Ascents in Ontario having Beta

Short route, but well worth doing. My first ever lead. The crux baffled me a bit at first, but was easy once I figured out the moves.

Second it (I think). Am not sure if this is the right route but its the dihedral crack in the gully/canyon. It goes up to an over hang, but only takes about one or two moves to get to the hanging anchors.

lead it (I think). Not sure if this is the right route, but its on the left wall inside the gully/canyon. There is a small finger crack that traverses right and I used the anchors of Darcy's crack (if that's the route in the corner)

Only made it half way . Next time I'll get it!

second route. really long with a traverse to the left at the top

First trad climb after seconding the route first

Fun climb with very poor gear. The infamous step across from the pinnacle is fun.

Great for new trad leaders. Lots of good gear.

Setup a top-rope after leading Kiddie-Corned, with a redirect at the 2nd overhang to keep the rope out of the crack. Some interesting slab work.

Holy cow is pulling that overhang bloody burly. Tried it two or three times jamming the crack, but that failed. Then tried it power lay-back moves a couple times, and that failed, too. I'm pretty sure this is 5.9 only in that 5.10 was the hardest grade possible, and this wasn't THAT hard.

Fun, but too short. Steep climbing, good holds available, but not always obvious where they are, and some of the obvious choices aren't so good. But, definitely 5.6 if you can find the holds.

Had to do a bit of gardening to clean out gear placements that had filled with dirt. After doing so, went fine.

Also, took two tries (down-climb) for opening sequence, first time I put myself off-balance.

The direct start is far harder than the nominal 5.1 of the route, but I pulled it.

Takes excellent gear, and great climbing. Probably only 5.1 by being really old-school grading.

Didn't have a name or grade -- just looked at it, and thought it looked like it would go without problem. Also, the bolts were so close together, it wouldn't get scary. I was right on both counts.

Fun climbing up the crack, with decent gear, including a couple chockstones to sling.

Off-width upper section is easier (though a bit scarier) climbed outside the crack than in it.

Easy lower down, a couple harder moves on the upper head wall. Not particularly exciting.

Short, but nice enough climbing.

The start is a bit hidden, but worth finding. Definitely a good route, and takes good gear.

Belayed on gear at the top. then walked rightwards to a rap anchor from something and rapped off it.

Surprisingly good climbing given the blocky-looking start. The exit left from under the roof is a wonderfully exposed, comitting move for a 5.4 (or 5.4+) climb.

I chose to finish right (apparently harder) to use the anchor's for Reg's route. The step across at the top is a bit tricky.

Felt burly for a 5.5. Generally good gear, though a couple times not the best stance when placing a piece.

Did the finish up the shared section with "Camel" to have lower-offs, rather than the traverse and up finish.

Anchors sketchy at the top! Loose bolts and nuts.

Seemed awful hard for a 5.8. Pro placement is average but no anchors. We just topped out and belayed the second from the top. Not recommended.

Very hard bottom for grade followed by east climbing.

Great, sustained burly climbing throughout.

Lovely, crimpy/slab face climbing.

Lovely, crimpy/slab face climbing.

Shares anchors with fallout, so climbed it to hang the draws on fallout.

hidden holds around the arret. Could feel a bit harder if you are short.

fun climbing. Over climbed so some holds are getting polished.

Solid 5.9, just tricky beta at the mid point, other then that straight forward. Definitely not a 10. Good to warm up on your way to the much better climbing further down the right of the cliff.

good warm up

warm up

First Bon Echo Lead!

First real on-sight! Absolutely amazing!!!

I didn't lead this route, I cleaned it. One of the best climbs in Ontario.

Pretty nice has a tricky reach close to the top if you are short

Nice easy warm up

onsight, with first bolt stick clipped. It has a bad landing if you miss the sequence to the hidden jugs.

First half of the route is much easier, than the second. Foot holds get very tricky on the second half of the route.

Two move wonder from first bolt to second bolt.

i think i climb this one different every time. lots of options

5.9-...maybe

Comiting first few moves because of the dampness of the rocks, dont forget to look for feet on the face to your right.

Excellent protection all the way to the thick tree root. One gymnastic move to get around that root and onto the ledge - and you are standing at the top. Very nice line.