Thunder Bay Climbing – New Routes & Updates

NEW ROUTES & UPDATES

Thanks for visiting this end of the website. This page was created so that climbers living and visiting Northwest Ontario can have easy access to the most recent updated new route information! It was also created as a way for route developers to share and compile information about new routes and updates in the Thunder Bay Region.

 

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Check out the region’s latest comprehensive guidebook by Aric Fishman:
Thunder Bay Climbing: A Guide to Northwest Ontario’s Best Kept Secret (2nd Ed.)

 

 

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NEW ROUTES & UPDATES:

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On this page you will find New Routes listed first, followed by Updates to already established routes. 

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Silver Harbour

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Silver Harbour – Wild West Wall

Style: Trad

Route Name:  Read Between The Lines

Grade: 5.10c/d

Route Description: A bit of a spicy new route between ‘Tan Lines’ and ‘Stretch To The Moon’. Climb the obvious crack system that starts in an open book corner. Still a bit dirty and some looseness inside the wide section after the super thin crack, but will clean up nicely. Start by climbing up the open book (feel free to reach around to the nice pinch/crack around the right side) until you can get established in the wide crack above. Instead of placing small gear in the flake found inside the next wide section, place some wide pro instead since the flake is kinda loose…will clean it better soon. The right wall for the feet is not necessarily out of bounds for the second half of the route, but try to stick to the crack system for a greater challenge. Continue up to the hand crack and bust out some cruxy moves using thin holds on the outside of the crack. Get into the fist crack and either jam or layback your way into the fingers section above. Some more cruxy moves to get to the top with a fresh 2 bolt rappel anchor on the face.

F.A: Aric Fishman (TR Rope Solo), May 15th, 2023

F.F.A: Aric Fishman (Lead Rope Solo), May 15th, 2023

Gear: Gear to #6

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Silver Harbour – Shady Grove area

Style: Sport

Route Name:  Bam

Grade: 5.8 (8 meters)

Route Description: This is a new sport line that shares the same start of ‘Middle Man’. Climb up the ledges and get into the open book feature just to the right of ‘Face The Elements’. From the top of the open book feature commit to staying on the left wall and then continue up to the top to the 2 bolt rappel anchor.

F.A & F.F.A: Michelle Balto, Aric Fishman & Brandon Pullan, September 13, 2023.

Gear: 5 bolts

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Silver Harbour – First Impressions Wall

Style: Mixed

Route Name:  Triple Action

Grade: 5.10c/d

Route Description: Directly to the left of ‘Record Body Count’ is an interesting new line with 3 distinct mini cruxes. Climb up the blocks on the right side of the prominent ledge system. Get up on the ledge and then get into the awesome crack on the right face. This crack quickly gets cruxy, so utilize the face crimp on the right and small feet to help you get through and up to the bolt. Bust out right to the flat jugs on the arete to the right. A couple moves on good holds gets you to the next mini crux. Move out left from the arete to gain the small crack when it opens back up, and then continue up to the top with good holds.

F.A: Aric Fishman, May 17th, 2023

F.F.A: Aric Fishman and Andy Noga, October 22nd, 2023

Gear: 3 bolts and 2x #0.5’s

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Silver Harbour – Shady Grove area

Route Name: Duo Tang (Updated Route)

Description of Update: Previously listed in the book as a Top-Rope route, Duo Tang is now fully bolted with 5 bolts plus a new chain anchor on the face. Start up the blocks leading to a corner and clip your first high bolt on the right. From there don’t stay in the corner, instead bust out onto the face directly above the first bolt with a series of jugs leading all the way to the top. Now that it’s fully clean it feels more like a 5.9, not 5.10a as I have it listed in the book.

FFA: Aric Fishman and Teresa Harris, June 6, 2023.

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Silver Harbour (First Impressions Wall)

Route Name: ‘Iron First’ & ‘Will Power’ (Updated Route)

Description of Update: New rappel anchor added, now making these routes have a 2 bolt rappel anchor instead of the 1 bolt rappel anchor + tree.

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Submitted by: Patrick Martel

Route Location: Silver Harbour – Silverline Wall left

Route Name: Cliffhanger (Updated Route)

Description of Update: This route was retro bolted in July of 2023 with an additional bolt to eliminate the classic but sketchy whipper at the crux. Quick clips above the roof were also added to help the rope stay out of the crack when rappelling or top-roping this route.

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Submitted by: Patrick Martel

Route Location: Silver Harbour – Silverline Wall left

Route Name: President’s Choice (Updated Route)

Description of Update: Retro bolted in July of 2023, this route now has 5 fresh bolts. The old bolts have been removed.

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Submitted by: Patrick Martel

Route Location: Silver Harbour – First Impressions Wall

Route Name: Greco (Updated Route)

Description of Update: A 2 bolt rappel anchor was added to the top of Greco in July of 2023.

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Silver Harbour – Shady Grove area

Route Name: Middle Man (Updated Route)

Description of Update: This route now has a few bolts at the start. Utilize the first few bolts that were placed on the new route ‘Bam’ that’s listed above in the New Routes section of this page.

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Silver Harbour – Shady Grove area

Route Name: Digit Damage (Updated Route)

Description of Update: This route between ‘Perspiring Buckets’ and ‘Balancing Act’ is now fully equipped as a sport climb.

F.F.A: Aric Fishman & Andy Noga, October 1, 2024.

Gear: 5 bolts + 2 bolt chain anchor at the top.

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Pass Lake

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Pass Lake (Long Wall)

Route Name: Flake and Bake (Updated Route)

Description of Update: 2 bolts added, 9 bolts total.

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The Outbreak Wall

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Community Blocks area.

Style: Sport

Route Name: Little Spoon

Grade: 5.10c (29 meters)

Route Description: Around the corner just left of ‘Echo Location’. Start on the right side of the wall and do a couple moves to gain the foot ledge with the first bolt. Continue straight up finding a continuous series of awesome jugs until they run out on the face. Bust out right to go up the crack for a few moves and then get onto a nice little foot rest. Go up the buttress, finding nice holds exactly when you need them either around left or around right. Weave your way out left onto the face and then out right again to reach the blocky jugs. Continue out left on the main face with a series of jugs and horns, and get ready for the crux, unlocking the sequence of moves that gets you onto the ledge above. Do the sequence just right and it’ll feel fine, don’t get it right and it’ll feel hard. Get onto the ledge and clip a bolt up high before continuing your way to the top. There is a 2 bolt chain anchor on the obvious ledge. This is a super fun line.

F.A: Aric Fishman & Andy Noga, May 24, 2023.

F.F.A: Aric Fishman & Andy Noga, June 21, 2023.

Gear: 15 bolts

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Community Blocks area.

Style: Sport

Route Name: Big Spoon

Grade: 5.11c (29 meters)

Route Description: Around the corner just left of ‘Echo Location’. Start up the middle of the wall just a couple of meters left of Little Spoon. A few tricky moves down low gets you up to the horizontal cracks in the first scoop where you can move out left to gain a nice foot ledge with a little crack system above. Head up the pinchy crack feature until you get to a low-cut roof. Some great handholds and footholds will get you up the next flowy section. Once at the top of the stemming where the wall swoops back into the overhanging section is when you will need to kick it into high gear. A stellar series of bouldery moves gets you to a thank god jug, but it ain’t over yet. Keep going up with a continuous series of bouldery moves broken up by decent holds to shake out and clip. Negotiate the top section and get up onto the big ledge up top with a 2 bolt chain anchor to rappel back down. This is a really really good climb.

F.A: Aric Fishman & Andy Noga, May 27, 2023.

F.F.A: Aric Fishman & Dane Latimer, Sept 11, 2023.

Gear: 16 bolts (1 fixed draw)

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Community Blocks area.

Style: Sport

Route Name: Trembling Aspen

Grade: 5.10b (17 meters)

Route Description: Directly to the left of ‘Echo Location’ is a really fun new 5.10 sport route. Start on the face and then go left to the arête using a series of jugs until you get to a nice foot ledge before the headwall above. The wall from here gets slightly overhanging and a bit more cruxy. Continue up the arête, and feel free to put a foot on the left wall when it makes sense to do so, but don’t get sucked in too far left because near the top you will need to bust out right to get to the 2 bolt rappel anchor on the face.

F.A: Dane Latimer & Aric Fishman, June 23, 2023.

F.F.A: Dane Latimer & Aric Fishman, June 28, 2023.

Gear: 9 bolts

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Submitted by: Dane Latimer

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Community Blocks area

Style: Sport

Route Name: White Rabbit

Grade: 5.11d

Route Description: On the face between ‘Critical Communication’ and ‘Rain or Shine’. A super techy face climb. Begin on the ledge and head up the nice crack in a dihedral that leads to a small roof. Move out right at the roof and gain a wicked series of crimp rails that are seemingly just in the right places at the right times. Move out left slightly to continue up the face, and after a wicked jug get ready for a reachy and bouldery series of moves for the rest of the climb to a 2 bolt rappel anchor on the face.

F.A: Dane Latimer & Ryan Benjamin, June 10, 2023.

F.F.A: Dane Latimer & Ryan Benjamin, June 19, 2023.

Gear: 10 bolts

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Community Blocks area

Style: Trad

Route Name: Raise the Roof (pitch 2)

Grade: 5.10b (15 meters)

Route Description: From the bolted anchor on the ledge at the top of the first pitch, continue up and right to the next ledge and then head up to the corner crack that swoops back out to the left, using a series of underclings and jams in the crack and footholds on the left face. The crack begins to get wider and cruxier the higher you go. Get through the roof on decent handjams and a hidden nice hold, and then work your way up the headwall fist crack that goes to the top. At the big ledge on top find a bolted chain anchor to belay your partner, and then rappel back down about 15 meters or so to the previous bolted rappel anchor. 2 rappels back down using a single 60-70m rope.

F.A: Aric Fishman & Jamie Funk, July 27, 2023

F.F.A: Aric Fishman, July 29, 2023

Gear: Gear to #4

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Submitted by: Dane Latimer

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Pillars of Passion area

Style: Sport

Route Name: Reading Rainbow

Grade: 5.12d (40 meters)

Route Description: Reading Rainbow is located at the Jungle Book sector at the Outbreak Wall (the farthest left section of the Pillars Of Passion walls as described in the guidebook). Climb the route to the top anchor at about 40 meters or around 35 meters to the first anchor. The grade doesn’t change much either way, so don’t be shy, take it to the top. Use long draws on #10 and #11 to reduce rope drag. This route is long, sustained, delicate, balancey, pumpy, exposed, beautiful! Great sun exposure for colder days, but might be more challenging if the sun is hawt… small holds feel a lot smaller.

F.A: Dane Latimer, November 2023

F.F.A: Dane Latimer, April 2024

Gear: 25 bolts

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Submitted by: Dane Latimer

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Pillars of Passion area

Style: Sport

Route Name: Shere Khan

Grade: 5.12b (33 meters)

Route Description: Shere Khan is located at the Jungle Book sector at the Outbreak Wall (the farthest left section of the Pillars Of Passion walls as described in the guidebook). Using the fixed line, ascend to the belay ledge to begin the route. Shere Khan is the route to the right of the middle corner crack ‘The Jungle Book’. From the belay ledge climb through a series of technical crimps and bouldery side pulls to gain access to the network of horizontal ledges as you move from the right to the left side of the face. A couple hard to see holds could make this a challenging onsight. The upper section tends to seep after a heavy rainfall but the holds are good enough to climb, even when damp.

F.A: Dane Latimer, May 2024

F.F.A: Dane Latimer, June 2024

Gear: 14 bolts

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Pillars of Passion area

Style: Mixed

Route Name: The Jungle Book

Grade: 5.10c (35 meters)

Route Description: The Jungle Book is located at the farthest left section of the Pillars Of Passion walls as described in the guidebook, and is nestled between ‘Reading Rainbow’ and ‘Shere Khan’. Using the fixed line, ascend or self belay to the big ledge to begin the route. Head deep into the chimney chasm and begin stemming up using some face holds until you can reach the nice hand crack deep in the corner. Go up the crack until the roof above, and then some cruxy moves to get through the roof. Some finger locks, side pulls, and tight hand jams through the next section. Negotiate the wide crack, and then the wide v-slot offwidth above. Stay on the outside using a combination of offwidth technique and face holds/foot holds. A long section of hands and fists in a left facing corner, with occasional jugs, will get you to the top of the crack.

F.A: Aric Fishman, May 30, 2024

F.F.A: Aric Fishman, June 2, 2024

Gear: 7 bolts + gear to #4 (triples in #0.5-#2 useful if you wanted to stitch it up)

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – The Arsenal area

Style: Sport

Route Name: Thunderdome

Grade: 5.12a (35 meters)

Route Description: This awesome climb on a beautiful white and black streaked wall is found in The Arsenal area of the Outbreak Wall (see guidebook), the next sector just left of the Pillars Of Passion area). Start by climbing up to the small ledge just left of the middle face, and then use a couple of jugs on the face before doing some bouldery moves to cut out right around the corner. After the pinchy feature and decent rest, head straight up the pumpy layback feature with the occasional good hold. At the top of the laybacks, do a big move up and left to the mini ledge, and then reach back out to the right to continue up using a series of techy crimps, sidepulls, pinches and rails. At the mini roof, prepare for some pretty cruxy moves, through a section that seeps after rain, making it more difficult. Get through this cruxy section, and get up onto the big ledge for a solid rest before the final moves to the top. From the ledge, head up the arête while utilizing the face on the left to begin and then stick to the arête the rest of the way. Amazing route. 2 bolt rappel anchor at the top on the face.

F.A: Aric Fishman, June 15 2024

F.F.A: Aric Fishman, July 8 2024

Gear: 20 bolts

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – The Arsenal area

Style: Sport

Route Name: Road Warrior

Grade: 5.11d (23 meters)

Route Description: This crimpy and technical climb is found in The Arsenal area of the Outbreak Wall (see guidebook), the next sector just left of the Pillars Of Passion area), and is on the same wall as ‘Thunderdome’. Starts the same as ‘Thunderdome’ for the first 3 bolts, but then you head up and then out left on crimp rails. Weave your way right and left going up the thin face until you get to the small ledge. A reachy and cruxy sequence gets you above the ledge, and then continue up on bigger holds to the top. 2 bolt rappel anchor on the face before the big ledge.

F.A: Dane Latimer, June 21 2024

F.F.A: Dane Latimer, June 27 2024

Gear: 14 bolts

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Split Rock area

Style: Sport

Route Name: Wiggles and Giggles

Grade: 5.9 (31 meters)

Route Description: This cool new chimney climb is a great one to do on a hot day, and is quite fun. It is found directly to the right of ‘Caver’s Chasm’, so follow the directions of how to get to this spot by looking in the guidebook. At the top of the fixed line that gets you to the base of these routes, there is a newly bolted rappel anchor on the face in between ‘Caver’s Chasm’ and ‘Wiggles and Giggles’. From this anchor, clip a bolt on the right to prevent a factor 2 fall, and then head into the chimney on your right. Proceed upward, wiggling and giggling your way up to the top. You will notice part way up the climb that there are sticks acting as ‘ribs’ in a chockstone. Don’t worry, this is not to hold the chockstone in place.. instead these rib sticks were put there to help prevent your rope from getting stuck in this chockstone when pulling your rope after rappelling back down. There is a 2 bolt rappel anchor at the top of the climb. Enjoy!

F.A: Aric Fishman and Andy Noga, September 28, 2024

F.F.A: Aric Fishman and Andy Noga, October 4, 2024

Gear: 19 bolts

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Pillars of Passion area

Route Name: I Can See The Light (Updated Route)

Description of Update: I Can See The Light is now a fully bolted wicked 2 pitch sport route. It can also be done as 1 long mega pitch (50 meters total), but you can also break it up into 2 pitches to reduce rope drag. The first pitch has 18 bolts, 5.11c, 35 meters. The second pitch has 9 bolts, 5.9, 15 meters. 2 rappels back down to the ground with 70m rope.

F.F.A: Aric Fishman, May 2024

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: The Outbreak Wall – Split Rock area

Route Name: Stem Cell (Updated Route)

Description of Update: The route ‘Stem Cell’ now has a second pitch that is fully bolted and quite fun! It goes at about 5.10c, has 9 bolts, is approximately 15 meters, and has a 2 bolt chain anchor at the top. From the big ledge at the top of the first pitch, head left into the corner. Work your way straight up the corner system, stemming out when needed, and get through a few cruxy sequences between big holds. At the horizontal rail in the middle of the left face, step out left onto it and then continue up to the roof. Exit out left and get through the tricky moves before reaching some more nice holds above. Get through the final sequences that get you to the top and enjoy the view from up there! A full 35 meter rappel with a 70m rope will get you all the way back to the ground, or do 2 rappels if you only have a 60m rope.

F.F.A: Aric Fishman and Andy Noga, September 21, 2024

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Claghorn

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Submitted by: Brent Clark

Route Location: Claghorn – Long Wall (right)

Style: Mixed

Route Name:  ManBearPig

Grade: 5.10-

Route Description: Route begins 3m left of General Anesthesia. Start up with big pulls on good holds moving towards the first bolt. There is a block beneath the first bolt, it moves but it does not come out. Transition out left and continue up a mix of face/crack to a small roof. Commit to the burly handcrack on poor feet to get established in the vertical crack. Continue up to the hand/fist crack anchor enjoying positive face holds and a kneebar no hand rest, if you can find it. The FFA was done without the first bolt in place due to a hardware issue. Rappel the route, or continue up the second short pitch to top out (Well worth it!)

F.A: Brent Clark, 2021

F.F.A: Brent Clark, May 14, 2023

Gear: 0.1-#4, doubles 0.4-#1

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Orient Bay

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Orient Bay – The Shield

Style: Sport

Route Name: Myotis

Grade: 5.11d (35 meters)

Route Description: A full value climb that feels like a journey, find this rad new sport line about 20 meters to the left of ‘Chimney Sweep’. Climb up a few moves to reach the foot ledge, clip a bolt and prepare for the journey up this wall. Move up the varied face on a series of cool holds and through some tricky sequences, until you get to a point where it makes sense to start utilizing the pillar on your right near its top. Get on top of the pillar and take a breather while enjoying the sweet view. Continue your way up the face and keep it together through some burly and cruxy sequences that will give you a bit of a pump until you reach the 2 bolt rappel anchor. Make sure to put knots at the end of your rope when rappelling. 70 meter rope required.

F.A: Aric Fishman, August 23, 2023.

F.F.A: Aric Fishman, September 3, 2023.

Gear: 23 bolts

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Submitted by: Patrick Martel

Route Location: Orient Bay – Mt.Olympus

Style: Sport

Route Name: Epiphany (AKA Silver Platter)

Grade: 5.11b/c (4 pitches – 90 meters)

Route Description: This route is now fully completed, a 4 pitch sport route at Mount Olympus. The line mostly follows a grey and black striated streak on the cliff. The climb has been divided into 4 pitches instead of 3 to facilitate communication and take advantage of logical belay anchor spots. Pitches 2 & 3 or 3 & 4 could easily be linked. All anchors allow climbers to rappel back down the line. You will need at least a 60m rope.

Pitch 1 – The route starts on the first several bolts of ‘Wishing Well’, but it continues straight up when ‘Wishing Well’ goes to the right. It then traverses obliquely left toward a right facing dihedral. This is a crimpy sustained technical face climb that does not give up until you reach the anchor. Stickclip is highly suggested. 5.11b/c, 27 meters.

Pitch 2 – This pitch goes up the dihedral, once under the roof move left onto black and grey face to where the holds are bad slopers and the feet are pretty small. It thankfully gets easier as you progress up and right following a system of oblique cracks toward a ledge. 5.11a, 17 meters.
Pitch 3 – As per the guidebook description. Essentially go straight up the funky shaped black rock and then go out left at the top to reach a nice belay ledge. 5.9/5.10a, 15-17 meters (9 bolts).
Pitch 4 – As per the guidebook description. Move up a short ramp to the vertical face and traverse to the arête on the right, with only air below you. Climb both sides of arête up to the top. 5.10c/d, 25 meters (11 bolts).

F.A & F.F.A: Patrick Martel & Aric Fishman, August 22, 2023

Gear: Bring 15 quickdraws

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Orient Bay – The Shield

Style: Sport

Route Name: Release The Hounds

Grade: 5.10c (54 meters)

Route Description: A lovely new multipitch sport climb on the left side of The Shield.

Pitch 1, 5.10a, 16 bolts. Start with the juggy flake feature just to the left of the bolt line, and then head up and right to the first bolt. Can also be climbed directly straight up to it. Do some compression moves by utilizing the holds on the right and the left, squeezing your way up with good feet. A mix of jugs, side pulls, and occasional crimps will get you up this route. Near the top decide if you want to go out left to the arête or right on the face. End on the big ledge with a 2 bolt rappel anchor (there are also ‘quick clips’ installed if you want to just get lowered back down instead of rappelling).

Pitch 2, 5.10c, 16 bolts. From the ledge move left and then up the main wall using a continuous series of mega jugs that will make you smile. At the last big hold before the overhang, do a cruxy little sequence either going straight up, or using good holds on the left, and then get rewarded with another big jug at the start of the roof. Exit the roof going out right doing some wicked gymnastic moves with super cool holds. Once through the roof and on the headwall, enjoy the rest of the climb with a variety of big jugs, sweet sidepulls, and fun slopey-ish holds all the way to the 2 bolt rappel anchor at the top (there are also ‘quick clips’ installed here if you want to just get lowered back down to the ledge instead of rappelling).

*Note, there’s an additional 4 new routes in this same sector, will post more details soon, but they are good to go if you want to climb them, check the plaques at the base of the routes to find them. From left to right: Just to the right of ‘Myotis – 5.11d’ you will find ‘Mother’s Day Gift’ a 2 pitch sport route, P1 is 5.10b and P2 is 5.10d. To its right you will find ‘Mâchicoulis’ a 5.8 trad climb. Next is ‘Release The Hounds’ as is described above. To its right is ‘Dragon Scale Armour’ a 5.11a sport climb. And next is ‘Switchblade’ a sport route that goes at about 5.9/5.10a.

F.A & F.F.A: Pitch 1, Aric Fishman (lead rope solo), August 24, 2023. Pitch 2, Aric Fishman and Patrick Martel, September 16, 2024.

Gear: 16 bolts on pitch 1, 16 bolts on pitch 2.

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Submitted by: Aric Fishman

Route Location: Orient Bay – Mt.Olympus

Route Name: Soaring Eagle (Updated Route)

Description of Update: The first pitch has now been free’d. Description as per the guidebook.

F.F.A: ByungKyu Peter Song & Dustin Johnston-Jewell, August 23, 2023.

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