Info and supplied photos by Glenn Reisenhofer Almost all problems are sit down starts and with the exception of some traverses all problems top out. Treat this place with respect. This was a spiritual meeting place for first nations folks. Please help clean up any litter. Thanks. North Boulder 1) Myles’ Mania-sds the north face. Don’t sneak off and onto the slab, go for the top. 2) Master’s Edge***-sds. Stay as close as possible to the true NE Arete. You’ll feel like Ron Fawcett. Watch out for the little brown bat crack. A classic old problem. 3) Fang**-sds up the east face on some crimpy sharp quartize. 4) Easy-sds up the SE Arete. A great warm up. 5) Fast Eddy*-sds up SW Arete. This is the beefier version of Jaime. Start with both hands on the only hold on the arête. Huck for the top of the arête and swing back left onto slab when you can. 6) Jaime**-sds to SW Arete using all the features. 7) Lao Tzu*-sds up west face. No arêtes or sides of rock are used. 8) Mantel Madness*-standing start to a pure mantel onto the west face slab of north boulder. 9) Neil’s Route**-sds up NW arête, onto and up slab. A good standing start warm up. An old problem. 10) Marc’s Ridge – Needs a sit down start. Grope the NW Arete as your feet traverse the north face of the boulder and top out on Myles’ Mania. 11) Black Rain*-a sds low traverse from the SE Arete (problem 4) traversing right to Neil’s Route. Using any holds below the overlap traverse with difficulty around the Master’s Edge (look for the little brown bat crack) and then continue with any hold below chest level to the NW arete. 12) Light Rain- traverse whole rock using the slab and any hold. 13) Mind Meld -***sds starting at the NW arête (problem 9, Neil’s Route). This problem uses and starts on the sloping holds that form the slab. Grope, grovel and heel hook your way to and around the corner (problem 6). Staying low continue with difficulty in between the rocks and finish on the problem Black Rain. Eat your wheaties before trying this one and of course you can’t touch the south boulder when traversing in between the two rocks. South Boulder 14) SE Arete***-sds climbs the beautifully rounded arête. 15) Crimpy**-sds up the middle of the east face (not using any arête holds). Watch your tendons as you’re crimping. One of the harder problems at Split Rock. 16) Fetus Freddy**-sds up the NE arête and up onto the east face. 17) Military Larry*-sds to a problem that starts in between the rocks close to Fetus Freddy. Layaways and edges to the top. The arête is out and so is the wall behind you. An old problem. 18) Three For One -another in between the rocks problem. If you come off on this one you’ll definitely hit the other rock and the holds are small at the top. Sds near the west side of the rock. The problem exists between the NW arête and the second, and more major, left facing ramp of rock. Aim for the tiny notch. The arête and major ramp are out. 19) Gaia – With a standing start grab any holds along the NW arête and head up with your feet on the north wall. Aim for the tiny notch. 20) Old Age Never Comes-start standing at the NW Arete and crank up into the dished slab on the west face. A sds would be very difficult. 21) Raw-start standing at the NW Arete (problem 20) and instead of climbing up, traverse and heel hook right until you reach the SW arête and ascend this. 22) Project for someone fit. Someone needs to ascend the west face of the south rock using neither arêtes. 23) Simon Parboosingh Power Hour*** Certainly the hardest problem at Split Rock. This problem ascends the west face with a sds between the south boulder and the MAD Traverse Boulder. Right hand starting on the sw arête and your left where ever you can and huck up the arête with your right hand eventually aiming for a small dish on the lip at the top of the west face. Watch the spine breaking rock behind you. The next four great problems all start at the SW Arete. 24) Slap Me Silly***-sds with a huck up and slightly right of the arete. Traverse left and grab the fin near the top. Continue left and up. A small dish (same dish as on route 23) at the lip helps execute the final move. 25) Mr. Kinnee***-sds. When Slap Me Silly goes left you go right and once you can properly stand on the large foothold on the south face head straight up. 26) Side Pull City**-start standing (some folks use the MAD Traverse boulder to start) and head up and right using only side pulls. This problem traverse the whole south face as it gently ascends. The crux is close to the very end. Top out on the SE Arete (problem 14). 27) Mr. Kinnee Does Side Pull City***-sds to the above problem. 28) Little Feet -sds the left side of the south face. Head for the thin edge where the plate of rock has been broken away. Use the side pulls near the top. 29) Sunday Morning After Church***- start standing with your right hand on a rounded hold just to the left off the SE Arete (most likely above your head). Left hand on one of the two small edges above your head. This problem has virtually no footholds. Toss up and grab the right sloping large edge at the top of the wall. Try to stick on the wall and head up and over. A very old route (even before sticky rubber). Can a sds be done? 30) Talking to Americans-sds on The SE Arete and with difficulty traverse into and top out on Sunday Morning After Church. 31) Fe Fi Fo Fum***-this is a traverse of the south rock starting and ending at the NW arête (problem 20). Start standing and ascend Raw. Sneak around the SW Arete and onto Side Pull City and continue around the rock back to the NW arête. Mad Traverse Boulder 32) The Mad Traverse**-sds at the west side of the small boulder that you can easily sit on. Heel hook you’re way around the entire boulder until you either burn out or are not small enough to continue. Great fun at the end of your bouldering session

Located in Willow Springs, Ragged Edges is arguably the most popular area in Red Rocks for short trad routes. Rock quality is very good and it is only a 5-10 minute walk from the Picnic Area parking lot. Most routes do not have top anchors and thus require rappelling from neighboring anchors or a walk off. The namesake route and Chicken Eruptus are both considered Red Rocks classics.

Sector 4 has a wide variety of routes in terms of style and difficulty. The right side of Sector 4 (from Chicken Heads to Grune Raupe) gets shade in the early morning from around 7 - 10 am, while the rest of the sector is in the sun all morning. All of Sector 4 gets shade by early afternoon.

Rodellar, tucked into the Sierra de Guara in Aragón, is one of Europe’s premier limestone sport climbing destinations. Famous for its sweeping tufas, dramatic caves, and athletic endurance routes, the area draws climbers from around the world, especially in summer when the deep canyons provide shade and a vibrant international scene. Style • Steep, overhanging limestone with long stamina pitches • Powerful tufa climbing, knee-bars, and technical roof sequences • Grades typically from 6b to 9a+, with concentration in the 7c–8c range Best Season • Summer: Shade in the Mascún canyon keeps conditions climbable despite the heat • Spring/Autumn: Cooler temps and less crowded, though some walls seep Notable Sectors • Gran Bóveda – Iconic tufa cathedral with pumpy endurance lines • Las Ventanas – Striking arch formations, photogenic and steep • La Surgencia – Diverse routes, including mid-grade classics Practical Info • Access: 2–3 hrs drive from Zaragoza. Approach trails lead directly from the village into the Mascún gorge • Village: Small but lively in summer; climber-friendly bars, camping, and hostels • Rest Days: Canyoning, hiking, or swimming in the turquoise Mascún river Character Rodellar is not just a climbing spot but a summer community hub—social, scenic, and physically demanding. Expect big moves, big pump, and a lot of kneebar rests.

Big Rock is a large quartzite glacial erratic located in a field directly off the highway near Okotoks. It is considered a tourist destination, therefore access is easy (there is a parking lot and paved path leading up to it).

updated photo topos available at: http://27crags.com/crags/big-choss/topos/lesser-slabside

In theory there are three boulders here. In reality, there is one actual boulder and two tiny chest height boulders. You'll have more fun if you stick to the big one. Grippy, coarse granite and dries very fast. Most of the business is at the bottom, with easy top-outs. The tree on the north face is now gone. The Big Boulder: The side facing the road has harder problems, while the side facing into the forest has easier problems. Downclimb to descend.

[Area guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ieJob95IGgNQkCpK5_5aiCq97Ni-6ATs6rpPgtObCXk) • Step 1. Getting to the Hartland landfill When leaving Victoria head toward the ferries. Before you head up the last hill out of town there is the Royal Oak exit. Take this exit and then turn left and cross the bridge over the highway. After crossing the bridge you will hit your first set of lights. Go straight through this intersection and then take a right at the next lights. The road you will be turning onto will be West Saanich road. Follow this road for quite a while until you seen Hartland road on your left. Turn onto this road and follow it until just before you head into the dump. There is a big parking lot at to the right off the road. Pull in there and park. • Step 2. Getting to the boulders Once parked, follow the mountain bike trail to the left of the road. You will follow the fence for a while and then pass the skills area. Next you will head downward and cross a creek and then climb a small hill. At the top of the hill you'll want to take a left onto one of the bike trails. Follow this trail for about 7 minutes until you hit one of the small clearings. There should be a big piece of scrap metal beside the start of the trail. Take this trail down the hill. This trail will join up with another trail. When this happens, go right. Follow this trail for about 10 minutes along the lake. After passing the lake you should start to see the start of the bouldering area off to your left. Keep heading down the trail, always keeping to the left. After crossing a couple logs the trails will take a sharp turn to the left and you should end up a the overhang wall.

The Big Rig is the hard to see cliff face amongst the pile of rubble. Although it doesn't look like much, it's gently overhung to vertical and around 13 meters tall: the tallest wall in prince George.

This area features agreat assortment of quality bouldering scattered throughout thebeautiful larch forests below the towering cliffs of the Cat Wall. There are a wide variety of gradesand most of the problems tend to be on steep, quality Gneiss involving big moves with good landings. There is certainly potential for more routes here and variations due to the nature of the rock; great holds everywhere! There are also many smaller boulders that have been climbed, but not recorded. A wide variety of wildlife is quite common in these parts including:black bear, wild turkeys, cougars, deer, & big horn sheep, and the forest is especially nice in fall when the larch’s needles change into a spectacular golden color; a truly magnificent little place.... [TOPO](https://www.dropbox.com/s/3jkyhs3ji0s92yi/Cat%20Boulders.pdf) - [source](http://justanotheroutdoorpage.blogspot.ca/p/bouldering-toposguides.html)

The Big Eddy boulders are just one minute past the bridge outside of town along the Columbia River. Just a few boulders but still a fun place for beginners, broken climbers, or for anyone who can't stop thinking about rocks.

This 30m wide area is dominated by a tiered overhanging buttress which is split by the sunning roof crack known as The Big Gulp.

Located within Big Hill Springs Provincial Park is a single sandstone boulder likely about 8-10-feet tall. As with all sandstone, this boulder retains moisture after rainfall, and the rock must be completely dry to climb. Climbing on wet rock may cause breakage of holds. Please restrict climbing to this boulder only, as the tufa formations elsewhere in the park have been fenced off for protection and preservation.

Big House has two main walls one with long 25-30 meter routes and the other has shorter steep bouldery routes in the 15 meter range. There is some excellent rock and some recent development to either side of these walls also.

The first big bouldering area at constitution hill. Big granite slide under the sport and trad crags. This slide is home to a few super classic boulders in the v6-v7 range, and lots of great harder and easier lines to be had as well! This whole slide gets super hot in the summer but dries out fast during the shoulder seasons. Futuro is much cooler during the summer months. Highlights of this area are ZigZag and Toehook Cave.

Recently developed sport crag with adjacent boulders at the base. Boulder field found and made accessible/ started the establishing process by Tom and Ben Piche and Danny Plonka. Big thanks for making the map Andrew Black!! The routes will hopefully be added in the future but will take longer and are being done by alot of different people so route names and grades are written on small rocks below each climb for now. The best way to travel along the crag even for boulders is along the wall. The dip down in the path below the big cheese boulder is now a mess of downed trees. [BOULDERING GUIDE (June 20, 2022)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ncJ-WYBsgwjqmxRyoKnBMZUMmYlntKWh/view?usp=sharing) Printing Beta (Print > Page Setup > Sizing > Booklet) (Print on both sides > Flip on short edge). [Boulder GPS coordinates](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qQGlNtmDq5ipGT-Dynekn-59uUt8aJYV/view?usp=sharing) This file is a KMZ file, which can be opened and viewed using Google Earth. For some devices, visibility of the map may be obstructed by 3D view. To removed 3D view, Go into Settings > Map Style > Turn Off 3D Buildings. Desktop viewers can remove 3D view by viewing historical imagery. This KMZ file also has some photo-guide markups and climb descriptions when you select a boulder icon. Boulders and trails GPS surveyed by Cameron Andrew (May/June 2023). All locations are accurate 1ft [The Nomad Roof Topo](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GEl8WEVZE8KtHXOccHLybHJ1o3XmqsLw/view)

[NANAIMO BOULDERING GUIDE](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PYZZcl4dBR3U6ha-VNCc-cEcWD6dJLwp/view?usp=sharing) Conglomerate sandstone bouldering in one of the best locations on the Island. Bring your swimwear and a towel if you plan on coming here in the summer. [Nanaimo River Flow Monitoring](https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/report/real_time_e.html?stn=08HB034) *With a water level of 1.5m recorded at the monitoring station, the only lower river boulders underwater or partially underwater are Amphibian and Underwater Horse Massacre, everything else is climbable. *Boulders actually in the river such as Clairvoyance, Fortune Cat, and Bass Hole are climbable at 0.62m. Serene seems to require a landing as it always has water under it.* *The Dragon Claw / Zen Garden area is hard to predict early in the year. Big ponds form there when the river is high that take a while to dry up. Also this area can collect a lot of big logs and debris from the winter. It is best to ask a Nanaimo resident if you are planning on making a trip just to climb around Dragon Claw.*

Lakit offers some great, Pumpy Climbing just 15mins from Cranbrook. Here you will find 1 pitch sport routes of slopey ledges, crimps and big bubble jugs that are perfect to flame up your forearms in a dreadfully short amount of time this are offers routes from 5.7 to 5.14. Bolts can be quite rusty on some route.

Ciénega de Gonzales is a quiet little mountain town. The stores are only open Friday through Sunday. So bring supplies as it is more expensive up here. The main areas are easily accessed through 10-50 minutes hikes. La palma gets morning shade as well as the main areas. But afternoon shade come to the main areas as well after about 1-3pm depending on the time of the year. Hot in summer, cold in winter. Mosquitoes and gnats are an issue and there isn't much water in town. Tread lightly as there are many user groups in the area. The big side by sides are horrible. A nice change from Protrero and much better if you can climb above 5.11.

One of Leavenworth's most popular bouldering areas. A lovely assortment of problems of all difficulties, and mostly nice flat landings. Don't be suprised to see big crowd's on peak season weekends.

Drive to the Ghost wilderness area. Turn right after going down the big hill.

Park by bridge. Walk along the road for a while, then cross the rails when you see a small path on the other side of them. Walk up the hill and you will see a big rock.

quiet crag shaded by big old maple trees. no highway noise just running water. Currently under development by Shaun Bent. June 2014

Ravens Crag is home to Banff National Parks best water sculpted Limestone. The silver and black streaked walls are very high in quality, offering extremely cryptic, powerful, gymnastic, steep climbing. Expect interesting holds such as small crimps, powerful underclings, pencil pinches, high friction slopers, gastons, flat holds and sharp jugs of the sulphuric stone type. The first pitches are short because they pack such a punch!! The crag was first envisioned in the 90's by Peter Arbic with interesting holds throughout. In 2015-16 routes were all retrofitted with glue-ins as seepage can be a concern at this north facing wall. New development on Fun Club Ledge has popped up two new longer pitches. Alpine feeling indeed, taking in the view from these longer pitches such as Nevermore 12b being Uber classic. The Masque P2 as well as Telltale Heart P2 being the absolute Gem’s of the crag. Mega classic, airy and sandbagged. We recommend Telltale Heart P1 as a warm up. Bring a jacket as the crag stays chilly even in August. Look out for the big old boy, Raven who guards over the crag and enjoy, Banff's best sport climbing. Oh, yeah this is home to one of Canadas hardest climbs. ;)