Sonnie Trotter Frees Eight-Pitch Prow Wall 5.14 in Squamish

Sonnie Trotter has established many of Canada’s most difficult climbs and many of them have been on Canada’s West Coast. Yesterday, Trotter reported on his social media that he made the first free ascent of the Prow Wall and it goes in eight pitches at 5.14a. Squamish-based sender Tom Wright climbed with Trotter on the new hard free route.
The Prow was first climbed in 1968 by Dick Culbert and Bob Cuthbert. There have been a number of free routes added to this section of The Chief over the years. A few years ago, Trotter climbed Masher Crack to the Power of Yesterday from the ground. You can also climb Masher Crack to Goldrush at 5.13a.
Other routes on the wall include Teddy Bear’s Picnic 5.12d, Unbearable 5.12a (by Evan Stevens and partners, it’s the easiest route up the Prow Wall) and Speechless 5.13b (by Jeremy Blumel, it climbs the clean overhanging). Watch Trotter on his new route Battle of Evermore on the West Coast: