Ascents in The Fortress having Beta

5.10c in Marc Bourdons 2018 Skaha climbing guidebook

BD 0.75 to tame the runout. The runout is bigger then the guide book makes it out to be in my opinion.

One last classic 5.11 to wrap up our time in Skaha.

Superb and memorable dancing up tiny edges.

Supervalue long route, abundant microholds and great view

Hard and crimpy

Cool bouldery start to a slabby finish

Just delightful face climbing on great rock

Nice classy face climbing at the top

Bouldery crux, satisfying when you get it

Stunning.

Definitely doable. Two bolts through the roof section is the crux.

Doable forsure. Need to get through the start and have enough gas to finish the rest of the climb.

Fell just before the top :’(

Still hard

Technical face climb

Nice, technical climb!

couple of tricky moves in the first half of the climb. The top part is cruisy, kind of similar to "obnoxious little military man" which to the left of it

love the view

nice climb

Pretty hard start for 10c

2nd attempt. Came back for the last climb of the day for a proper red point. Thin crux.

One of the best 10a's I have ever done. Steep, thin and techy face climbing on amazing rock. So stoked that Beccy climbed this one too, her last climb before her knee surgery on Friday.

Really great. Stoked Beccy jumped on this and climbed it so well, particularly given the exposure and the wildfire smoke which blew in overnight playing with her head a bit.

Super fun, definitely a 3 star route

A little confusing, good pro but spaced out.

Beautiful for every move

Only did the first half about 5.7

Fiddling around with gear to the crux, plugged two wires and the blue alien in, but top wire alone was bomber. Good, technical climbing with no real power required.

Really good climbing, going over the classic Skaha polished bulge at the top.

A decent route but this route obviously doesn't get much traffic. It is really dirty and there is lots of loose rock.

Pulling up the rope after 40 m was a killer. Lovely top section, run out in the easier parts

Got very pumped putting draws on first go. Technical, and remains sustained

Nice and long

Traverses quite a way so easier to clean on second

Definitely a different grade scale to Squamish. Nice feature

Fun relatively crimpy route with a satisfying roof to cap it off. Mostly well protected except for the starting ledge and in between a couple of run out bolts.

x2 sends cos it's that good.

Guidebook gives it a 5.10c

Odd.

So much fun!! Super positive holds.

Turns out I still can't read guidebooks or topos after all these years. I thought I was getting on this earlier, but it turned out to be an 11c...