Porcupine Hills Climbing

This digital Porcupine Hills climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Porcupine Hills days smoother, safer, and more dialed.

The Porcupine hills are a large hilly area just East of the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains. There are a handful of rock outcroppings nestled in the forested hillsides, some of which have quality sandstone bouldering. The Skyline Boulders and The Beach Boulders are the most notable sections.

The boulders Skyline boulders are one of the most popular bouldering areas in Alberta and sees traffic mostly in the summer on weekends. The rock is generally quality sandstone that has formed large angular blocks although there are sections of more eroded boulders with bu... Show more

This digital Porcupine Hills climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Porcupine Hills days smoother, safer, and more dialed. The Porcupine hills are a large hilly area just East of the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains. There are a handful of rock outcroppings nestled in the forested hillsides, some of which have quality sandstone bouldering. The Skyline Boulders and The Beach Boulders are the most notable sections. The boulders Skyline boulders are one of the most popular bouldering areas in Alberta and sees traffic mostly in the summer on weekends. The rock is generally quality sandstone that has formed large angular blocks although there are sections of more eroded boulders with bulbous features. The most popular subarea is immediately around The Icebox boulder which hosts a high density of classic lines with approachable beginner and moderate lines to challenging test pieces. Accessed from Highway 22 and Skyline Road. A short walk (~15-20 minutes) leads along a old road down to the boulders. There is a junction about halfway, the left trail leads more directly to the boulders especially the Middle Forest and Sunspot subareas, while the right trail leads directly to The Icebox subarea.