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First Face Guide

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Contributors

Thanks to the following people who have contributed to this crag guide:

Jeffrey Richard Hunston Alec Soucy Jon Ellis

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Table of contents

1. First Face 25 routes in Area

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Stagionalità

Arrampicata trad, Arrampicata sportiva e Arrampicata aid

Lat / Long: 44.819460, -63.202737

descrizione

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limitazioni per l'accesso

First Face and access trail are on private land. Light no fires, pack out trash, & be respectful at all times. (The usual Leave No Trace rules.)

avvicinamento

Take Hwy 357 north from Musquodoboit Harbour for 6km. Park just south of Paces Lake Road. DO NOT BLOCK the garbage bin.

Walk up Paces Lake Road ~5 min. About 10m before the gate, on the left, cross a ditch on a 2x6 bridge, and hike in ~10 mins to the cliff. Trail to the left goes to the bottom; trail to the right goes to rap rings for Black Diamond.

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Leave No Trace.

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RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
1 Westward Migration

Left end of the cliff. CLimb three bolts to the ledge (shared with Time Line), then take the left bolt line.

FA: Todd Foster & Gavin King, 2014

5.10b Sportiva 17m, 7
2 Time Line

Left end of the cliff. CLimb three bolts to the ledge (shared with Westward Migration), then take the right bolt line.

Climb NS guidebook says 7 bolts but an 8th was added (not visible from the ground).

FA: Gavin King & Todd Foster, 2015

5.10b Sportiva 17m, 8
3 Professor Diggs and the Berry Bandit

First bolt is up on a ledge, accessed to its right. There is a first aid box nearby.

FA: Todd Foster & Mick Levin, 2015

5.10c Sportiva 14m, 6
4 The Weight of History

FA: Mick Levin & Todd Foster, 2015

5.10c Trad mista 32m, 5
5 Endorphinator

FA: Rich LaPaix & Sean Cassidy, 2011

5.10c G Trad mista 14m, 3
6 Open Project

Tracciata: Ricardo

SportivaProgetto
7 Four Minute Smiler

FA: Steve Punshon, 2001

5.11a PG Trad 18m
8 Anniversary Waltzes

FA: Chris Dale, 1978

5.7 PG Trad 24m
9 Scrape and Pillage

FA: Sean Willett, 1991

5.10a PG Trad mista 23m, 1
10 Indian Summer

FA: Sean Willett, 1992

5.10a PG Trad 25m
11 Pyramid

FA: Dan Price, 1982

5.10c PG Trad 28m
12 Sins and Transgressions

FA: Sean Willett, 1992

5.11d G Sportiva 24m
13 Snakeskin

FA: Tony Veling, 1989

5.10a PG Trad 28m
14 First Nations

FA: Steve Punshon & Sean McOuat, 2001

5.10d G Trad 28m
15 Emotional Vampires

FA: Sean Willett, 1993

5.10d PG Trad 26m
16 April Cool

FA: Kevin Cody, 1981

5.9 PG Trad 28m
17 Blue Sky Mining

FA: Sean Therien, 1999

5.11a G Sportiva 22m
18 Ludicrous Anachronism

FA: Sean Willett, 1992

5.11c Sportiva 20m
19 Slave to Fashion

FA: Sean Willett, 1992

5.11c Sportiva 20m, 6
20 Mea Culpa

FA: Sean Willett, 1991

5.12a Sportiva 23m, 7
21 A Puff of Blue Smoke

FA: Kevin Cody & Tony Veling, 1982

5.7 A2 Artificiale 30m, 2
22 The Arches

FA: Steve Punshon, 2000

5.10d PG Trad 28m
23 Black Diamond / Black Diamon

FA: 1990

5.10a PG Trad 22m
24 Ghost Dance

FA: Steve Punshon, 2000

5.10c PG Trad 20m
25 Chalk Stars

FA: Sean Kelly, 2000

5.5 G Trad 17m

2. Index by grade

Grade Stars Name Style Pop
5.5 G Chalk Stars Trad 17m
5.7 A2 A Puff of Blue Smoke Artificiale 30m, 2
5.7 PG Anniversary Waltzes Trad 24m
5.9 PG April Cool Trad 28m
5.10a PG Black Diamond Trad 22m
Indian Summer Trad 25m
Scrape and Pillage Trad mista 23m, 1
Snakeskin Trad 28m
5.10b Time Line Sportiva 17m, 8
Westward Migration Sportiva 17m, 7
5.10c Professor Diggs and the Berry Bandit Sportiva 14m, 6
The Weight of History Trad mista 32m, 5
5.10c G Endorphinator Trad mista 14m, 3
5.10c PG Ghost Dance Trad 20m
Pyramid Trad 28m
5.10d G First Nations Trad 28m
5.10d PG Emotional Vampires Trad 26m
The Arches Trad 28m
5.11a G Blue Sky Mining Sportiva 22m
5.11a PG Four Minute Smiler Trad 18m
5.11c Ludicrous Anachronism Sportiva 20m
Slave to Fashion Sportiva 20m, 6
5.11d G Sins and Transgressions Sportiva 24m
5.12a Mea Culpa Sportiva 23m, 7
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