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Winter Cragging in the Canadian Rockies 1st Edition
Chapter 1 - Exshaw & Kananaskis
The Drive-In: Full Metal Jacket D7
8 bolts, 18m. Left of Happy Feet (#1), follow good hooks up to the roof, then stein pull out the roof to a long reach leftward followed by lower angle terrain above.
FA: Marc-Olivier Belzile, Mark Bramble. October 2023
Chapter 2 - Grotto Mountain
October 2023 Alcatraz Update
Chapter 5 - Kootenay
Upper Haffner: CORRECTION Fire Roasted M10+ FA: JD LeBlanc, 2005
Single Pitch Crags - No Guidebook
Kananaskis Country - A Bridge Too Far
The Cat and the Bat M5+
3 bolts, 20m. Climb rock right of A Bridge Too Far to the ice.
FA: Rob Fulton, Lida Frydrychova. February 12, 2023
Multipitch and Alpine Routes
Kananaskis Country
Rastapopoulos (M6 WI4R, 100m) - Mount Kidd, AB
The Fist Fight (M6, 180m) - The Fist, AB
Uncertainty Principle (M7+ WI4+R, 95m) - Mount Lougheed, AB
The Ghost & Waiparous
Bad Romance (M7 WI4, 130m) - North Ghost, AB
Blind Date & Orgasmotron (M7+ WI5, 90m & 100m) - North Ghost, AB
Little Fluffy Clouds (M7 WI4, 155m) - Johnson Creek, AB
Bow Valley, Canmore to Castle Junction
Anticipation (M6+ WI3, 400m) - Grotto Mountain, AB
Liquid Swords (M5+ WI5, 95m) - Lake Minnewanka, AB
Petit Bourgeois (M5 WI4+, 55m) - Mount Bourgeau, AB
Start of the Difficulties (M6 WI4+, 70m) - Protection Valley, AB
Mix Fix (M7 WI3+, 150m) - Protection Valley, AB
Full Moon Corner (M6 WI4 R, 400m) - Arnica Lake, AB
Stanley and Storm Headwalls
Riders on the Storm (M6+ WI5, 160m) - Storm Creek Headwall, BC
Punters of the Storm (M7+ WI5, 150m) - Storm Creek Headwall, BC
The Unconditioned (M6+ WI5+, 95m) - Storm Creek Headwall, BC
Cloudburst (WI5+, 130m) - Storm Creek Headwall, BC
Knee Deep In It (M5 WI5, 120m) & Old and Crusty (M5+ WI5, 110m) - Storm Creek Headwall, BC
Naga (M8 WI5+, 145m) - Storm Creek Headwall, BC
Teddy Bear Knife Fight (M5 WI5, 30m) - Stanley Headwall, BC
Cosmik Debris (M7 WI6, 175m) - Stanley Headwall, BC
The Void & Avoidance (M8+/9, M7, 55m) - Stanley Headwall, BC
Lake Louise & Moraine Lake
Play With Fay (WI6, 345m) - Moraine Lake, AB
Field, Yoho and the Western Slope
Blackened (M5 WI4, 45m) - Mount Ogden, BC
Aggravated Turtles (M6 WI5+, 130m) - Mount Field, BC
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch (M8 WI4, 135m) - Mount Stephen, BC
Rasputin Roof (M8+/9- WI5, 50m) - Mount Stephen, BC
Gasoline Alley (M5+ WI4, 160m) - Kicking Horse Canyon, BC
Icefields Parkway
Riders on the Swarm (M6+ WI4, 150m) - Noseeum Mountain, AB
Where the Sidewalk Ends (PD+ M4, 350m) - North Crowfoot Peak, AB
The Hand of God (M7 WI5, 170m) - Mount Murchison, AB
Ferrethawk (M6 WI3+, 160m) - Mount Murchison, AB