SKAHA
Climbing Sections:
- Another Buttress (12)
- Bedrock City (13)
- Blazing Buttress (2)
- Blipvert Tower (7)
- Cave Hill (1)
- Chatsworth Edge (17)
- Claim It All (29)
- Daycare (10)
- Diamondback (24)
- East Portal (2)
- Easter Island (0)
- Elusive Edge (18)
- Far Away (2)
- Far Side (1)
- Fern Gully (8)
- flake wall (8)
- Foreplay (7)
- Frog Hollow (2)
- Garden of Eden (5)
- Go Anywhere (16)
- Grand Canyon (5)
- Grandstand Boulder (12)
- Grassy Glades (8)
- Hangdog (8)
- Jericho Wall (0)
- Jug Haul Wall (3)
- Kids' Cliff (11)
- Lichen Slab (0)
- Little White (14)
- Lone Pine Wall (0)
- Maternal Wall (11)
- Morning Glory Wall (28)
- Nacho Wall (1)
- Ochre Wall (7)
- Off White (0)
- Overly Hanging Out (1)
- Peach Buttress (0)
- Raspberry Mouring Wall (1)
- Rattlesnake Ledge (3)
- Raven's Castle (15)
- Red Tail South (16)
- Red Tail Upper (8)
- RedTail Lower (22)
- Rockpiler (0)
- Screeching Wall (7)
- Secret Garden (0)
- Shangrala (1)
- Shortcut Cliff (0)
- Stove Cliff (0)
- The Belfry (16)
- The Daycare (1)
- The Doctors Wall (27)
- The Euphorium (5)
- The Fortress (44)
- The Great White Wall (34)
- The Seven Dwarfs (9)
- The Terraces (6)
- The Turret (5)
- The Wave (17)
- Tippling tower (4)
- Top Tier (6)
- Tottering Pillar (3)
- Tsunami Wall (3)
- Werb World (4)
- White Slab (1)
- Whitewash Buttress (0)
- Zappa Wall (0)
About SKAHA:
Skaha is a true gem in the crown of BC rock rock climbing. Over 650 routes on some outstanding edgy gneiss in the warm Okanagan Valley. Sport climbing predominates, although there are a number of fine gear routes as well. The Skaha Bluffs are a series of north-south canyons with cliffs of up to 80 metres on either side, providing some shady respite from the summer heat of the Okanagan. The edgy, featured nature of the rock has resulted in vertical walls with the potential for routes almost anywhere |
Nearest town or city: | Penticton |
Directions: | The Skaha Bluffs are located on a series of cliffs on the east side of the Okanagan Valley, just outside of Penticton. Although the climbs are on crown land, there is no public access or parking, which has led to some issues over the past few years. Currently, one of the local farms has provided a (pay) parking lot, and access. The only access to the Bluffs is from the Braeside Parking lot at the end of Valleyview Road. From South Main street in downtown Penticton, turn east onto Crescent Hill road (at the north end of Skaha Lake), then turn south onto Valleyview road at the top of the hill. Follow this road to the very end (it gets very narrow and winding), until you reach the parking lot, marked by a sign and message board. The parking lot costs $3 per day, per person (a small price for the fine climbing at the bluffs). From the lot, a trail heads east past the pond to the bluffs. Stairs have been put in to prevent erosion and, just this year (2005), a hand rail has been put up (made from steel residentual gas pipe, very solid) |
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Access Issues: | Perminent access Pending. Visit access-society.ca for more info. |
Camping: | Yes |
When to Climb: | |
Quantity of Climbs: | Lifetime |
Forum Discussions (15 posts)
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Gear found at Ochre | davidbr | 0 | Apr 03 2013, 4:26 PM |
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Lost Sunglasses at Skaha, last weekend | jenka | 5 | Sep 24 2012, 7:32 AM |
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Skaha INFO! | darkgift06 | 2 | Jan 18 2011, 6:02 PM |
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skaha must do .. | Frigon | 3 | Sep 28 2008, 4:15 AM |
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Camping information | largeunb | 0 | Jul 26 2008, 3:23 PM |
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Skaha easy-moderate trad routes? | andrewbanandrew | 5 | Jun 07 2008, 1:17 AM |
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Easter long weekend? | sandraa | 1 | May 22 2008, 7:00 PM |
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May Long - 2007 | chalk_bag | 1 | Mar 14 2008, 6:13 AM |
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Thanksgiving long weekend at Skaha - where to stay? | wings | 0 | Oct 01 2006, 9:30 PM |
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Is www.skaha.org Gone? | marc801 | 2 | Sep 03 2005, 2:24 PM |
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Skaha Rack | trick | 5 | Aug 01 2005, 10:54 PM |
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Skaha Burning? need info | darkside | 1 | Aug 24 2003, 4:35 AM |
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Skaha camping (so expensive??) | missedyno | 5 | Aug 01 2003, 6:45 PM |
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New Skaha Guidebook | peas | 4 | Aug 16 2005, 4:38 PM |
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May long weekend get together in Skaha B.C.?? | kelownaclimber | 33 | May 21 2002, 2:05 PM |