I had the chance to spend a week in Montreal for a business trip so I took the occasion to go enjoy one of the best place to ice climb on the Canadian East Coast: Les Chutes de Montmenrency.
Being a beginner ice climber and having no partners to climb with in Quebec, I opted to go with Adventurex, a local guiding company.
One of the fantastic things about the area is that the access requires a 10 min walk to the falls, we are guaranteed ice and the walls are at least 80 m.
The area is fantastic and the main falls are simply amazing, an ice sugar loaf forms itself just a few hundred meters beyond the falls.
When we arrived, there was already six top ropes installed by a guide that had been their since early in the morning. We lost lots of time helping first time climbers to understand how to belay and to put on gear, but a necessary lost of time.
Then it was time to climb... Fantastic ice very different from one I have experienced before in BC. I only got to do one climb in the morning but a big portion of the group left by 13:30, afterwards we were only 4 and I managed to climb another 6 times. Although this was an initiation course, the guide gave me many new techniques to improve my skills and also some good safety skills.
At about 16:30, it was time to wrap up. However, I stayed a bit longer to enjoy the falls and get some pictures.
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