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Star Rating |
Difficulty |
Date |
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Riel Rebellion
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N America
> …
1
2
> Tunnel Mountain
> Scoop
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5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
Sport 7 pitches
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Aug 27, 2025 · Follow. This was a super fun route, minus the last pitch. The last pitch felt pretty hard for a 5.10c and we all had to aid it. The first 5 are absolutely AWESOME climbing. It goes more at 5.10a, 5.9, 5.10a, 5.10b, 5.8, 5.7, and last pitch could be 5.10d or harder with shorter people. The 5.8 pitch is super fun for the grade, with its crimpy chert holds. I loved the climbing on this, will come back again just to do the first 5 pitches. Also be aware, even if its 7 pitches, you can't link any and each are very long (a couple were 35-40 metres), it's pretty hard to tell when there aren't pitch lengths on the description, but the first 5 pitches are quite long. The approach is 20 minutes only and walkoff was 40 minutes, but we spent about 6.5 hours on the wall alone as a party of 3. Quite fun and technical burly climbing.
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Godzilla
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N America
> …
1
> Bow Valley
> Kanga Creek South
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Sport 4 pitches
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Aug 20, 2025 · Lead / Onsight. Led pitch 1, super fun, a bit hard for a 5.7 pitch. Found the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th pitch really fun. There's lots of stemming on the 3rd and 4th pitch, and the airy exposure on the bulge is really fun on the 2nd pitch. I really enjoyed the climbing on this! I'd do it again. There were lots of loose rocks though, way more than the other routes in this area, like Sharknado and All that Chas, but other than that, it's a great route.
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All That Chas
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N America
> …
1
> Bow Valley
> Kanga Creek South
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5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
Sport 3 pitches
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Aug 20, 2025 · Follow. Super great pitch, absolutely loved it! The first 5.9 pitch could be a 10a for people shorter than 5'5, as there is nothing to reach to clear the small roof, but there's okay foot placements, that if there was a jug or crimp, you could easily pull yourself up, sadly I didn't see anything and had to grab the quickdraw. I found the second 10b pitch pretty fun, didn't need to aid it, however, there were a couple traverses, bolt placements are pretty zig zaggy on this pitch, so you're doing some traverses with no feet or just smearing. Other than that, didn't find the 10b pitch super hard, but definitely a fun 10b still. As for the last pitch, its super short, definitely 15 metres. It was easy and could be classified as a hard 5.7. We did the whole thing in 3 hours car to car.
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The Doe
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N America
> …
1
2
> Tunnel Mountain
> Scoop
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5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
Sport 8 pitches
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Aug 15, 2025 · Follow. Absolutely loved this pitch, and what an amazing and stellar climb by Brandon Pullan!! I hope he does more like these. Other than a lot of dirt on this route (which should clean up soon I hope), the climbing was quite good. The first two pitches are pretty easy, the third pitch is really fun climbing. The 4th pitch is just a scramble up to the belay station and the 5th pitch was also very fun. The crux 10b pitch (6th pitch) was quite good and burly, I used a lot of fun movements like thumb presses and pulling on two fingers, and doing very high feet. You can aid this pitch if you’re a bit short. The crux on the 10b pitch I found is mostly the dirt, if you can get a good hold (which is still a sloper or 2 finger crimps), it’s filled with a lot of dirt, which makes it slippery and causes you to grip tighter, but fun. Also slipped while following on the 5.8 or 5.9 pitch due to the dirt. We combined the last two pitches, I found the last 10a pitch harder than the 10b pitch, especially the first part, which is pure slab and no smears. I loved this route, found it technical and fun, like a classic Brandon Pullan route, I'm not a fan of power moves, so strongly dislike overhangs and roofs, but loved this one. The part I love most is the very short approach (15 minutes) and the short walkoff (30-40 minutes back to car). Also, every single belay station was super wide and comfy. Great climbing with great approach, 10/10, could use some cleaning up though in terms of dirt. We finished the whole thing in 5 hours car to car, could be shorter if you combine pitches (link 1-2, 3 by itself, 4-5, 6 by itself, and 7-8). We only combined 7-8.
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Twilight Zone
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N America
> …
1
> Bow Valley
> Kid Goat Buttress
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Trad 4 pitches
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Jul 20, 2025 · Follow. Grades are super sandbagged. It felt more like 5.6, 5.7, 5.7+, and 5.6 I think. Also the approach is BRUTAL, like why does no one talk about this?? It took us an hour and a half to get to Twilight Zone, we went all the way around the plant being built, and the last part is extremely steep with scary loose rocks everywhere. I understand this is the Rockies but it was quite surprising how bad the approach is, given this route is from 1970? Like switchbacks could be made easily. Coming back down that part was worse with us constantly slipping and sending rocks flying down constantly. It was very sketchy and not a climb I’d take anyone on, because their first impression of a Rockies climb would be pretty bad. The climb itself was good, definitely sandbagged but fun, but the approach and walkoff ruined it for us completely, there’s deadfall we have to climb over, big, loose rocks everywhere, pretty scary and hard overall for an approach, and we used two different ways to go up and down and both were equally bad. Won’t be coming back just because of the approach and walk back to the car.
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Whatever Floats Your Goat
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N America
> …
1
> Kananaskis
> Goatview Peak
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5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
Sport 4 pitches
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Jul 14, 2025 · Follow. This was a super cool climb, but under no circumstances is the crux a 5.10b/c for anyone under 5’7 or shorter. My 6’0 tall partners had to make very reachy moves for the overhang on the last pitch. As I’m 5’0 tall, this move was close to the high 5.11-low 5.12 range for me since I needed to make about 4-5 moves on the overhang to go up and reach the pocket (my partner put some chalk on it for others to see). You could also make a bolt ladder/aid section here. The biggest crux I’d say was the flies and bees and bugs, like HOLY. I’ve climbed a lot and I was shocked, I saw about 100-200 flies and bees buzzing around, at one point I saw 20 on my backpack (I had no food in there). But they keep bothering you on every belay ledge, during the climb, during the cruxes etc. One flew into my ear under my helmet, the bugs were torture. But other than that (and the grade being significantly harder for anyone under 5’7/5’8), it was pretty fun. Overall short approach, took us 30 minutes, we parked just after the bridge, on the left, I think it’s the same parking lot for the St. Lawrence Grassi hike. Also the amount of large, loose rocks on this climb was pretty bad, bordering on dangerous, since they were right on the route and rappel line and can be easily dislodged. My partner had a nasty cut on his foot when a big rock grazed him, so definitely needs some cleaning.
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The Dirtbag
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N America
> …
1
2
> Tunnel Mountain
> Black Band
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5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
Sport 4 pitches
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Jul 8, 2025 · Lead / Onsight. This was SUCH a phenomenal climb, I absolutely loved it, especially the 10a pitch!! The first two pitches are a little dirty, and I think we accidentally started on La Soulier? But somehow traversed right to the first pitch of Dirtbag, also couldn’t find an anchor so just kept going until I found one, apparently end of pitch 2, so I linked Pitch 1 and 2. I’m not sure where the anchors are at the top of pitch 1, but if you do it, make sure you start more right of the first pitch of La Soulier (might have to scramble a bit on the right to get to the base of first pitch). The 5.10a pitch was so fun on tiny crimps and very grippy feet. The whole climb was on very grippy rock, it felt like rubber. The last pitch was a fun traverse pitch, I wonder if it can be bolted to go straight up, might be more fun, either way, loved this short multi a lot. And the real gem was the extremely short approach and walk off, which might be thanks to La Soulier. The approach was 15 minutes to base, walkoff was 30 minutes (with great and easy switchbacks) all the way to the base and car. It took us under 3 hours to do this car to car, would highly recommend as a short, fun multi!!
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Lumpy Lane
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N America
> …
1
2
> Grassi Lakes
> Gardener's Wall
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Sport
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Jul 7, 2025 · TR. Found this super fun and easy, with jugs the whole way. Really wish more Rockies crags and multis had holds and jugs like this! Sadly they don’t, but love this area!
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Rock Garden
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N America
> …
1
2
> Grassi Lakes
> Gardener's Wall
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Sport
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Jul 7, 2025 · TR. This one is very fun and juggy but quite dirty, all the jugs and holds had a lot of dirt inside them so hands would slip and get dirty, but other than that, so amazing and very juggy!! Loved it.
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Aftonroe
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N America
> …
1
2
> Mt Cory
> Take it for Granite
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Sport 8 pitches
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Jun 30, 2025 · 3 pitches. Lead / Onsight. Did 3 pitches and dropped my radio so couldn’t finish it. I led the first 5.7 pitch and my partner led the second and third pitch. We found it pretty hard for a 5.7. I’m really short at 5 feet so found a lot of bolts and holds quite reachy and had to do multiple 5.8 and 5.9 moves, one even felt like a 5.10a move on the 3rd pitch but maybe I went the wrong way. So if you’re a 5’0 person, I’d be cautious leading it, there’s a part on the first pitch where you have to do a move on a slabby area but you’re a bit above the last bolt and the next bolt is pretty high up and out of reach, so that part felt very exposed and runout for me (anyone taller than 5’7 could reach it most likely). But yeah, as far as polished, I didn’t find much on the first and second pitch, rock was quite grippy, but the 3rd pitch I felt was a bit slippery and polished. The approach is pretty horrendous, especially the last part with large loose rocks, deadfall, and just loose dirt. If it was a bit cleaned up, it would be nice, especially if the deadfall and big rocks were cleared. My partner had a bad slip where he stepped on a big rock and it came loose and he fell. I’d love to go back and do it again, assuming the later pitches aren’t as runout.
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F2
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N America
> …
1
> Kananaskis
> Wasootch Slabs
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5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
Sport
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Jun 29, 2025 · Lead / Fell/Hung. This is much harder than a 5.6, and harder than the 5.7 next to it, so it’s either a 5.7 or 5.7+.
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Sharknado
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N America
> …
1
> Bow Valley
> Kanga Creek South
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Sport 4 pitches
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Jun 27, 2025 · Follow. This was an absolutely amazing route with great climbing. All the routes were graded perfectly (except the second 5.6, which felt the scariest due to moving on a corner cliff face). The 5.8 pitches were bomber and it was great. Unfortunately, the rappelling almost completely ruined our whole experience, which was very sad considering the climb was so fun. It was longer as a party of 3 to rappel the route than it took us to top out. Our ropes kept getting stuck and twisted constantly, we had to use All That Chas’s rings to rappel, but even then, the rope would get stuck at every corner and edge. If there was a walk off option, that would be great, but unsure if that’s doable. We did take 2 ropes, and found that stacking it on our quickdraws and rappelling with it was the ideal solution, instead of trying to throw it down and dealing with it the whole way down. But anyway, rappel using the rings way left on All that Chas’s route, and don’t use any on Sharknado. It took us 3 hours to rappel, and the 40 km/h winds didn’t help. We will check the weather better next time for wind. But overall, very fun route, graded very well with lots of fun holds, although I found the second 5.6 more of a 5.7, and it felt pretty scary, but the first and third 5.8 pitches and last 5.6/5.7 were quite fun!!
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D2
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N America
> …
1
> Kananaskis
> Wasootch Slabs
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5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
Sport
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Jun 24, 2025 · Lead / Onsight. Also felt like a 5.7, pretty fun slab but no handholds.
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D4
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N America
> …
1
> Kananaskis
> Wasootch Slabs
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2
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5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
Sport
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Jun 24, 2025 · Lead / Onsight. This was fun, but definitely more of a 5.7, no handholds for most of it, just trust feet.
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A13
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N America
> …
1
> Kananaskis
> Wasootch Slabs
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5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
Sport
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Jun 24, 2025 · Follow. This was good, felt a bit harder than a 5.5 though, a bit in your face and you climb a corner, so felt more like a 5.6 to me.
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F8
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N America
> …
1
> Kananaskis
> Wasootch Slabs
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Sport
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Jun 20, 2025 · Lead.
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F1
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N America
> …
1
> Kananaskis
> Wasootch Slabs
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Sport
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Jun 19, 2025 · Lead / Onsight. Very easy, felt more like a 5.6, especially compared to the last 5.7 route in the F slabs, F8.
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Finn's Frolic
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N America
> …
1
> Kananaskis
> Mt Baldy Crag
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Sport
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Jun 6, 2025 · TR.
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Leedo's Shuffle
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N America
> …
1
> Kananaskis
> Mt Baldy Crag
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5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Sport
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Jun 6, 2025 · Lead / Onsight. Fun lead, plaque says 5.8, you could probably go up the left a bit and make it a 5.7, but very fun. Also could go up and lower from the rap rings to the rap rings of the 5.9+ on the right of it for some exciting climbing without having to lead the 5.9+.
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Bodhisattva
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N America
> …
1
2
> White Buddha
> Mello Jello
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5
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5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
Sport
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May 30, 2025 · Lead / Onsight.
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Karuna
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N America
> …
1
2
> White Buddha
> Mello Jello
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2
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5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
Sport
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May 30, 2025 · Lead / Onsight.
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Gandhi
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N America
> …
1
2
> White Buddha
> Mello Jello
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4
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5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
Sport
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May 30, 2025 · Lead / Onsight.
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Minihapa
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N America
> …
1
2
> Cascade Mountain
> Falls Area Rock
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5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
Sport 4 pitches
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May 26, 2025 · Lead / Flash.
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McLab Slab
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N America
> …
1
2
> Mt Rundle
> Rundlehorn Area
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Sport 8 pitches
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May 25, 2025 · Lead / Flash. 10-12 quickdraws are fine if linking pitches.
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Louise Falls
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N America
> …
1
2
> Lake Louise
> Lake Louise Ice
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WI4-5
Ice 3 pitches
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Mar 12, 2025 · Follow. Suuper fun, but did it on a few good cm of fresh snow, and still snowing so tools and crampons kept blowing and not hitting ice. But crux pitch and hanging pillar was super fun!!
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Achilles Spire
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N America
> …
1
> Icefields Parkway
> Mt Hector & Mt Androm…
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5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
Sport, Alpine 13 pitches
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Jul 25, 2023 · 11 pitches. Follow. This was pretty hard for me to be honest, the grade felt more like a 5’9 or harder, I was told “alpine” grades are a bit harder than most crags. I was happy I did, as it was the same season I started first ever rock climbing, so it felt a bit hard but overall was great, I found the crux pitch the most fun and honestly not as hard as some of the other overhang ones.
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