Niagara Glen
Southern Ontario’s premier bouldering destination.
Sources
- The Extensive Guidebook PDF. Credit to the original author.
- Numerous social media posts.
Disclaimer
Please note that this data is not complete. It is a work in progress. It is not meant to supplant the excellent printed guidebook which you should definitely purchase. This is meant to act as a supplement, and aid in the categorization of the numerous videos we’ve indexed.
Routes
| Name | Grade ↑ | Star rating | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin I | V6 | ⭐ | SDS middle of boulder on left hand mono, and right hand crimp. Place feet on two low edges, pull up hard, hit a side pull, bump to jug and TO |
| Contact | V6+ | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Right on Life's sloper, left on crimp. Up to sloper, gaston & small edge, grab jug left of edge & TO. |
| Energy Crisis | V6+ | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Climb Delicatessan & the climb Pica. |
| Life O'Reilly | V6+ | ⭐ | Climb the face right of No U-Turn. TO. |
| My Upside-down Milkshake | V6+ | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Opposite Delicate. SDS on large pocket, up/left on small crimp, match sloping edge, fire to huge hole in boulder, exit hole. |
| Ripple Direct | V6+ | ⭐ | Climb direct start to ripple on sidepulls. |
| The Big C | V6+ | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Opposite Amnesia. SDS left in obvious pocket, right in undercling farther down. Throw to huge sloper, TO. |
| The Hunter | V6+ | ⭐⭐ | Start as for Snake Eyes. Move straight up right hand face to obvious large ledge. |
| The Shining | V6+ | ⭐⭐⭐ | SDS at right side at base of shallow dihedral, on deep 2-finger pocket. Up/right on underclings & pinches to finishing jugs on arête. |
| Threesome | V6+ | ⭐ | SDS with right on left hand of Mangler, left on pocket thing. Slap arête & up on crimps. Finish as for Mangler. |
| What Hands Can Grasp | V6+ | - | SDS in cleft, left on sloping rail, right low on large sidepull. Up/left to 2 opposing pinches, left on crimps to vertical slot. TO. |
| Anti Hero | V7 | ⭐⭐ | Start at lip left of Novacane on blocky pinch & crimp, campus to sharp edge above, finish on huge slot/rail above. |
| Approaching Guiding Light | V7 | ⭐⭐ | SDS on left side of 45 wall in cave, left on a u-shaped crimp, right on pinch. Hit good edge, cross to sloper & hit lip. TO. |
| Asian friends | V7 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Same start as Help from wife... except that you go left hand to far part of top sloper instead of divot. |
| Back To His Future | V7 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | SDS at corner. on sidepull/underclings. Up/left to gaston & right facing slopey sidepull. Finish on jug. |