward Canmore. Contains one ice climb (Arterial Spurt).

Getting There

About 15 km east of Canmore and about an hours drive from Calgary. Take the Lac des Arcs exit and park at Heart Creek parking lot. Head west on the Bow Corridor Link Trail until you reach the first Drainage (less than 100 meters). Head up the left (climbers) side of the drainage. Flagging leads to a climber's trial (in the trees) that keeps you out of the drainage and avoids cliff bands halfway up the approach. After around 2 to 2.5 kilometers of hiking (~530 m elevation gain), you will break out into the bowl below the ice climb Arterial Spurt.