Yamnuska : Kallen 34

YAM Technically, the mountain is But it is the native word," Yamnuska", meaning" Flat-faced mountain", that climbers have always used to refer to this great playground. ELEVATION 2,240 M (7,349 FT) called Mt.Laurie. CDORDINATES: 5107 25 N 115 07 00 W 500M 400M - AGE OF ROCK PALEOZOIC TOPO MAP NTS 820/03 Elevation: 243M Limestone is a Sedimentary rock Composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate ( CaCO3) THE STANDARD 300M YAM RACK 200M Mount Yamnuska is the result of the McConnel/ Thrust Fault, which put the resistive, cliff forming Cambrian carbonate rock of the Eldon Formation on top of the much younger and weaker Cretaceous aged, clastic Belly River Formation. The fault, which sits at the base of 100M the cliff face, repreSentsan age difference of around 450 mi/lion years Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of Alakes of clay minerals and timny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite. OM Urs Kallen was born in Switzerland in 1943 and was an accomlpished mountaineer by the time he moved to Canada. Kallen Started climbing Yamnuska in 1967.He is best known for finding Yamnuska, and for the first guide book 'A Climber's Guide to Yamnuska" (1970). 5.6 5.7 new routes on 5.8 5.9 5.10A CmC wal/ area suicide 5.10B THE KALLEN 34 wall area bottleneck area 5.100 necromancer area 5.11A Avg. Grade: s.8 kahl wall area 5.11B 5.12 red shirt the west end 10 area yellow edge area the east end 29 14 31 3. 30 b. 8 21 34 1. Windy Slabs: s.66. 260m 2. Easy Street: 5.6, 235M 3. Kings Chimney: 5.7, 277 4. Unnamed: 5.7, 217M 5. The Toe: 5.8, 189M 6. Missionary's Crack: s.10a, 282M12. Calgary Route: s.6, 340M 7. The Tongue: 5.9, 165M 8. Belfry: 5.8t, 345M 9. Dazed and Confused: s.l06, 405m 10. Necromancer: S.10a, 410M II. Mom's Fears: S.10a, 379M 13. CMC Directi sillo, 310m 14. DirectisSma: 5.8t, 325M Is. Shuftee: 5.9, 325i No. Balrog: 5.106, 345M 17. Chockstone Corneri 5.8+, 295M 18. Bottleneck: 5.8+; 300m 19. Grillmair Chimneys: s.6) 295M 25. Corkscrewi s.12a, 235m 20. Kahl wall: s.10a, 280M 21. Forbidden Corneri s.9, 310M 22. Red Shirt: 5.8t, 270M 23. The Bowli s.106/c, 2ISM 24. Yellow Edge: 5.l16, 225m 31. Dickel: s.8, 120M 32. A Route: 5.7, 105m 33. B Route: 5.8, 100m 34. C Route: 5.8, 90M 27 26. Freak Out: 5.9+, 15M 27. Pangolin: 5.106, 145 28. Smeagol: 5.9, 10SM 29. Dick's Route: 5.9, I10M 30. Gollum Grooves: s.7, 11OM Most popular route EEFOLEDGE BALHOGS This route was originally climbed as an aid route 10 grade CMC Wall offers some of the most Balrog is notoriously Sustained. This was but was first free climbed in the 80's by 8. # of pitches exposed and difficult climbing Yamnuska. Tons of roof problems guard the upper reaches the last major obvious 6. Peter Croft & Colin Avg- grade: Corner on the south face to be climbed. Brian Greenwood, after several failed attempts of clearing the upper chimney, was the first to finally declare the mighty Balrog is slan! Zacharias. The gear is in between these two massive 4 Corners. The rock is MUch more solid on these middle walls of Yamnuska in comparison to the pretty good, but some of the cruxes are protected by gear placed on the first routes at either end. cmc routes: left to right ascent.