Shuswap Rock in Progress

I have been working pretty hard on a new project that is the updated Shuswap Rock. It will be a full colour downloadable PDF file with pictures and topos for accurate identification of the routes. It will have all the new routes as well as whole new crags.

Haines Creek Climbing area is the main craging spot for Salmon Arm. My first upload will be this climbing area. Here is the posible cover for this guide:

J.

Jacob Doyle on an unnamed climb 5.10d at Upper Haines.

Revelstoke Rocks is due for April

Good news. The Release date for Revelstoke Rocks is this April for sure. So be ready to buy the new update ! Highly anticipated, lots new routes.

J.

Exciting Times for Local Rock Climbing!!

Valhalla has put our guide books in their store! So cool! It's nice to get accepted and not denied for the hard work! Either way that makes Wearabouts in Salmon Arm and Valhalla Pure in Vernon. Next will be the Valhalla Pure in Kamloops and Valhalla Pure in Revelstoke. And I think that will be sufficient.

The Next exciting news for Shuswap Climbing is the new edition of Shuswap Rock. Doug Mongerson and I (Jordan Pack) have agreed to start on a new guidebook for all the Climbing in the Salmon Arm Area. Which is quite a bit actually. I'm super excited! Pictures, a new layout and all available online.

Can't believe it so apparently if all goes as planned this next coming season will be PHENOMENAL for new Rock Climbing Guidebooks:

1.)Revelstoke Rocks, Revelstoke

2.)Aberdeen Columns, Vernon

3.)Sicamous/Mara Climbing Guide, Sicamous

4.)Kamloops Climbing Guide, Kamloops

5.)Shuswap Rocks, Salmon Arm

That pretty well covers the whole area!

Good stuff all. If it wasn't so cold I'd be rock climbing right now!

Ice Climbing is in, apparently and soon I'll post on what's happening in the local scene. If there is anything...

J.

Sicamous and Mara Guidebook is Done! (Thank You Wearabouts)

You can pick up the guide from Wearabouts in Salmon Arm, Wearabouts in Revelstoke, Valhalla Pure in Vernon and Farwest in Vernon. (highly recommended...they look awesome!)

And as the weeks continue I'll make it available at other stores in Vernon, Kamloops and Revelstoke.

For those that don't see any value of buying the guide, you can always

Download the guide book now.

Follow the directions then wait 30 seconds and its yours.

It prints on 8.5 x 11 paper single sided. Still I think that the guidebook should be owned because it is much better in booklet form.

J.

Sneak Peek at Sicamous and Mara Crags

Here is a JPEG picture on one of the walls in the up a coming Sicamous Mara mini Guide.

Steve Kalf, Brandon Orchard and I are working on this and it should be done in the next 2 weeks. Stay tuned and get the download from this blog and feel free to pass the guide around when you get it. We will print hard copies and drop them off at various locations around the Shuswap and Okanagan. I will post locations when they are ready.

J.

Kamloops Area Guide book

This seasonal transition is proving quite productive for Climbing in our area! In less than 6 months-ish we will have gained 3 New guidebooks from Vernon 1 from Sicamous the updated edition from Revelstoke and now we have a New guide coming out for Kamloops!

The new Kamloops climbing guide book will be done in the spring and its going to look good. It includes more than just the Beach and Roche lake but the newly developed "Hen House" with granite like rock and quite a few more areas that I , personally, have never heard of. Trevor Lott, the author has put up a link for the new cliff called Prickly Pear Canyon on his WebSite ClimbKamloops.ca. You can get his link on the left. I heard a tidbit about the best Deep Water Soloing in BC in Kamloops too... Be excited... be very excited.

J.

Revelstoke Rocks - yes it does!

I received an email from Ruedi Beglinger about the new guidebook, written and published by Ruedi himself covering "All the rock climbing in Revelstoke area below tree-line." It is a substantial continuation from the last print of it and adds many new routes, re-grading, and new areas including Three Valley Gap, a new wall at Water World area, a new crag at Blanket Creek and more, probably a lot more.

The new guide book will be available in early April 2010. It will have around 200 pages with 286 routes and over 400 pitches. There is (this is gonna be awesome) a 16 pitch climb featured as well!

Revelstoke is an awesome place to climb. If you haven't been there yet, go. Spend a few weekends there. The climbing ranges from 5.5 to 5.12d with one route, 5.13b, yet to be freed cleanly.

Highly anticipated.

Sean Beale on Smokey And The Bandit (5.12a) at the Drive-In.

Photo from TheStoke.ca

Mara and Sicamous Crags

Over the last few season's a number of local climbers have been working on 2 new crags in the sicamous area. Most of the routes are Sport climbs ranging from 5.11 to 5.13- . There are a few easier climbs but general in that range.

Now there is a Guidebook in the process.

I'll keep you all posted on the progress.

Jordan

Three Guidebooks for download!

All three guidebooks are free to download.

All for vernon.

Click links on the left!

Elison Park Rock Guide!!!

"A Taste of Squamish in the Sunny Okanagan."

Here is a guide for Elison Provincial Park Rock!!!!

Allen Rollin has been busy compiling this guide as well as the Cougar Canyon bouldering guide.

"This should help sort out some of the dirt and cobwebs up there."

It includes the roped climbs and the bouldering in Elison Provincial Park in Vernon BC,.

Email me for the guide: journey.2.infinity@gmail.com

Or Click here

Cougar Canyon BOULDERING guide!!!!

Allen Rollin has just sent me a guide to Cougar Canyon bouldering in Vernon. Personally I had no idea there was so much and I've spent quite a bit of time at Cougar. Email me and its yours!

journey.2.infinity@gmail.com

Or click here for the download.