Victoria Climbing

This digital Victoria 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 Victoria days smoother, safer, and more dialed.

Though bouldering development in Victoria goes back at least to the early 90's, even local climbers in the mid 2010's could have been fooled into thinking there was little here of note. In the last decade the popularity of Victoria bouldering has exploded, spurred on by the new gyms, the overall increase in climbing’s popularity and the publication of the first bouldering guides since 1999, areas which used to be the playgrounds of small groups of dedicated boulderers have finally gained the attention they deserve. Though none of the areas in Victoria are especially large, or de... Show more

This digital Victoria 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 Victoria days smoother, safer, and more dialed. Though bouldering development in Victoria goes back at least to the early 90's, even local climbers in the mid 2010's could have been fooled into thinking there was little here of note. In the last decade the popularity of Victoria bouldering has exploded, spurred on by the new gyms, the overall increase in climbing’s popularity and the publication of the first bouldering guides since 1999, areas which used to be the playgrounds of small groups of dedicated boulderers have finally gained the attention they deserve. Though none of the areas in Victoria are especially large, or dense when compared to places like Squamish, or even the Duncan Boulders, the great diversity of rock types, and locales makes it a great year round bouldering spot, since there is always a different zone in season. Territorial Acknowledgement: We acknowledge that the bouldering areas on the southern tip of the island are found on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people including the Lekwungen Speaking Peoples of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations as well as the Territories of the SENĆOŦEN language speakers of the T'Sou-kwe and W̱SÁNEĆ Nations; including: Tsartlip Nation, Tsawout Nation, Tseycum First Nation, Pauquachin Nation. Our bouldering also encroaches on the territories of the Malahat Nation who is a member of Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council. Check out the individual areas, subareas and boulders for approach information.