Ice Climbing - Quebec

This Christmas my wife Annie and I visited her parents in St. Adele, Quebec just north of Montreal near the ski areas of St. Sauveur. 4 years ago Annie's Dad, Bob Roy, got into climbing and is now obsessed with ice at the age of 65! How lucky am I to have a stoked climbing father in law:) We climbed about 8 days of ice over the holidays.

Teleglobal at Weir.

Bob Roy cranking it out on his home ice!

Got to climb with a few of Bob's friends, Micheal and Gabriel. Good dudes and super stoked for ice!

Bob's home crag. Super thin conditions early this year but that didn't stop me from leading the pillar on the left called, Terminator WI5. The detached and mostly hanging dagger was made safer with some nuts and cams in a crack to the left. I stemmed my mono point of my crampon into small pockets in the crack while balancing my way up the pillar. Super fun trying to be gentle on this delicate dagger.

We also climbed at Weir, Mt Baldy and Shawbridge.

Awesome. Climbing ice in Quebec is like sport climbing in Red River Gorge. Easy approaches, friendly people and awesome sunny weather.

Also I've included Annie's family on Christmas day. from left to right... Me, Annie, Martin, Lily, Josee, Bob and Francine. Merry Christmas