Stawamus Chief Climber's Log
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| omegaxx | Hiking Trail  Date Climbed: May 14, 2011 | |
| Amazing view to be had with very little effort. | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2012 1:15 pm | ||
| secander | Backside Trail Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2012 | |
| Hiked the backside trail to the south summit and then did some climbing on Raven's Castle. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2012 6:57 pm | ||
| bedellympian | beautiful day Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2009 | |
| my cousin and i drove up from vancouver for the day with some friends, a really fun climb with great views | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2012 2:49 pm | ||
| JoshNV | Try it at night in the rain! Extra fun! Date Climbed: Jan 10, 2011 | |
| Probably the best view within a short drive and short hike from Vancouver. 30 minute drive and 30 minutes to the top! | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2012 7:12 pm | ||
| BCalpine | Will keep coming back! Date Climbed: Nov 15, 2011 | |
| Awesome climb up the backside trail. First time out did a 5hr rounder and bagged peaks 2 & 3...then came back Dec. 13th and took the conventional trail up to peak 1 with my sister for her first climb. Will be back again in mid January to bag a snowy summit! | |
| Posted Dec 26, 2011 1:25 pm | ||
| Linda Breton | Good fun! Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2009 | |
| Traverse Trail-fantastic forest, granite, views. Boulders were exceptional as well. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2011 5:03 pm | ||
| ExcitableBoy | Cruel Shoes, Mercy Me | |
| Did Cruel Shoes to Mercy Me. Forgot my rock shoes so I wore a pair 3 sizes too big borrowed from my partner. | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2010 9:48 am | ||
| jasano2 | i'll be back Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2002 | |
| Took the tourist route up the back side with a 50lb pack. Bouldering on the green granite at the base was great. Definitely on my list for future travels! | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2010 8:26 am | ||
| Vinny | various | |
| 5 successes (3 routes) getting up the impressive chief makes it a very special place to me. The last time with with Robin and Pascal in 2005. I think Angels Crest remains my fav (once with Perry, first time starting at 1400 with Corey- awesome times!). | |
| Posted May 26, 2010 8:00 pm | ||
| MichaelJ | 3rd trip Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2009 | |
| Three great weeks with only a couple of weather days. Ticked some real classics, highlights of which were Cruel Shoes to Grand Wall (11 pitches, 5.11a), Freeway (11 pitches 5.11d), and Alaska Highway (5 pitches, 5.11d) as well as red pointing Crime of the Century (5.11c) on the second burn. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2009 12:14 pm | ||
| ericwillhite | Trail with kid Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2006 | |
| Hiked up (the trail)with a 6 month old on my back. See all the pictures at http://www.willhiteweb.com/british_columbia/stawamus_chief/squamish_343.htm | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2009 2:17 am | ||
| Martin Cash | Multiple | |
| What an awesome place to climb. Did: Saint Vitus Dance Extra - Awesome 7 pitch linkup with Aaron and Doug (May 2009). I lead pitches 1, 4, and 6. The 5.9 pitches are a little easy for the grade, similar to Index 5.8. Smoke Bluff Connection - Another great linkup. I lead pitch #2. Pitch #3 is the bomb. Pixie Corner and Burgers and Fries - 2 nice single pitch cracks. Didn't like the topout on Burgers and Fries. Klahanie Crack - Beautiful 5.7 handcrack. (2004) | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2009 1:18 pm | ||
| AJones | Routes climbed - 100's | |
| I climbed in Squamish fairly frequently for about 10 years in the 80s - a few of the classic routes like "Clean Crack", "Caboose" and "Crescent Crack" are no longer open (a dam shame). My favourite route - probably "Crescent Crack", "Sunblessed", "Diedre", or "Exasperator". Actually, there's not too many bad routes there. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2009 12:12 am | ||
| MichaelJ | So many good routes Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2008 | |
| I had 8 climbing days here in September (never mind the three rainy ones) and got a lot of killer routes done, including topping out via the Millennium Falcon (14 pitches, 5.11b). But the most memorable was the day I didn't have a partner and went to free solo Diedre (5.8). I climbed up four pitches or so and thought it was really stiff for the grade and then the corner system went blank and bolts appeared on the wall and I realized I must be off route. I downclimbed the line and looked at the guidebook. Turns out I was on Unfinished Symphony (5.11b), having climbed 5.9 and 5.10 and turning around at the 5.10d section. Yikes! | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2008 4:11 pm | ||
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| AJones | Re: So many good routes | |
| That's hillarious - the exact same thing happened to me on my first trip to Squamish (mid 80's). Sounds like we turned around in the exact same spot - we went on to climb Snake instead. | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2009 11:50 pm | ||
| Tom Fralich | Squamish Routes Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2008 | |
| Mary and I stopped in Squamish on our drive from Calgary to Sacramento in 2008. We climbed a bunch of the classics. July 11, 2008 -- Warmed up on Laughing Crack (5.7), then did Octopus' Garden (5.8), Pixie Corner (5.8), Penny Lane (5.9), then finished the day on the super-fun Quarryman (5.8). July 12, 2008 -- Stared early (up at 6AM) but were still the 4th party on Diedre (5.8, 6 pitches). We got delayed on the 1st and 2nd pitch belay ledges, but afterwards, things spread out a bit. Tons of laybacking...too much laybacking...but awesome rock and a route worthy of its 5-star status. July 14, 2008 -- Got an early start and hiked up to the top of the Apron. Climbed Boomstick Crack (5.7) in 2 pitches, then walked up and did Squamish Buttress (5.10c, 7 pitches) with a bit of aid through the crux. Finished to the top of First Peak by climbing Joe's Dike (5.7). July 15, 2008 -- Started on Cardhu Crack (5.8), then did Kalhanie Crack (5.7) at Shannon Falls. Went to Upper Malamute and did the awesome High Mountain Woodie (5.8+) and then finished off the trip clipping bolts on Zoe (5.10a). | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2008 8:23 pm | ||
| emilie | Diedre, Banana Peel & hike up backside | |
| i'll be back! | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2008 10:37 am | ||
| Stu Brandel | Extra Exciting Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2003 | |
| My boys (6 and 13) and I loved this hike (back side trail). There was enough variety of challenges (like ladders and scrambles - beside the exertion itself) to keep their minds off the elevation gain. At the top we witnessed the landing and takeoff of a rescue coptor for a fallen climber (not one of us). There is nothing like seeing a helicoptor dive down from you after it leaves the summit. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2007 8:50 pm | ||
| camerona91 | Trail Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2007 | |
| Beautiful summer day. Nice views. Easy trail. Hope to top out via Ultimate Everything in the near future. | |
| Posted May 17, 2007 3:41 pm | ||
| osatrik | Backside trail Date Climbed: Apr 9, 1994 | |
| On the way back from Whistler skiing, stopped to check out the Chief. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2006 5:47 am | ||
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