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.

Improve your climbing footwork ft. Sean McColl.

We are pleased to announce that Skaha Provincial Park is back open to climbers. Here is an update from Rolf Rybak:

Skaha Bluffs Park will be open today (Sept.4th, 2020) at noon for climbing but two Eastern and Southern areas are still closed. Shady Lane /Hollow, Flake and Gillies creek areas are still close. The ward-1 trail branching off of the Grand canyon trail and easter crags are still closed, Rutopia, Retardant and Belvedere areas.

Security guards will be posted at closure area trailheads.

Finally but most important, a big thank you to Wendy Pope our Regional Park Manager for advocating on our behalf to open the park
Rock Oven, Ward 1, Sauerkraut trails and the Smythe FSR remain closed
Rock Oven, Ward 1, Sauerkraut trails and the Smythe FSR are in exceptionally poor condition – Active wildfire, danger trees, ash pits, chainsaw operations, and aerial suppression remain as hazards in the Area Restriction. for climbing.

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We are psyched to announce that Graham McGrenere has made an ascent of Black Magic (v13). Cool!

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The climbing community: Friends forgo going to their projects in order to bring pads and support others on their projects, they come out at night with lights and cameras, even when you’re nowhere close to sending. . No one cares how hard you’re climbing, they are psyched on how hard you’re TRYING. The friendships and bonds I’ve created within the climbing community are unlike any other, transcending language or borders. We come together with a shared objective of pushing ourselves out of our physical and mental comfort zones, and we’re psyched for each other whether we send 5.6 or 5.16. . That is what I love about climbing. . Black Magic 🧙‍♂️ . . . #organicclimbing #noplacetoofar #hiveclimbing #onwardupcampus #petzl_official #fuelupproteinbar #squamish #squamishbouldering @organicclimbing @scarpana @hiveclimbing @onwardup_campus @petzl_official @fuelupproteinbar

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Ben Harnden is at it again, making the first ascent of Test Pattern (5.14 hard?) in an undisclosed Squamish, BC.

Photo by Thomas Burden ©

New video featuring route development at University wall in Canmore, BC.

A Mellow Ticino featuring Jimmy Webb and Daniel Woods

We are very psyched to announce that Becca Frangos has made the second female ascent of ASDATO (5.14b) in Horne lake on Vancouver Island.

Photo by Milen Kootnikoff

Braden Bester’s first ascent of The Empyrean; a route he bolted at Lake Louise in Banff National Park.