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La Boite a Surprise 6 routes in Cliff

  • Avg. Height: 16m
  • Style: Sport,Trad
  • Ascents: 1

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Description:

The cliff right behind the hut.

Access Issues: inherited from Montagne d'Argent

The climbing area is maintained by "Parc d'Escalade et de Randonnee de la Montagne D'Argent" (PERMA) -- primarily a climber's organisation. Daily access fee was $7 as of summer 2011, and yearly memberships ($35 as of 2011) are also available. Being affiliated with the Alpine Club of Canada, members may climb for free upon presentation of their club membership but are still required to pay for on-site camping.

On weekends, there is generally someone there to collect the fees, during the week this is more often done on the honour system.

The site is open all year round with artificial ice falls created over the cliffs over the freezing winter months for Technical Ice Climbing.

A complete guidebook (including hand drawn reproductions, contributed by a local artist) is generally available at the hut on weekends. It has maps for access to the cliffs, and drawings of all the cliffs with routes marked on them. The current official guidebook is fully bilingual.

Routes

RouteGradeStylePopularity
1 Pailason

FA: Gaetan Castilloux, 1999

5.9
Sport 16m , 5
2 Le Pirate Maboule

FA: Gaetan Castilloux, 1999

5.9
Sport 16m , 5
3 Michel le magicien

FA: Gaetan Castilloux, 1999

5.10b
Sport 16m , 3
4 Piccolo

FA: Gaetan Castilloux, 1999

5.10b
Trad 16m
5 La gardienne

FA: Louis Phillippe Blanchette, 1999

5.8
Trad 17m
6 ** Unnamed

An unnamed recently bolted route to the immediate right of La Gardienne. Follow bolt line to the rising traversing crack, bolted rap station at end of climb.

Sport