5 Spring Climbing Areas

IN WESTERN CANADA

1 Yamnuska

West of Calgary, historic multi-pitch climbing with eight-pitch sport and trad routes.

2 Echo Canyon

Find hard sport climbs on southfacing walls on Grotto Mountain in Canmore.

3 Back of the Lake

Moderate and difficult classic quartzite cragging near Lake Louise.

4 Skaha

Interior B.C. crags with hundreds of five-star classic sport and trad routes.

5 Smoke Bluffs

Easy access trad climbing close to Squamish.