The Doe

Some great pitches and some OK ones. It suffers from dirt coming off ledges after rain but cleans up quickly. The crux sixth pitch is a real adventure. 

This was bolted ground up in a day. Over a dozen top-down trips after the FA took place to add bolts and to clean. Other climbers also added bolts on repeat ascents where they felt run-outs could be better protected. 

Grade: Over 20 teams have climbed this and grade suggestions for the crux range from 5.10a to 5.10+. We landed on a hard 5.10b. 

NOTE: This is a new multi-pitch route. It's not recommended to climb beneath other climbers on multi-pitch climbs in the Bow Valley due to loose rock.

P1: Dirty ledges to a grey slab to ledges (5.6 30m)

P2: Big features to a slight move up right on chert (5.8 20m)

P3: Up and left on a traverse. Stay low and up into the corner (long draw). Hard move onto perfect chert (5.9 30m)

P4: Dirty ledges (4th class 10m)

P5: Up left slanting feature with fun moves. Watch for loose rocks near the top (5.8 25m). Combine 4 and 5 with ease.

P6: Stay left of the flakes, cross right and into technical cruxes. Burly bulge moves to a finish left of a roof and up dirty ledges (5.10b 35m)

P7: Fun flake moves to a tree squeeze (5.9 20m)

P8: Up big moves to a right traverse and up flakes to a slab finish (5.10a 30m)

Walk off.

Approach: As for Tonka, but continue left beneath several fixed ropes (2023) until a wooden sign that marks the start of the climb. The sign was made by local climbing legend Allan Derbyshire.

20 quickdraws, 60m rope, helmets