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POV Rock Climbing

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Routes in POV

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	Bad Apple S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Extended Play S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Freedom Lover S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Glitter S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Hallucination S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Paradise a Burn S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Weary Eyed S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Yellow Mellow S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b

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Elevation:	4,599 ft	1,402 m
GPS:	49.73859, -115.62967 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Noah Beek on Dec 6, 2022
Admins:	Rukas Fodor, Mark Roberts, Kate Lynn, Braden Batsford, Mauricio Herrera Cuadra Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Raptors? Details

Raptors of some sort have been seen for the first time flying around and landing on top of the cliff. (Spring 2022). No nests have been made so far. Hopefully they have nests elsewhere. This is a developing topic. I will try to keep this updated on info.

Description

Im not sure how this cliff has gone unnoticed for so long. From the parking lot you can clearly see the potential. POV is Quartzite with big veins of Quartz crystals cutting through all over. Albeit quite chossy in spots but with lots of sections of bullet proof rock. The style is definitely thuggy. The rock is so featured that until routes get more traffic and chalk, its a bit of a find your own adventure which makes for hard onsighting. With a lot of work cleaning and climbing, some of the routes are cleaning up nice. Although it is all bolted this is not a classic sport crag. Care should be taken due to it being a new climbing area and a big approach. A helmet, extra food and layers are a must. It is common for big temperature shifts to occur. IMO POV has some of the best steep sport climbing in Eastern B.C. As of 2024 all of the hard routes have yet to had a second accent. lemme know if that changes!

Getting There

Parking lot is 15 mins past Lakit Lake. Road gets a bit bumpier after. I've driven it a couple hundred times in my Toyota Matrix (Corolla hatchback) so your Outback will be fine. Just giver lol. Parking lot coordinates: 49.734370,-115.641245

From parking lot head up ATV trail for approximately .5km. Take a right off that trail at pink flagging tape. Follow flagging tape on a rough "trail", passing a creek, and gain an old mining trail. This trail is easy to follow and I believe it might be the remnants of the trail for the old Bill Nye gold mine. Follow this up a couple small switchbacks and one long one. The trail will split. Take the left which is well marked by flagging tape. Continue on this trail which gets a bit rough at time. This will bring you passed some small cliffs on the shady south side of the valley and a small creek crossing (Good water fill up) and a boulder field bellow POV. Staying closer to the creek side, head right and up to gain a faint trail to the base of POV. The total length is just under 2km with 350m elevation gain.

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