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Top Canadian Winter Climber Raphael Slawinski

Raphael Slawinski is a professor of physics at Mount Royal University in Calgary and a Piolet d’Or recipient. This short […]

Watch Sonnie Trotter on Family Man 5.14

This is a short clip documenting Sonnie Trotter’s first ascent of Family Man 5.14 in Skaha back in 2014. As […]

Weekend Stoker: Will Stanhope on Cobra Crack

Will Stanhope projecting Cobra Crack 5.14 in Squamish. Stanhope went on to make the fifth ascent of this classic route […]

Watch Will Meinen on Physiotherapy M7 at Rehab Wall

A couple winters ago, Will Meinen, Danny O’Farrell and Brandon Pullan developed some mixed routes at the back of Evan […]

Watch Ascent of Sea of Vapors WI6 in Rockies

Sea of Vapours is one of the world’s most notorious grade six ice climbs. Found high on Mount Rundle’s Trophy […]

Sea of Vapours is a Classic Rockies Ice Line

Sea of Vapours is the must-climb route on Banff’s Trophy Wall, but it rarely forms in its entirety. The Trophy […]

How Climbers Can Avoid the Dreaded Hunchback

There are a number of reasons climbers might end up with rounded upper back, hunched shoulders and ultimately a hunchback […]

Ontario’s Winter Blood Wall has Fun Mixed and Ice

Ontario has dozens of amazing ice routes and during the long, cold winter of 2013/14, a number of equally-amazing mixed […]

Ice Climb Cascade Falls, Rogan’s Gully and Urs Hole in Banff

Only minutes from Banff and close to Canmore, Cascade Mountain has a number of classic ice climbs on its eastern, […]

Watch Thanksgiving Climbing at Quebec’s Kamouraska

In Canada, Thanksgiving is a time for climbers to celebrate and give thanks at their favourite crag.  In Quebec, Kamouraska is […]