Video: Passage to Valhalla, a 100-metre Northern Ontario 5.12

October 15th, 2017 by gripped | Posted in East, Profiles, Routes, Video | No Comments »

In this drone footage, videographer Aric Fishman captures Duncan Hutchison and Kyle Brooks on the wild Passage to Valhalla with full fall colours behind. The 100-metre 5.12- climbs the most obvious line up Mount […]

Courage Highway is New Four-Pitch 5.11 in Northern Ontario

October 13th, 2017 by gripped | Posted in East, News, Profiles, Rock, Routes | No Comments »

Northern Ontario is a big place with a lot of rock, some of which is developed, most of which is not. A team of Ontario climbers have just establish a new multi-pitch called Courage […]

Montmorency Falls is Classic Quebec Ice Climb

October 6th, 2017 by Gripped Magazine | Posted in East, Profiles, Routes | No Comments »

Montmorency Falls Park offers one of the most classic ice climbs in Canada and one of the most-climbed ice routes in Quebec. The 120-metre wall of ice is only a 10-minute drive from Quebec […]

Duncan Hutchison Sends New 5.12 Ontario Finger Crack

September 29th, 2017 by gripped | Posted in East, News, Profiles, Rock, Routes | Comments Off on Duncan Hutchison Sends New 5.12 Ontario Finger Crack

Duncan Hutchison has been climbing for about 15 years and is based in Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario. He’s know for difficult off-the-couch sends from Ontario to Mexico and up to Squamish. In 2009, […]

10 Fun Fall Climbs at Ontario’s Mount Nemo

September 28th, 2017 by gripped | Posted in East, Profiles, Routes | Comments Off on 10 Fun Fall Climbs at Ontario’s Mount Nemo

Mount Nemo is one of Canada’s most historic and visited crags. Located southwest of Toronto, the limestone walls make up only one section of the Niagara Escarpment that stretches north to Georgian Bay. Over […]

Lucas Uchida Climbs Lion’s Head 5.13d Classic

September 25th, 2017 by gripped | Posted in East, News, Profiles, Rock, Routes | Comments Off on Lucas Uchida Climbs Lion’s Head 5.13d Classic

Ontario-based climber Lucas Uchida has climbed The Man in Me 5.13d at Lion’s Head in Ontario. In 2016, Uchida flashed Maxi Piesta 5.13c at Lion’s Head and in 2015 climbed God’s Own Stone 5.14a […]

Climb Sudbury Shows Off Central Ontario Stone and Ice

September 20th, 2017 by gripped | Posted in East, News, Profiles, Rock, Routes | Comments Off on Climb Sudbury Shows Off Central Ontario Stone and Ice

There is a relatively new climbing organization in Canada, which is located in Central Ontario. Found between the crags of the Niagara Escarpment and walls on the northwest shores of Lake Superior is the […]