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// Rock climbing · Alberta, Canada

Climbing at Cougar Canyon (Creek) - CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS

262 routes on 27 walls, 5.3–5.14b. In Alberta, Canada. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

See the Friction Score in the app The grades

Routes

262

Walls

Grades

5.3–5.14b

Rock

Limestone

Style

Sport

Best season (estimated)

April–October

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.3 to 5.14b. Half are between 5.8 and 5.10d.

Each climb counts at its grade; ungraded ones are left out. In the app you can switch to French, UIAA, British or Font grades.

// The walls

Sun and shade

Walls face several ways: pick the sector for sun or shade at any hour.

North1 sectorNortheast0 sectorsEast3 sectorsSoutheast5 sectorsSouth1 sectorSouthwest2 sectorsWest2 sectorsNorthwest4 sectors

Estimated best season: April–October. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

South-facing wall

S · aspect 180°

Example

Excellent

★ best at 6 PM

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57°

Temp

41%

Humidity

Wind

Sun

Wall

Friction ScoreHow the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall. In the app, for every crag on the map. See it in the app →ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

// Walls

The 27 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES

01Cat's Eye WallW · 259° · 5.7–5.11c27 routes

02House of CardsSE · 148° · 5.6–5.10d27 routes

03Crowbar WallNW · 317° · 5.5–5.11c23 routes

04Planet XN · 348° · 5.11a–5.14b22 routes

05Canadian ForksSW · 228° · 5.7–5.11a20 routes

06Casino WallSE · 151° · 5.6–5.10c20 routes

07CosmologySE · 143° · 5.3–5.10a20 routes

08CreeksideE · 82° · 5.6–5.10c16 routes

09Chameleon CragW · 264° · 5.7–5.10d14 routes

10Made in the shade (Left side, near Crowbar)NW · 317° · 5.8–5.11a11 routes

11PoolsideNW · 333° · 5.10d–5.12c7 routes

12School of RockSE · 144° · 5.6–5.11a6 routes

13CovertNW · 333° · 5.10a–5.10b5 routes

14Heatwave5.8–5.95 routes

15Hillside5.9–5.10d5 routes

16Made in the shade (Right Side, near Mondo)5.10c–5.10d5 routes

17Sugar ShackSW · 203° · 5.10a–5.10c5 routes

18Flintstones Wall5.5–5.84 routes

19Bufflehead Wall5.83 routes

20CavernE · 72°3 routes

21Mondo Beyondo5.10c3 routes

22Red-Eye Cove and Caribbean3 routes

23Cougar Bait5.10a2 routes

24Krabi Crag2 routes

25Yowie WallE · 86° · 5.10a–5.10c2 routes

26Lady MacdonaldSE · 137° · 5.31 route

27The BeachS · 172°1 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01Catamount5.7–5.12c · Sandstone · Sport0 mi · 10 routes 02Echo Canyon5.10a–5.12c · Limestone · Sport1 mi · 29 routes 03The Lookout5.6–5.13d · Limestone · Sport2 mi · 78 routes 04Coliseum5.10c–5.14d · Limestone · Sport2 mi · 27 routes 05Bataan5.10c–5.13c · Limestone · Sport2 mi · 18 routes 06Lady MacDonaldLimestone2 mi · 1 route 07AlcatrazLimestone3 mi · 7 routes 08The Apocalypse Cave5.11a–5.13d · Limestone · Sport3 mi · 15 routes

// The Friction Score for every crag

Climb more. Guess less.

When the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall; topos, your logbook and people to climb with. In your units (°F or °C) and your grades (YDS or French). The social side is free, always.