This is a letter that was recently sent out by the owners of the Gravity Indoor Climbing Gym in Nelson: “To All Of Our Valued Customers It is with great sadness that we here at Gravity Climbing Centre have to announce the closure of the Climbing Centre. This is very unexpected for us & is [...]

For those of us who have spent a lot of time at the Arrow Lakes crags near Robson this past summer, the Lion’s Head Pub has become the de facto post-climb hangout spot. With twelve beers on tap, 10 BC microbrews represented, and the best tobasco garlic lime wings this side of Buffalo (not to [...]

From saveredrock.com: The concept plan: The major project submitted to Clark County Commissioners for consideration, proposes a a high density development of over 7000 homes, a university and/or research center, businesses, hotels, condos, and strip malls atop the mountain in the middle of Red Rock Canyon. The plan does not honor the land use and [...]

Cranbrook resident Gord McArthur will tie in to a harness tomorrow at noon and begin an epic 24-hour, non-stop climbing marathon to help raise money for cancer.

According to an article in the Cranbrook Townsman, McArthur will be climbing a 40-foot outdoor wall on plastic holds to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta and for Rob and Allison Amsing, whose two-year-old daughter, Charlotte, has been fighting a brain tumour.

Vancouver developer David Greenfield has announced he wants to put in a tourist gondola beside Canada’s famous big wall The Chief. According to the Climbers Access Society of BC, the proposed gondola would launch from the gravel pit between the Chief and Shannon Provincial Parks, ascend through BC Parks, and top out at a forested [...]

The outdoor wall at Gravity Climbing Gym in Nelson is pretty impressive. But it pales in comparison to “Excalibur,” the world’s tallest climbing wall at the Bjoeks Climb Center in Groningen, The Netherlands. The wall is 121 feet (37 meters) tall and has an overhang up to 36 feet (11 meters). Built by Polsar, it [...]

On Saturday, May 28, a work party of 11 local climbers braved the rainy elements and put the finishing touches on the access trails at the Hall Siding rock climbing area near Ymir. Earth was moved, rocks stacked, bolts placed, chain cut and stairs built on the upper central and right-hand areas of the crag. [...]

The Trans Canada Highway was closed east of Golden after three ice climbers were caught in an avalanche yesterday, reports news.inthekoots.com and the CBC. The local search and rescue crew had to use a helicopter to fly out one of the climbers who was knocked unconscious and buried in the avalanche. He was rescued by [...]