Lyle Knight has been busy, here’s the 2016 edition of the Aberdeen Columns guide. Aberdeen Columns is a welcome addition to the Central BC Rock climbing inventory. It provides 130+ steep columnar basalt crack climbs ranging in height from 12m to 22m. The rock is solid and provides high quality cam and the occasional nut placements.
read moreGreat news for multi-pitch fans. Lyle Knight, Rob Birtles and Gary Wolkoff have just completed a 17 pitch epic on the Yak, south of Merrit. Rob Birtles describes the route. The climb was a 4 year effort by Lyle, Gary and I. It’s was a journey to put this thing up. To date it’s the hardest climb on yak. Climbing style – slab/crack. It’s a mixed climb so take a rack of nuts and cams to 4″ . Season – June-October Parking – parking can be found at the ziopkis Truck stop which is down hill and west of the...
read moreUPDATE November 29, 2016: A new version of this guide has been published, and can be found here. Our friends to the east in the North Okanagan Valley were looking for a new home to host their online guide for the Aberdeen Columns. So, courtesy of Lyle Knight, here’s the 2012 edition of the Aberdeen Columns. From Lyle: Aberdeen Columns is a welcome addition to the Central BC Rock climbing inventory. It provides 130+ steep columnar basalt crack climbs ranging in height from 12m to 22m. The rock is solid and provides high quality cam and...
read moreCourtesy of Garry Brace: Interfor will be logging in the vicinity of the Roche Lake climbing area for the first 3 weeks of May, 2012. They would prefer that people not climb at the crag from Mon. to Fri. until after 4:00pm. There are no restrictions on Sat. or Sun. If you do decide to climb during the day on a weekday be aware that you’ll be sharing the road with logging trucks and equipment. BE CAREFUL! Updates will be posted as we receive them from Interfor. UPDATE from the nice people at INTERFOR: “It appears that due to the...
read moreIn addition to the CLIMBKamloops guide book listing the GPS coordinates for all the climbing areas, you can also see them on this Google Map.View Climb Kamloops in a larger...
read moreThe CLIMBKamloops guide book covers all the climbing in the Kamloops area and it is available as a free download. Photo courtesy of Ken Attwood Photography.
read moreThe CLIMBKamloops guide book covers all the climbing in the Kamloops area and it is available as a free download. Photo courtesy of Ken Attwood Photography.
read moreThe CLIMBKamloops guide book covers all the climbing in the Kamloops area and it is available as a free download. Photo courtesy of Ken Attwood Photography.
read moreCLIMBKamloops.ca needed a fresh coat of paint, and what else is there to do in November?
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