Schwierigkeitsgrad | Route | Stil | Beliebtheit | ||
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North Vancouver Island Wapiti Valley/Greyback Peak | |||||
5.11b | Taladega Highbanks | ||||
South Vancouver Island Galloping Goose Corridor Roche Cove | |||||
5.9 | Sea-run Cutthroat
(Roche Cove) | ||||
5.10a | Reggae Junkie Jew
(Roche Cove) | ||||
5.11+ | “Kill him and bring the girl to me”
(Roche Cove) | ||||
5.10c | ★★★ Fragrant Concubine
(Roche Cove) | 18m | |||
5.7 | Slabia
(Roche Cove) | ||||
5.11b | Girlyman
(Roche Cove) | ||||
5.10d | Leafraker Variation
(Roche Cove) variation of Girlyman | ||||
South Vancouver Island Galloping Goose Corridor Hissing Bull | |||||
5.10 | Remote Control Exploding Holds
(Hissing Bull) | ||||
5.9 | ★ The Hissing Bull
(Hissing Bull) | ||||
South Vancouver Island Galloping Goose Corridor Hummingbird Wall | |||||
5.6 | Pig Pen’s Revenge
(Hummingbird Wall) | ||||
5.10a | Big Bad Johns
(Hummingbird Wall) | ||||
South Vancouver Island Mt MacDonald Main Wall | |||||
5.10b | ★★ Social Deviant
few reachy moves put you into a 5.9 gear swallowing crack 20 meters gear to 2 inches Erstbegehung: Allen Agopsowicz | 20m | |||
5.9 | ★★ Dark energy 5.9
Tricky moves along the ramp allows you access to the crack and great gear Erstbegehung: Allen Agopsowicz & johnathan bell, 2013 | ||||
5.9 | ★★ Powerline revised
gear to 3 inches the left side of the huge crack is now a test piece for gear heads. watch for a few fixed pieces and bring a few slings with you Erstbegehung: Allen Agopsowicz | 50m | |||
5.6 R | ★ Mac Crack
climb chimney for about 10m then climb out on to the face on the right side of the crack. Erstbegehung: Geofrey knox, 1960 | ||||
5.10d | Fruit Basket(SNIVEL UP)
follow the flakes left side and traverse out left through cracks and face climbing. | ||||
5.10d | Fruit of my labor
follow the flakes left side until you can traverse right | ||||
5.8 | ★ The Flake
follow the flakes right side where you can step out left and up to a bolted station. or continue right to the top of nrfom gear to 2 inches | 70m | |||
5.8 R | Scott's route
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5.7 | Friend in my pocket
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5.5 | Garden Route
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South Vancouver Island Mt MacDonald Cinema | |||||
5.10a | BenHur
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5.10a | ★★ Hound of the baskervilles
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5.10c | nocturnal emission
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5.10a | ★ Nameless
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South Vancouver Island Mt MacDonald Salamander | |||||
5.10b | Questionable rock monkey
| 30m | |||
South Vancouver Island Mt MacDonald right | |||||
5.5 | Garden route
Erstbegehung: Rick eppler & J simpson, 1975 | ||||
5.6 | Into Mordor
Erstbegehung: R munoz & Allan rice, 2020 | 30m | |||
5.7 | Nose
Erstbegehung: cliff syroid & brian boswell, 1976 | 10m | |||
5.8 | Gee Wiz
Erstbegehung: frank gee, 1976 | 10m | |||
South Vancouver Island Sugarloaf | |||||
5.6 | Ferguson’s Folly
Leftmost route on the main wall | ||||
5.10b | Brackyramphus
Rack to 2” | ||||
South Vancouver Island East Sooke Park Tobasco Rock | |||||
5.7 | ★★ Wiggin Nark
Farthest (Climbers) Left anchors, tricky start, walk off. Erstbegehung: T Painter & J Peterman | 8m | |||
5.7 | ★★ Mungle Crack
Big crack to the right of Wiggin Nark, 2nd set of anchors from climbers left Erstbegehung: T Painter & J Peterman | 8m | |||
5.8 | ★★ Dr. Sketch
Slightly right of Mungle Crack, thin crack and small shelves for your feet. 3rd set of anchors from climbers left Erstbegehung: T Painter & J Peterman | 8m | |||
5.8 | ★★ Pinky and the Brain
Farthest climb on the right, follow the big crack right to a ledge, then head left towards the anchor. Erstbegehung: T Painter & J Peterman | 8m | |||
South Vancouver Island East Sooke Park Beechey Head | |||||
5.7 | Cephalus
Located around 100 meters to the left of Whale Power | ||||
5.11c | Altitudinosity | ||||
5.9 | ★★★ Abbey Road | ||||
5.10a | Head Trip
when approaching the crag, instead of taking the right trail take the left trail to the base of this climb | ||||
South Vancouver Island East Sooke Park Mirkwood Forest | |||||
5.10c | ★ Ciderman
Climb past one bolt, and into the crack system above the overhang. Erstbegehung: Mark Phillips, 1993 | 1 | |||
5.10a | White Hot Matter
a small amount of face climbing leads to a superb right-leaning finger crack that will eat your passive gear! Erstbegehung: Mark Phillips, 1993 | 12m | |||
5.9 | ★★★ Noah's Ark
start in the V below the small roof and climb the corner, when you reach the roof you have 3 options. break out left with little pro until you pull the edge of the roof. Head straight through the middle of the roof and into the thin crack above. Pull through the right side of the roof and enter the great crack system above. all options feel very similar and go at the same grade. Erstbegehung: Mark Phillips, 1993 | 12m | |||
5.10d | ★★ Resurrection
Highball up the stiff slab and crimps to the diagonal seam, place as much pro as you feel will keep to safe, then launch up more slopers and crimpers to the top. there are no bolted anchors, except for a tree way back from the edge of the crag. If anyone wants to Retro bolt this one, go for it Erstbegehung: Crazy_Pete, 2020 | 13m | |||
5.9 | Mr Bongles Ark
Climb The Delightful Mr. Bongles up to the diagonal seam then break out across it, finishing on Noah's Ark Erstbegehung: Crazy_Pete, 2020 | 15m, 2 | |||
South Vancouver Island East Sooke Park The Coliseum | |||||
5.9 | A Lust For Life | ||||
5.11b | Gladheateher | ||||
5.10b | ★★ The Great Vise
Climb the obvious black chimney. Bouldery start leads to enjoyable, full-body climbing above. Fairly good pro protects you as you stem to chains. | ||||
South Vancouver Island Glen Lake Crag Glen Lake Crag Shake-a-Flake Wall | |||||
5.10a R | Been Burned
Leftmost route (tree anchor) Erstbegehung: Tim McAllister in the 80-90's? | ||||
South Vancouver Island Glen Lake Crag Glen Lake Crag Black Beauty Bulge | |||||
5.11a | Chop Shop
Straight up the vertical crack in the middle of the black beauty bulge. Erstbegehung: Duncan Bryson, 16 Jul 2022 | ||||
South Vancouver Island Mt. Wells Main wall | |||||
5.11c | Fallen Hippy
One old fixed piton. climb the thin cracks at the right hand end of the big roof recent reports of rotten rock at the crux Erstbegehung: peter croft | ||||
5.11c | Natural Born Climbers
Overhanging block with two bolts, right of fallen hippy(hanger missing). small nuts for the concealed upper crack (ditto summer breeze) Avoid the manky station and climb right to the big ledge and its a rap anchor. Erstbegehung: Andrew boyd | ||||
5.10d | ★★ Summer breeze P1
A0 Mixed The nameless seldom sent death trap(detached hanging flake is gone) is now the start of an excursion to the top of mt wells follow the right-hand edge of the block up to the roof, then step left onto its top. Follow the line of bolts up to the ledge then step right to the bolt ladder. (easily aided making the pitch 10b, A0) climb this to the large ledge. | 20m, 3, 6 | |||
5.8 | Earth Girls are Easy A2
Thin crack on wall left of portapotty. face climbing leads to crack and small roof section. finish on biig ledge at the summer breeze rap anchor. Erstbegehung: andrew boyd & matt maddaloni | ||||
5.10a | ★★ Porta potty
Face moves to the right facing corner of the block then thin moves along the crack. nuts and small cams theres a rap anchor under roof and one on top the new bolted extension | ||||
5.11b | Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Obvious overhanging hand finger crack waiting to eat you for dinner starts with easy face climbing but gets harder and harder bolted face moves take you to rap anchors Erste freie Begeh.: hamish fraser Erstbegehung: J simpson, D scott & J molner | ||||
5.8 | ★★ Cooked Goose
Take the right-facing corner to the ledge above Don Juans crack find the fault through the roof and scale the small wall above rap anchor Erste freie Begeh.: Allen Agopsowicz Erstbegehung: j molnar & m curran | 25m | |||
5.7 | ★ friends
Follow your gear up the lay back crack then move left over the bulge to the sickle shaped finger crack and facing corner belay from the rock pillar with many slings | ||||
5.10c | ★★ High friends in places mixed
Follow Friends but clipp bolts to the right to the over hanging finger crack above the lip put your friends in the dike and move left to bolted anchors (5.11a Direct Variation) Erste freie Begeh.: Allen Agopsowicz Erstbegehung: Allen Agopsowicz & randy pearce | ||||
South Vancouver Island Mt. Wells Upper main wall | |||||
5.10b | ★★★ Summer Breeze
3P mixed 10b/A0 5.10b 5.9 5.9 access from crooked goose on crooked goose area. | 27m, 3 | |||
5.10a | ★★ Diesel Cowboy, The Long Haul
Climb one of the approach pitches to the midpoint ledge above the Cooked Goose area. Either P1 of Summerbreeze, Cooked Goose, or traverse in from the top of With Maple Syrup. from the 3'd set of anchors follow the bolts and cracks to the top of the cliff. Expect some fun jugs, a tiny bit of slab, and some sweet nut placements. all cruxes have been bolted. Erstbegehung: Matt Maddaloni & Justin Peterman, 1997 Erstbegehung: Al Agopsowicz & Brian Wyvil, 2018 | 48m | |||
5.10a | ★★ Climbus Interreptus
47m mixed. Requires small cams, rack of nuts and 14 60cm slings (regular Squamish rack plus a couple extra slings). From the High Friends anchor, head straight up to the overhang then left on bomber buckets (2 bolts). Tread left following the dike until the crack welcomes you on the right (2 bolts). Follow it to the top. Rap the Fallen Arches route or walk off the top. Named as such for the first ascent attempt was interrupted by cries of help coming from the Humpback Valley and FA bailed to render aid. Erstbegehung: Allen Agopsowicz & RM, 2018 | ||||
5.9 | ★★★ Fallen Arches
Erstbegehung: Allen Agopsowicz | 60m, 2, 30 | |||
5.10b | ★★★ Unfinished Business
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5.10a | Reprobate
Erstbegehung: Rafael Munoz, 2019 | 30m | |||
5.10a | Monty burns
Erstbegehung: Rafael Munoz, 2019 | 60m, 2 | |||
South Vancouver Island Mt. Wells Pancake Flake | |||||
5.6 | ★ Pancake Flake
Climb the right side of the large flake, bring your big cams! | 15m | |||
South Vancouver Island Mt. Wells South Cliff | |||||
5.12b | Dublin - Fair City
Gear to .5” | 13m, 3 | |||
5.12d | Up She Rises
Gear to 1” | 15m, 4 | |||
5.6 | ★ Gear 101
| 16m | |||
5.7 | ★★ Obscene english
BEGINNER TEST PEICE | 15m | |||
South Vancouver Island Mt. Wells Secret Cliff | |||||
5.11a | ★★ Butchered Gardens
First pitch is sport (10c) | 2 | |||
5.10c | Triple Threat
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South Vancouver Island Mt. Wells Hidden Wall | |||||
5.10c | ★★★ Crack house
This wonderful climb was established in two parts the upper by Allen and Takuma and the lower by Raphael and allen. it climbs up from the quantum ledge, in the dike that crosses up the mountain topping out near firewall. Erstbegehung: Allen Agopsowicz, 2010 Erste freie Begeh.: Takuma Valcourt, @johnathan & Allen Agopsowicz, Jul 2019 Erste freie Begeh.: Allen Agopsowicz, Takuma Valcourt & Raphiel, 2 Jul 2019 | ||||
South Vancouver Island Mt. Wells La Discotheque | |||||
5.10b | The end of disco
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5.8 | ★★ dirty dancing
SUPER FUN! bring your crack technique | ||||
5.8 | ★★★ hear that beat jump outta m'seat
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South Vancouver Island Mt. Wells Lower left | |||||
5.9 | ★★ Do it left
P1 5.8 Trad up a dike into the crack system and onto the slab (25m) P2 5.9 sport nicely featured steep face climbing along the right edge of an arete. P3 5.7 Trad up the water gully bring extra long draws step up detached flake/pilar Erstbegehung: Takuma Valcourt Erste freie Begeh.: Allen Agopsowicz Erstbegehung: Allen Agopsowicz Erstbegehung: Allen Agopsowicz | 70m, 3 | |||
South Vancouver Island Cougar Caves | |||||
5.9 | big horrible corner
| 25m | |||
5.10b | Well hung west coast experience
gear to 5" | ||||
5.10b | Spring break
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5.10d | Hot fun
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5.7 | ★★★ Leaning Pillar
This route is to the right of the basalt pillar that curves. climbs the right crack not the left one and the small crimps straight up. to an anchor on your left. | ||||
Cowichan Valley Region Sansum Narrows | |||||
5.9 | Slide it to the Dog
Named after a flake cleaned on the FA that rocketed toward a pooch at the base. Erstbegehung: Stewart Wozny & Daryl Hatten | ||||
5.10c | Tennessee Waltz
Climb the large curved flake crack (originally its own climb, known as The Sickle) up under the awesome Tennessee Roof. Escape from under the roof onto the face on the left then up to ring anchors. Erstbegehung: Tom Egan & Stewart Wozny | ||||
5.11a | ★★ Trust Me, I’m a Doctor
Climb the starting flake crack of Tennessee Waltz, then head straight up on a bolt line to the right of the roof. Erstbegehung: Allen Agopsowicz | 6 | |||
5.7 | Salamander
A short, vegetated crack 20 meters right of Tennessee Waltz. Has ring anchors. Erstbegehung: Tom Muirhead & Tom King | ||||
5.6 | For You
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5.6 | Hot Chocolate
The large, straight diagonal heavily vegetated crack that goes right to the top of the cliff. Erstbegehung: Tom King & Tom Muirhead | 2 | |||
5.10b R | Blood and Guts
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5.10c | Eclipse
A long, unmistakable curving crack that ends about two thirds up the cliff face. Among the first FA’s at the Narrows and therefore historically one of the first established crag climbs on Vancouver Island. Probably the closest thing the island has to a truly historical non-alpine rock climb. Erstbegehung: Tom Muirhead & Stewart Wozny | ||||
5.8 | Green Onions
Routes from Green Onions to Right Guard are not in the right order | ||||
5.8 | Third Time Lucky
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5.10a | Panic
A bold climb with marginal gear in its original state warranted an R/X rating. Stewart Wozny made an initial bold foray with near success, subsequently completed by Daryl Hatten Erstbegehung: Daryl Hatten & Stewart Wozny (within a few feet of completion) | ||||
5.8 | YKK Zipper
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5.8 | Honestly Awkward
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5.8 | Highway to Hell
Originally done in 2 short pitches Erstbegehung: Stewart Wozny & Steve McConnell | ||||
5.8 | Right Guard
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Cowichan Valley Region Mt. Prevost | |||||
5.11a A0 | Psychobabble
Furthest left route on the main wall (Gear to 1”) |