Ascensiones en West Kootenays

Good moves up high

After a scrappy start this route is gold

Really funky incut holds and sidepulls

The guide topo doesn't seem correct.also The grades on this and LLL could be swapped

Tried the 5.10b variation pulling straight through the roof and mixed up the beta and was too pumped after 'Salamander' and 'Sunflower'. Got it after a few tries.

If you like stemmy corners, this is a must do!

Fun climb, with some good lay-backs.

Lead all the pitches.

If you go into pitch 5 thinking it will be 5.8 the way pitch 1 was 5.8, well, you'll be in for a shock.

Tried to pull the roof direct ("10b" variation -- seems much harder than 10b, neither I nor Ellie who TRs low-11s could pull it). Otherwise, would have been clean.

Generally soft, except for the last two moves to the anchor (one could skip, if you clipped the anchor from low, and called it done) -- but pulling the "real" finish felt about 5.9.

One short 5.10a sequence coming off the ledge at bolt 3, otherwise pretty mellow -- maybe a soft 10a bit near the top, too.

Took about 5 tries to get off the ground, after that was more work than expected, but clean.

A short 10a sequence getting off the ledge at bolt 3, the rest is pretty mellow.

little warm up, great for a new leader, well protected

Seems like a tough start for a 5.8. Neither of us could actually manage to start at all without pulling on a QuickDraw from the first bolt, which is only 6 feet off the ground so maybe that's what it's for.

Started left at beginning. Hung on first draw. Took a bunch of up and downs trying to climb past 2nd bolt before getting it. Went left to get past it.

Fun route. Kinda hard pull on the roof and fun slab afterwards.

Similar to Pi besides it. Top few bolts are a bit runout and can't reach the anchor from the final ledge. Small toe pocket and big sloper to hang onto to reach the chains while about 2m above final bolt. Had to hold chains until tethered.

Awesome sequence climbing in the dihedral.

Take after corner move

Fell at penultimate bolt

2nd last climb of the day and experimented with a few different ways of doing the top section... they didn't work very well.

Did this one at the end of the day and was too tired to get it in one go.

Amnesia flash