Guided Ice Climbing in the Rockies
The Canadian Rockies offers world-class ice climbing. Due to ideal conditions, a long season is possible beginning in November and lasting into April. There are many classic ice routes to choose from with single-pitch climbs to multi-pitch, 500-meter ice routes. There are many choices for all levels of ability and experience.
Most of the ice is easily accessible from Canmore and Banff. Travel time as little as 5 minutes or at most 2 hours takes you to vertical waterfall ice that is certain to thrill and awe you with its beauty and challenge.
Below you will see a list of some of my favorite routes to guide.
Ice Climbing Equipment Check List
Some of the Classic Ice Climbs:
Beginner (grade 2 or 3)
- Rogan's Gully
- Melt Out
- Two O'clock Falls
- This House of Sky
- Lower part of Polar Circus
- Coire Dubh
- Finishing Hammer Gully
- Junkyard
Intermediate ( grade 3 or 4)
- Bear Spirit Crag
- Haffner Creek
- Professor Falls
- Elliot Left-hand Gully
- Nothing but the Breast
- Moonlight
- Snowline
- 2 Low 4 Zero
- Louise Falls
- Bourgeau right-hand
- Bow Falls
- Weeping Wall-Left Hand
- Cascade Waterfalls
- Coire Dubh Integral
- Snivelling Gully
- R&D
- Lone Ranger
- The Chalice and the Spoon
- Shades of Beauty
- Guinness Gully
- Whimper Wall
- Kerkeslin Falls
Advanced (grade 4+ to 5+ and/or Mix M5 to M6+)
- Haffner Creek
- Bear Spirit Crag
- Super Bock
- The Chalice and the Blade
- Twisted
- Weeping Wall-Right Hand
- Weeping Wall-Central Pillar
- Kitty Hawk
- Twisted Sisters
- Red Man Soars
- Bourgeau left-hand
- Guinness Stout
- The Sorcerer
- Carlsberg Column
- Murchison Falls
- Mixed Master
- Hydrophobia
- Kemosabe
- Malignant Mushroom
- Tokkum Pole
- Amadeus
Strong Advance (Grade 6 or a very long day on ice)
- Polar Circus
- Nemesis
- Cascade Kronenbourg
- Weeping Pillar
- Whiteman Falls
- Curtain Call