We are very psyched to announce that Jacob Cook and Drew Marshall make FA of Sea of Tranquility (5.13a) on Stawamus Chief. Topo can be found here.

Special thanks to Clinton Leung who has established two new 5.13 trad routes at Emmie’s Landing in the Valley of Shaddai.

Mexican Trash Dog 5.13a

FA: Clinton Leung Sept 2020

Gear: Offset RP’s , 0.2 to 0.5 x2, 2 bolts, optional hand sized pieces and knee pad.

5m right of Em. Climb the overhanging discontinuous crack using compression, pull through the roof into fingers in a LFC. Finish on easy hands. Sustained. Excellent. 30m.

Soup Girl Sisterhood 5.13c R

FA: Clinton Leung Sept 2020

Gear: 4 bolts, Offset RP’s, 0.2 – 0.5, double 0.4, optional 2.

10m right of Em. Climb bolted corner escaping right at the last bolt to achieve a small foot ledge. Boulder the thin seam above. R rating is for the potential to hit the small ledge. Good. 30m.

Other notes:

Coordinates: 49.64006, -123.20113

Sun hits SGS at 1pm and MTD at 2:30pm. Wall can be windy and dries fast, routes were bone dry two days after rain. Top of routes can be achieved by walking back along Zap crack trail south and cutting towards the cliff. 20m rap off a tree brings you to the ledge where the routes a top out. A short rap off a tree will bring you to the anchors.

The Downgrader featuring Adam Ondra. This one was good!!!

Squamish Sport Climbing: A send of the “K Town Connector” 5.13d/8b in beautiful Squamish BC Canada.

This is located at the small sport crag called Helheim about 1.3km up Bannock Burn rd on your way to Mt. Gimli in Slocan, BC. It’s the first thing you see as you take the trail down from the dirt road.
Rumour has it there are more of these monsters lurking in the forrest waiting to devour the living…

Summer of 2018, Ryo Masumoto climbed The Shadow 5.13a.
The Shadow pitch of University Wall was first free climbed by legendary climber, Peter Croft.

Follow Zach Watson and Dexter Bateman on the latest 5.14 at the University Wall, “Smells Like Teen Fascism”. The route was originally bolted in 2006 by Ross Suchey, only to sit without a first ascent for many years.

This looks good. The Artist Featuring Boone Speed.

Special thanks to Tess Egand Tyrone Brett for a new crag at the salt shed near Chek Canyon. Download Topo here.

We are pleased to announce a new trail map for bouldering in Duncan, BC.

A new parking lot has been built for Mount Tzouhalem Park users. It is located 6381 Nevilane Drive. There is also lots of overflow street parking along the shoulder of Nevilane Drive, if the lot were to fill up.

Once parked, follow the trail into the forest and instead of going right on the Mountain bike trail, continue straight and slightly left until you start making your way left downhill. The path with curl around and you will find yourself at the beginning of the BC Hydro ROW. Follow the ROW under the power lines for 15 – 20 minutes until the original guidebook trail joins you on the ROW. Continue walking until you come to the trail marker, post #19, for the Awesome Trail. (Shown below)

Start along the Awesome trail, then take your first left and keep left at each fork after that (usually little cairns mark the way). The next major landmark is a huge wooden mountain bike ramp near a seasonal creek on the right-hand side of the trail. This should be visible three minutes after leaving the ROW. Keep following the flagging tape to a series of roped, steep sections; this is as difficult as the trek will get. After this section you will traverse the base of the bluff until you get to the No Opposition Boulder. From the ropes to No Opposition takes approximately 15 minutes.

Please be respectful of other park users and give the right of way to mountain bikers when you see/hear them coming.