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Northwest Territories Climbing

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Areas in Northwest Territories

Cirque of the Unclimbables, The 8 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 8 / 9

Lady Evelyn Falls Territorial Park (Ice) 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

McNallie Creek Territorial Park (Ice) 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Ragged Range (Mt Sidney Dobson Massif) 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Sambaa Deh Falls Territorial Park (Ice) 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park (Ice) 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 35 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 36

Vampire Peaks 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Yellowknife 18 / 24 / 45 / 157 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 209

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Description

There are two kinds of climbing in the Northwest Territories: very epic and very not. The Mackenzie Mountains offer world-class remote alpine rock, but it's accessible only through chartered flights. The rest of the Territory consists of low granite knobs, few of which have any actual climbing. Several areas around Yellowknife, the capital, have been cleaned and bolted, but most of the Territory remains unexplored for rock climbing and road access is very limited. If you can put up with the winter cold, the Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park just south of Hay River has miles of ice climbing.

Getting There

Direct flights to Yellowknife are available from Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver, or you could do the 15-16 hour drive from Edmonton. Once in the Territory, there are flights from Yellowknife to the other towns. Charters into the Mackenzie Mountains usually leave from Fort Simpson, but charter flights across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut can be arranged in Yellowknife. Road access to most of the Territory is non-existent.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Northwest Territories

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 6 ● West Ridge Trad, Alpine 4 pitches Cirque of the U… > E Huey Spire
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b C0 41 ● Southeast Face Trad, Aid, Alpine 18 pitches Cirque of the U… > Lotus Flower Tower