Sullivan Lake
Sullivan Lake is a beautiful area located about a half hour drive south west of the main Calabogie boulder area. In addition to the great climbing, it has amazing camping right on the lake, with great swimming access and a communal canoe and rowboat. It is well worth it to hike in a tent and supplies to spend a weekend camping.
It has around 70 established problems and features some of the largest boulders you will ever see. Large enough that there are also a handful of sport and trad routes.
Guide
You can download the mini PDF guide from the link below. It has been designed to be viewed on your phone.
Sullivan Lake Bouldering Mini Guide
Note
All credit to the aforementioned guide for this data.
Routes
| Name | Grade ↓ | Star rating | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dangers of Highballing | V4 | - | Squat start left hand on the sloping rail, right hand on the right lip. Move left up to the sloping dish then press it out. |
| The Scoop | V4 | - | Climb straight up the slabby scoop. Holds to the left on the arête are off. |
| Axis Granted | V3 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Start matched on the good ledge. Traverse right past the corner and top out on the slab above. |
| Babbling Brook | V3 | - | Start matched on the low ledge (sit start if you like) on the left side of the back face. Climb up. |
| Beaver Dam | V3 | - | Start as for Beaver Fever but move up and right to the crimp and top out above it. |
| Billy Goat Gruff | V3 | ⭐ | Start matched on a obvious right facing side pull. Pull on to feet and go for the jug up and left. Top out straight up. Grade likely
height dependent. |
| Bucket List | V3 | ⭐⭐ | Start with both hands in the horizontal seam. Climb the arête using crimps on either side of the arête to the glory finish jug. Choosing the best foot for your height is the key to the start. |
| Face Right of Echo | V3 | - | Climb face through underlings and crimps. |
| One Lake | V3 | ⭐⭐ | The arête 10 ft left of the right arête. Sit start with left hand on the arête and right on a small sharp crimp of your choice. Climb
the arête. |
| Prow right | V3 | - | Start on the right side of the ledge. Traverse left into the prow and top out. You can also top out directly above the start onto the
ledge. |
| Shindig | V3 | - | Start matched on the ledge at the base of the corner. Climb up and right using holds on the arête, then back into the corner to
top out. |
| The Egyptian Wave | V3 | ⭐ | Start on slopers on the left side of the wave feature and traverse right to top out in the centre of the wave. Possible sit start in the
middle from very small crimps. |
| Tip of the Iceberg | V3 | ⭐ | In the corridor opposite of Icarus. Start matched on the wide shallow pinch and climb up and slightly right to a good edge at
12 feet. Match and drop off. |
| Uncertainty Principle | V3 | - | Start left hand on high (7ft) side pull pinch on the arête, right hand on small side pull crimp to the right. Climb up to the large
sloping ledge and drop, or keep going as far as you can along the rail to the left. How far can you get? Very reachy. |
| False Start | V2 | - | Stand start on your choice of holds below the large ledge in the corner. Climb up through the ledge and finish standing on it. It's possible to continue climbing this up to the 3rd bolt on Windego. It has been done on toprope. Needs a bolt or two. |