Cathedral Park

Cathedral Park has some excellent hiking and climbing on the "dry side" of the Cascade Mountains. The area is unique to the alpine areas closer to Vancouver which usually involve the extra complications involved with glacier travel. The main area of interest for climbers is the group of peaks around Grimface Mountain extending east to west from Matriarch to Grimface along Cathedral Ridge. Grimface, Matriarch, and Macabre all have several long quality rock climbs and can be enchained from east to west as part of the Matriarch to Grimface traverse. The traverse is an excellent mountaineering objective with climbing to 5.7 and a short bolt ladder (A0). The summit of Grimface can also be gained from the west without technical rock climbing gear. There is excellent camping in Wall Creek meadows which is a 4 hour approach with a full pack along the Wall Creek trail. The Wall Creek trail starts from the Ashnola River road at kilometer 38.