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Tora Bora Crag Rock Climbing

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Routes in Tora Bora Crag

L › R R › L A › Z

	82 Trips S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Casper's Edge S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Dr. K's Delight T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Geo Time S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Happy Hipster S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Lichen It S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	No Green Bananas S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Not 2B S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Rope Gum S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Tora Bora S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a

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Elevation:	4,658 ft	1,420 m
GPS:	49.66361, -116.05875 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Nice moderate single-pitch routes a short drive from Kimberley BC. There is a guidebook out for the area as of Spring 2021. Check local shops and climbing gyms for availability.

Tora Bora (as well as her sister crag, Jimmy Cliff) is a gateway crags to the potential of the South Purcells. Start here and then travel westward, crossing the river in the heat of summer to Riverside Crag. Next pass the historic and yet still untapped cliffs of Bootleg mountain (St Mary's, Low and High Side, Helios, and the Buttresses soaring above) and newer, scrappy multi-pitch routes above St Mary's Lake. Then on into the heart of the Southern Purcell Range where diamonds lay sleeping (cracks above Hourglass Lakes, granite walls arising south of Price Lake, Totem Peak; ultimately the Leaning Towers; but lo! A range of beauty up the West Fork, and what more??)

Routes from L to R in topo overview picture:

Geo Time, 5.11, 6 bolts

Lichen It, 5.8, 9 bolts

Dr. K's Delight, 5.7, gear

Rope Gum, 5.7/8, 6 bolts

No Green Bananas, 5.8/9, 12 bolts

Happy Hipster, 5.9/10a 27m, 14 bolts

Tora Bora, 5.10a 27m, 12 bolts

// "B side" of the crag not topo overview pictured:

Casper's Edge 5.10b, 8 bolts

Not 2B 5.8, 8 bolts

82 Trips 5.10b, 8 bolts

Getting There

From Hwy/BC-95A turn right onto St Marys Lake Rd go 6.8 km
Turn right onto Matthew Creek Forest Service Road

0.0km - Matthew Creek/St Marys Lake Rd Junction
0.4km - Stay right going uphill
1.1km - trail crossing - Trans Canada Trail
1.9km - Turn right. Sign "Horse Barn Valley Interpretive Forest 2.5km"
2.9km - Stay right (brushy road out left)
3.8km - Switchback here, stay on main road. "Branch 4" goes out left. "HBV" sign here
4.7km - Horse Barn Valley Trailhead. Park up by the kiosk next to "Tora Bora" trail sign

Follow Tora Bora trail north for about 15 mins. "Entering the Tora Bora" signs the turn off on the right to the crag. Walk through a stinging nettle patch to the talus slopes below the crag. 82 Trips area is above, walk up and left to find Geo Time.