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Panorama - Bowman

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Summary

A forested single pitch crag with routes from 5.6 to 5.12 and a flat family-friendly base.

Description

A single pitch (60m rope good for all routes) crag in the le parc régional de la Forêt Bowman, with a nice flat bse (family-friendly) and generally well-bolted (glue-ins throughout) routes.

The FQME has a lot of information at: https://fqme.qc.ca/sites/panorama-bowman/ and a topo at https://fqme.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BOWMAN_GUIDEBOOK.pdf .

Note: the FQME topo has chosen to list and number the routes from right to left. I have chosen to stick with the standard left-to-right here. -DAG

The FQME topo for Panorama/Bowman has explicitly chosen to recognize the work done on route development by the "Ouvreur-équipeur (OE)" and where different from the first ascensionist, I have recorded that information here as "Route Setter".

Access issues

Access is supported by the local municipality, though the FQME and an FQME membership or day-pass is required to climb there. See: https://fqme.qc.ca/adherer/ for membership or day-pass.

Approach

Parking co-ordinates are: 45.859278, -75.708083 - but Google maps will (May 2022) take you wrong. From Ottawa, you want to find yourself on highway 307 North (by whatever way you prefer to exit town) driving past St Pierre de Wakefield then Poltimore (don't forget to turn left in Poltimore to follow the 307.) After passing "Camping Thom", you will cross a largish bay from the lake on the right. A couple 100 meters later (2.5 km from camping Thom), you will want to turn left onto rue Faubert. This will shortly take a sharp left, with a gravel road (chemin du Lac Brochet) continuing straight -- take this. After about a kilometer you'll pass a little picnic area (with swimming) on the right, and continue until you reach a Y. Stay left at the Y, climb up a hill (usually in pretty good shape) and come to the parking.

From the parking, there is a 4-whweeler trail (for rescue access, if needed) and hikers trail heading into the forest past the sign-board. Follow either until you reach the look-out (Panorama), then there will be a marked climber's trail that will drop you down to the base of the cliff. About 20 minutes hiking to get to the base.

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