cheamclimber

Does that mean I am fu**ed then, at 190 lb, and 6'5"? Should I just stay at home? I'm really screwed than at 5ft 10' and 125 pounds

Haha...this reminds me of my first time outdoors. I looked at a 100ft long hand crack going up the wall and said, " where's the bolts? What the hell am I supposed to do..solo it or something??? LOL

WTF ... thats like calling the bouldering cave at my rock gym a sport climb cuz its long?????

Theres a spur road that goes up the valley towards stewart after passing the lake. At the fork in the spur road take the lower road and at the end bushwack your way down the valley towards the valley floor and then up the other side towards stewart. In the winter and spring the crap in the valley should be filled with snow and make the approach relatively easy.... its a cool spot so go there but DONT CLIMB THE RIB...its mine! I just need to find someone else who wants to climb it now...hint hint

^Is the issue access, rock quality or difficulty?^ cuz I don't really understand why nobody's repeated the N Butress.

The approach isn't too bad actually (bushwacking down the valley from the nearest logging road) and the rock on that side of the mountain is signifigantly better than most rock in the cheam range. It just looks like it could be a fun spring climb.

on Stewart Peak in the Cheam Range there is the North Butress and to the left of that there is a long rib of rock between two snowy gullies. Does anybody know if this rib has been climbed? The original photo was taken by G-Spotter. The red arrows point at the rib in question, the obvious butress to the right in the North Butress and the snowy gully is the NE Couloir.

thanks guys, I'm gonna have a look sometime soon, I think I can probably find it now.

This might sound really bad but me and my buddy sometimes carry an angle grinder and a generator in his car when we go climbing. Mostly to get out if we get locked in!

How does minus 0.5 gully look right now? Looks like a great day out^

I ran into a Sasquatch once...it was on its hind legs and had brown hair all over its body so it couldn't have been a bear lol (a guy told me this once)

I think they're for extra security...you can hammer it in really deep and clip in, I just can't imagine using one.

I don't know, I've always thought the same thing!

Hey, the BD Cyborgs look like wicked crampons for waterfall ice and mixed climbing but will they be comfortable to walk around in and will the be good for more moderate alpine routes? Thanks!

That looks sooo sweet, the only thing I've done like this was on the North side of Cheam Last Spring and it was great, can't wait to get out there!

how close does the road get you to the mountains? Is there a trail?

I will, I thought the area looked really nice when I saw it from Mt. Barr last year. Silvertip and Rideout are pretty high on my list right now.

Do you drive into that area from Hope or Chilliwack Lake>

Is this at Mt Rideout?

I think the route takes the butress on the left side of the face and is mostly call 4 but the approach would be crappy. I would take a snowmobile up the road (slesse) But I would do it in a weekend trip along with American Border Peak and the Canadian Border Peak

I've read about a trail that leads to the knoll below the North Face of Cheam Peak. Does it still exsist? If so where is it? The red line in the picture shows how I have been getting to the knoll without the trail.

Did he? It looks really fun!

^ Would you have any good suggestions? ^

^ Would you have any good suggestions? ^

Hey do you guys know if the North face of Larabee has had a winter ascent? Also is it easier to approach it from Slesse Creek or the States?