Calabogie
A 10 minute hike to the boulders. There are a couple of projects. The best time to go is during spring or fall for good temps and to avoid the bugs (it is beside a swamp).
Resources
Kaya — Calabogie. As near I can tell this is the most up to date guidebook for Calabogie.
Free Guidebooks
Both guidebooks are authored by Jason Alleman and Kristal Dubois. They differ slightly in content and organization.
Conditions
DryRoutes
| Name | Grade ↑ | Star rating | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Fire Upon the Deep | V5 | ⭐⭐ | Sit start with left hand on the good low undercling and right hand on the small seam/crimp. Climb up and right to join
Dreamweaver |
| Apogee | V5 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Start right of Orbital Insertion with your left hand on the sloping lip and right hand on a side pull edge. Make a couple of hard
moves up the blunt arête. |
| Astraphobia | V5 | ⭐ | Fear of thunder and lightening. Sit start matched on the sloping edge under the roof and climb out. Needs to be re-cleaned. |
| Canoes for Canadians | V5 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Sit start under the prow with right on pinch and left on a low edge. Climb up. The stand start is also nice and goes at V1ish. Start left hand on arête, right hand on crimp in the face. Top out straight over prow. |
| Cruxifiction | V5 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Flight of the Majestic Porcupine | V5 | - | Start on a small high crimp where the boulders meet. Climb left through the sloped lip and top out at the apex of the overhang |
| Helm's Deep | V5 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Sit start on blocky quartz crystals. Climb straight up through crimps to top out above the notch on the arête. |
| Icarus | V5 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Start on the large jug in the corridor, 7 ft up. Figure out how to get to the top of the sloping lip above. Can be done statically or
dynamically and feels like two completely different problems depending on which you choose. A sit start has also been done at
the same grade, but might only be accessible for tall folk. |
| Ice Breaker | V5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Morpheus | V5 | ⭐ | Sit start at the base of the lip and follow it up and right all the way to the top. |
| Overpass | V5 | ⭐⭐ | Start right hand on high side pull, left hand on low side pull with thumb catch. Climb the face up to and over the first bolt of Windego. A sit start has also been done
starting on the same left hand side pull and a low right hand crimp. Both the sit and the stand start feel about V5 if you're short. The stand start will feel easier if you're tall, but the sit start feels about V5. |
| Palpable Tension | V5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | (aka Ken's Super Slab) Climb up the slab using the sweet left facing corner. There are a couple of ways to start, but if you want
to do it in the style of the first ascent: start right hand on the high sloping side pull, right foot in the obvious notch at the lip and left hand pressed on the slab. |
| Perigee | V5 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Start as for Orbital Insertion, but climb straight up onto the slab, eliminating the arête on the left as you top out. |
| Pulp Friction | V5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Sit start matched on the large sloping ledge and figure out how to climb up. |
| Put Dr. Mark to the Test | V5 | ⭐⭐⭐ |