Ascents in Thompson-Nicola having Beta

Fun!

Tricky start ! Would be advisable to clip stick first bolt.

The first bolt is missing it's but.

Fun !

We swapped leads simul climbing, linking 3 to 5 pitches at a time.

The climb is around 16m. Quality!

Consistent slab climbing on well-featured and mostly solid rock. It was easy to route-find given the ample bolts. Rappel route was good also.

Car to car in 5.5 hours at a casual pace. Just note on hot days the climb starts to see sun around 9-10am.

If using 70 meter rope to rap, can skip the last rap anchor and just about reach the ground.

Partner wasn't having a good time... loose rock wasn't too bad, but did unrope for the P3 scramble (scree). Definitely want alpines if linking. P4 had 3 bolts right next to each other, but one of them was definitely no good (rock fall?) All the 5.8 pitches I got to try were pretty fun. First half was great, psyched to try again next year!

A good warm up for the area. P4 was a one more wonder, but P7 was sustained and the highlight of the route. There is an option to scramble past P8 rap-rings to a "top out". However, its very loose, steep rock to get to an okay view. It was very sketchy and had to rapel off an old cordelette around a dead tree, would not recommend.

5.11a Bully Goat Gruff variation. Did the first six pitches in approach shoes for fun.

Linked 1&2 5&6 7&8.

linked every 2 pitches

Incredible views, loose rock and 19 pitches make for an adventurous outing.

Alt leads with dave, some ok sections and in shade until 10am. Upper wall looks amazing.

Only climbed to first belay station.