New Routing Clinic on June 5 and 12

May 21, 2013 No Comments by

For the first time in the history of the Kootenay rock climbing scene a clinic will be held for those interested in learning how to put up new routes. Brought to you by TAWKROC and Summit Mountain Guides, this course will be a hands-on new routing clinic spread over two evenings and you will learn the [...]

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Grohman Narrows Work Party on June 9th

May 21, 2013 No Comments by

Join TAWKROC and CASBC for a day of trail maintenance at the Grohman Narrows canyon climbing area near Nelson on Sunday, June 9th. We plan to brush the old access trail, work on some of the anchors and brush the trail in the canyon itself. This full day event will revive the access to this old [...]

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Provincial Insurance for Volunteers in BC Parks

Apr 29, 2013 No Comments by

This just arrived from the Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia. Anyone who is planning to do some volunteering in Provincial Parks this year, whether doing trail maintenance, crag cleaning, etc, you have free access to liability and accident insurance. Check it out: “To ORC’s Member Organizations I am forwarding this News Release from the [...]

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Awesome Gimli Video!

Mar 10, 2013 No Comments

Feast your eyes on this great video of the classic South Ridge climb on Gimli Peak in the Valhalla Mountain Range. It was put together by photographer Paul Lapides and it documents his ascent of the route in July 2012. For more about Paul’s adventure check out his blog.  

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Report from Kootenay Climbing Association AGM

Feb 22, 2013 No Comments

Nelson is one step closer to having a rock climbing gym again after the first Annual General Meeting of the Kootenay Climbing Association last night. Over 75 people came out to the meeting at Selkirk’s Mary Hall, hosted by KCA, the non-profit organization that took on the task of building a new climbing gym in [...]

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Cowley Cliffs – new route potential near Creston

Feb 19, 2013 No Comments

So didn’t make it out dry tooling on the summit on Sunday just gone, but after cowering over the googlemapbook decided to go check out the cliffs up the goat river that Blaine W spied earlier last year. Decided to throw the bike in the back of the truck – not much snow left in Creston [...]

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Kootenay Climbing Society AGM

Feb 10, 2013 No Comments

Make sure you attend the Kootenay Climbing Association’s AGM and fundraiser on February 21st. They need your support to make a climbing gym happen in Nelson. They have over $1,000 worth of gear donated by local businesses for the silent auction and David Lussier will be showing some awesome photos from his recent trip to [...]

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Get the Gear!

Feb 04, 2013 No Comments

Classic! How many of us fall into the “Gotta Get the Gear!” category? The hilarious show Portlandia nails it with this sketch.  

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Paradise Ice – Nelson

Jan 31, 2013 No Comments

This trip report is compliments of Creston climber Khaled: After a late start sat morn got over the hump to nelson for 10am, 20txt messages later hit the right spot -a little before the last bridge crossing before the slocan turnoff. Turn down to the river, cross the tracks and park in the pull in [...]

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Bull River Canyon

Jan 22, 2013 No Comments

This trip report is compliments of Creston climber Khaled: So managed to get up to the bull river last sat’day. I stayed in cranbrook and nik legged it over from c’gar. Started off to be a nice crisp bluebird day around -12 leaving town. Following directions from the waterfall ice book, we got to bull [...]

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Small Victory at Darkwoods

Jan 11, 2013 No Comments

CASBC celebrated a small victory in November when the Nature Conservancy of Canada concluded that, given their insurance requirements, our organization could apply for the standard access permit which will allow vehicle access from July to September, on weekends only, to the Darkwoods area. This includes access to Topaz Tower and other potential big-wall climbing [...]

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