Whereas rock slides are frequent within the mountain climbing world, landslides do not look like that extreme, however a significant one just lately occurred at Bow Valley’s widespread Carrot Creek.
Sloper Climbing, one of the best app for valley rock routes, posted a photograph exhibiting a big pile of rubble on the backside of Raven’s Nest Buttress. It seems to start out above the Gully Wall and circulate into the principle space, altering the course of the river and burying the primary few ft of a number of the climbs.
Carrot Creek is thought for its many basic sport routes, together with The Warlock 5.12a, Calibrun 5.12a, Hummingbird Aret 5.11d, and Hey Presto 5.10b. One other widespread route is Merlins Snicker 5.10b, which was affected by a landslide.
When you’re visiting Bow Valley, a number of the different nice cliffs to go to are Black Feather Canyon, Stoneworks, Echo Canyon, Bataan, Grotto Canyon, Coronary heart Creek, and Grassi Lakes. Comply with Sloper on Instagram for extra Bow Valley updates, and obtain their app to see tons of of climbs.