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CRAG - Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides

Friendly guide service offering ascents of famous Rockies peaks, soaring rock routes, and the world's best ice climbs! Operated by J.
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Guides are expert climbers & certified by the ACMG. Mills, based in Canmore, Alberta. Courses & instruction also available for all abilities.

12/28/2023

Happy Holidays everyone! As with every winter in the Canadian Rockies the ice climbing has been awesome this season and we can count on another 3 or 4 months of good conditions! I always feel lucky to live and play in ice climbers paradise!

12/21/2023

After almost 2 months of ice climbing season it always seems funny to welcome the 1st day of winter! Even the Snowshoe Hare that lives in my yard has been white for a couple months! (Pic 4). Ice season has been a blast so far with lots of big ice routes, fun groups on courses and tons of mixed climbing too! I’m currently enjoying an awesome Ice Skills Week with a stoked crew of climbers! There are still spots left on my Jan and Feb Ice Skills Weeks if anyone is interested in kicking their skills up a few notches! Enjoy the holiday season and keep your picks in the ice!

10/19/2023

I love this spot on Mt A2 at the Columbia Icefields! Wild views of multiple glaciers and big alpine walls! These guys certainly enjoyed it too on an ascent earlier this summer! This is a really fun peak we often climb on our 5 day Alpine Skills Courses each year.

10/15/2023

Climbing into the clouds on Heartline with Colin was a great way to wrap up an action packed summer of rock & alpine climbing! Pics are a few rock climbing highlight from Mt Abraham, Mt Yamnuska, Ha Ling, Wasootch Tower and skills courses this summer. Thanks to everyone that joined me for trips this season and I hope to see you this winter here in ice climbers paradise!

06/23/2023

It’s been an action packed spring full of awesome rock climbs, lots of fun courses and quite a few summits! Huge thanks to all the great people that have joined me for trips and courses so far. Onwards into summer!

03/17/2023

It’s been an action packed month of non stop ice climbing for us here in the Canadian Rockies! Lots of fun times on our weekend courses and multipitch days! It’s starting to feel like rock climbing season on the sunny afternoons and I’m looking forward to tons of awesome summer trips!

02/26/2023

One of the perks of my job is all the fun & interesting people I get to meet! The last few week of ice climbing courses were no exception and a big thanks to everyone who joined me and made Feb so rad! Looking forward to another awesome month on the ice!

02/08/2023

The first few days of the Ice Skills Week have been going great and it’s an awesome crew for the course! We’ve already climbed tons of ice & mixed routes and are heading out this morning for multipitch & lead skills!

01/29/2023

Another awesome week of ice climbing in the Canadian Rockies! Had a great crew for a weekend Ice Skills Course and then Phillipe joined me for some classic multipitch routes! We started with Professor Falls, followed it up Moonlight and a very thin Snowline, then finished with Louise Falls (all to ourselves on a Saturday!). It’s been a great season so far and there are still over 2 months of ice climbing courses and ascents to come!

01/21/2023

Good times in Grotto Canyon with Luca last week! 2 days of ice and mixed climbing and he’s already crushing it!

01/17/2023

Some mornings in the mountains are just so darned pretty! One of many things that I love about ice climbing is all the beautiful places we get to experience!

01/02/2023

Awesome end to 2022 with a trip up Whiteman Falls! Took a different line this time and found good ice but boy oh boy was it pumpy!

12/31/2022

Enjoyed an awesome three days of climbing with this week! We started off with ascents of the classic Moonlight & 2Low4Zero climbs on day 1. For day 2 we tackled the much steeper Whiteman Falls (W6) and Redman Soars (M5+) which were both super fun climbs! On Thursday we had one more big day on the mega-classic Murchison Falls (W4+)!

Even during conditions where we have to avoid avalanche terrain there are no shortage of amazing routes like this too keep us busy in the Canadian Rockies! Good luck with you next adventures Francisco!

12/20/2022

Had an action packed Ice Skills Week with an awesome group of 4 climbers from around North America! The level of enthusiasm was through the roof and it really showed as they picked up the skills rapidly! Steep pillars, mixed climbing, first leads, and of course awesome company were some of the highlights. Good luck with all your future climbs team!

12/16/2022

Enjoyed a great couple days on the ice with last week! Andrew has had lots of amazing adventures around the world including completing the 7 summits. He’s now keen to improve his technical climbing skills and was picking up ice climbing fast! Good luck with your future adventures Andrew!

12/09/2022

Enjoyed a great five days of ice & mixed climbing with 4 climbers from Hong Kong last week! There rock climbing background really showed and we were able to quickly progress onto steeper routes. To finish up the trip we split into smaller groups for a couple days so everyone could enjoy some multipitch climbing on Moonlight and 2Low4Zero!

11/24/2022

Up the famous pillar in Opal Creek with on Tuesday. So good! It had funky mushroom ice, a big overhang on great quality ice, a rad canyon, and straight up steepness to the top! Hadn’t done it in a few years but I’m sure I’ll be back many more times! Matt crushed it on his steepest ice route yet.

11/22/2022

Awesome day of climbing Coire Dubh Integral on the weekend with Colin! In 20 years of climbing it I’ve never seen nearly so much ice on all the upper mixed pitches. Had at least a couple good (and lots of so-so) pick placements on every pitch! Most years there is zero ice on those pitches. Heads up to anyone looking to climb it that it probably makes it a bit harder overall and it’s much harder to find gear placements than usual. One of the things I love most about winter climbing is that you never know what to expect and the climbs are always changing!

11/07/2022

Well I guess it’s winter! Hard to believe we were rock climbing in T-shirts less then 2 weeks ago! Had a great weekend of drytooling with Anthony and even found some fun but rather sketchy ice to climb!

10/23/2022

The Shoulder Route on Mt Abraham with Simon was great way to end the summer alpine season! The stunning positions on this ridge combined with lots of climbing have long made it one of my favorites. When I first climbed it at age 19 in 2001 with Mike Adolph it was my biggest route yet and I remember feeling like I was “finally” breaking into hard alpine climbs! 20+ years later it would seem that climbers are finally finding out about this David Thompson Highway gem of a climb! Still has some loose rock and some very long runouts but it’s cleaning up nicely with a bit of traffic.

10/19/2022

So proud of my favorite 5 year old alpinist! She did amazingly well on our recent trip up The Onion on the Wapta Icefields. Conditions were even good enough to use the glacier on the way up!

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Box 40087, Canmore Crossing
Canmore, AB
T1W3H9

Website

https://www.cdnalpine.com/

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