PRIZED FIGHTER SLAB - 2 ROUTES AND COUNTING

In for the 8 count 5.6 /R


Weclome to Prized Fighter Slab.
This Squamish apron look alike is nestled back in Kananaskis Country.
I was lucky enough to get the first ascent on this wall with Rick Felber and Meghan. 

The first route was done onsight / ground up in the fall of 2013
4 pieces in 50 meters.. not exactly my stlye, but i dont mind too much..
There is a set of anchors for anybody looking to give it a shot.
bring half ropes.

This wall is located 90 min up rocky creek. cant miss it as one rounds the final corner..  The route we did was on the extreme right hand end where the cliff is smaller..

Potential and a lot of it.  The smallest line we did was 50 meters, and the wall gets much taller than that..   There are cool cracks, corners, runnels and great featured slab all over.  One could estimate there could be over 30 routes on this face.  Anybody wanna help ?

Also in the area there is prized fighter wall.  Host to potentially some routes in the 11+ range ?   Also, i have heard tell of a massive roof that makes grassi lakes look like a pocket further in still.. but i have never been..

UPDATE***

There is now a 4 pitch sport climb on this slab just left of 'in for the 8 count' 5.6/r
Upon taking to rick, he and some others have finished a line up what he told me other people were regarding as some of the best slab they have ever climbed.






Comments

  1. Brendan Clark2 March 2019 at 12:31

    Hey Adam, I stumbled upon your site and this page - this slab looks awesome! Do you have any other beta on that 4 pitch sport route? Grade or pitch length? Or if there are any other new routes in the area? Cheers!

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  2. ADAM MATIAS7 June 2019 at 06:37

    Sorry for the delay. Well I know this about that route. Rick felber and friends put it up a few years ago. It's all bolted with a walk off to the right.

    That slab is extreme quality. There is a bunch of rock back there to play on. But nothibg else super developed as of yet.

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    1. Brendan Clark7 June 2019 at 06:55

      Cool, I will have to go check it out! Thanks for your work with new routebuilding and also with this site Adam, keep it up! Cheers!

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