Raven Crag

Approach: Follow guidebook
description to Raven Crag.
Halfway along the traverse ledge
to the sport routes drop down
beside and then below the lower
grey slabs to a platform and line
of bolts above. 45-60 minutes.
No rap
anchor
35 m
35 m
5.7
Descent: Walk up to the ridge and
follow trail and cairns to the
approach trail. There is not a rap
anchor at the very top. OR four
20-30 m raps starting from second
last anchor of Lost Lenore into
The Raven. On the third rap start
down the ramp and push hard
climber's right to gain the last
anchor.
20 m
B. Lost Lenore, 5.10d
FA 2013: Banff Climber's Club
14 draws, 6 long slings, 60 m rope
P1& 2: Climb Plutonian Shores
P3: The Rook, 4th
OR Lenore Traverse, 4th (5 bolts)
P4: Horrible Sanity, 5.10b
P5: I Can't Believe it's a Girdle,
5.10c
P6: Surcease of Sorrow, 5.10d
P7: The Evening Mirror, 5.7
C. The Raven, 5.11c
FA 1992: Troy Kirwan
20 draws (a few long), 60 m rope
P1: 5.11a
P2: 5.11c
P3: 5.10a (FA BCC 2014)
30m
5.10d
30 m
30 m
5.10c
5.11c
25 m
A. Plutonian Shores, 5.9
FA 2012: Banff Climber's Club
P1: Welcome to Texas, 5.5
P2: The Battle of the Bulges, 5.7
P3: The Castling Move, 4th
P4: Left Left Right, 5.8
P5: A Murder of Crows, 5.8
P6: Billy the Destroyer, 5.9
P7: The Cooler, 5.7
5.10a
5.9
Emergency descent: Use the rap
anchors shown in yellow.
10 draws, 6 long slings, 60 m rope
5.7
5.8
50 m
5.11a
5.10b
40 m
20 m
45 m
B
Sport
Climbs
4th
5.8
10 m
C
4th
10 m
4th
25 m
5.6
Lenore
Traverse
55 m
5.7
5.5
20 m
A