Climb up Markhor Peak, follow narrow ridge to Needle Peak, descend. Generally speaking, the route is quite long, has lots of class 3 and class 4, and some easy 5, with lots of exposure. I haven’t done this route this early in the year, and it’s a big snow year, so there’s a good chance […]

Gain the Blanchard-Alouette Col from the Evan’s Valley Trail and Fly’s Gully. After that, a little hiking and scrambling gets you to the top of a pointy summit. The crux of the route is about 5.5 YDS. It can be scrambled the whole way, but it’s typically rappelled.

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Climb Stawamus Chief’s “1st peak” via the “Mountaineer’s route” (A0, rebars) Rappel down to the rim off the west face (The Raven’s Castle) – (bolts, low-angle, ~30m) Join tourist trail at the Upper Black Dyke’s exit, return to cars.