Begehungen in The Grand Sentinel

So so good! Definitely an alpine outing with a decently snow covered scree approach and bombs coming down once the sun was up.

Approached staying high, exited down to the bottom of the valley then back up to the saddle due to rockfall.

P2 very pumpy 10c, P3 one move of hard 10c but otherwise easy. P4 is absolute money on great edges, felt like easy 10c if you can find all the holds.

Slipped off the first hold! Ha.

Great route. Lots of variety

Amazing! A day to tell my grandkids about.

P1: Committing off the ground. Good thing there's a belay anchor. Found out we had a knot in the rope too.. oops! P2: Absolutely amazing diverse climbing through different bands of rock. Feels like a geology adventure. P3: Probably the hardest move on the route is the roof. P4: Awesome arete climbing + exposure with an easy finish. Totally missed the sport route anchor at the top and awkwardly belayed from the trad anchor.

Phenomenal day out.

Parked at Lake Morraine after getting some good parking beta from the climbing shops in Canmore. Brought the trad gear as well but didn't have enough time to do the Grand Sentinel route. Was one of 3 parties on the route that day. Took us 2 1/2 hours to approach each way, and the scree fields are crap - worst part of the climb.

P2 is probably the money pitch, it's got such a wide variety of rock types that makes it incredibly interesting to climb, and also felt the most sustained for the grade. P3 and P4 had interesting moves but are basically one move wonders. Excellent views at the top on an outrageous spire.

As good as a day in the mountains gets.

A classic line up a really proud feature. Got to lead the 2 upper pitches with pitch 3 being the money. Pretty crazy exposure for 5.8 pulling the roof and looking through the entire spire in the upper chimney. Stoked Bec had a great time on this line too and climbed it so well

A nice climb. 3 out of the 4 pitches would be considered high quality for the grade if they were located at the back of Lake Louise so to have these stacked on top of each other on a cool spire is pretty special. Steep and juggy with a short section of thin techy stuff to keep it interesting.

Stepped on a bolt the last pitch, all clean otherwise - next trip to Canada I’ll be back

Both on the same day

Absolute classic! Snowed for half of the climb, brrrrr. Did direct finish.

Super cool moves with big exposure. Will have to come back and try again.

Incredible

Super dope exposure and an absolute rockies classic. Will do again.

Super fun day out! Had to wait for a party ahead of us to finish and rap but well worth it Pitch 2 was the money.

Amazing setting, Canada's answer to the Moai. Beautiful overhung juggy arête

Loved the hanging chimney on pitch 3. Rock quality a bit crap in spots, but fun trad route with a nice 2.5 hr walk in

Lead pitches 2&4.

TICKED!!! Cool adventure. The 5.8 middle pitch was the hardest and the cracks on the top were fantastic! Linked bottom two pitches by running it out. Ran out of time for cardiac arête next time

Long approach but well worth it! Classic Alberta style, it snowed. Made it all the more epic.