A 4-pitch sport route (10b/c ish) about 15 minutes uphill from The Hideaway, between Echo Cave to its left and The Lookout to its right. Catches the sun for most of the day, so it might be possible to climb here on a warm winter day (but could be uncomfortably warm on a hot summer day).
For how to get to The Hideaway see:
http://tabvar.org/sites/default/files/Coliseum_write_up_1.pdf
Eight pitch sport route in Echo Canyon above Canmore
Topo for Kid Goat routes and retros:
1. It's Now or Never (5.11a) . Nigel & Rosie Slater. June 2010. Breaks out left from midway anchor on Mempis. 6 (new) clips (total 13). <30 m to ground.
2. Unnamed route to R of Honeymoon in Vegas is called Moody Blue, 11b. Nigel & Rosie Slater. October 2007.
Rif Raf Ridge 5.8, 300m
FA: B Pullan, Darren Vonk May 11
Gear: Single rack, one 60m rope.
Approach: As for west end of Yam, cross col to Goat Mountain and base of ridge.
Descent: Scramble down climbers right to large top of large bowl, rap off slung blocks and trees: 6 single rope rappels.
NOTE: The route is mostly class 5 with 4 steeper steps requiring ropes. some rock is loose but gets really great higher up. the position and vantage of Yam is nice. There is a nice crack system for the upper half.
I've updated the Gray Waves topo to reflect the current state of the route.
I cleaned one old piton below the crux move on pitch three and replaced with a bolt.
"This route was put up in tribute to Jiro Kurihara who passed away in an avalanche in Alaska in May 2011.
Jiro was a passionate climber who lived in Canmore because he loved the Canadian Rockies.
The route was bolted ground up on four days in July 2011. Mike Shoemaker, Christoph Spiegel, Aki Tawara, and Patrick Lindsay were patient belay partners on the first four days. Thank you very much.
A year or so back, Greg Tos added a new multi-pitch sport route to the right of Prospect. It is 3 pitches long - 5.11a, 5.11a and 5.12a. The last pitch can be made easier by doing one A0 move. A topo of it, and Prospect is attached.
Chris Perry
From Ian Perry's Aug 19 post on https://www.facebook.com/groups/tabvar/
Click here for route topo and photos. Files were too large for webpage so threw it together as a blog. http://brandopullan.blogspot.ca/2013/09/hot-fuzz.html Cheers!(Edited by Mark Carlson) Brandon's photo from the TABVAR Facebook Page has been added.
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