Climbing at Murrin Park, Squamish

Nine years after our last visit and we’re back climbing Squamish rock. Having Daragh and Katrina as our local guides made the whole day super easy as we didn’t even have to consult the guidebook to get to the crag. Daragh had chosen Murrin Park as even though temperatures in the sun were baking, it was a pleasant temperature on these shady crags. It took a while to get back into the swing of crack climbing and I felt a little rusty to start with having not climbed for a while now, but we soon got into it.

Daragh and Katrina lent us some hand jamming gloves to protect the back of our hand. It felt weird at first, but they really made a difference. It almost felt like cheating, they were so grippy!

All of the climbs were good and a great place for an introduction to crack climbing. We finished by climbing one of Squamish’s ‘Top 100’ routes. It’s not a style of route that we’d normally go for, but Katrina assured us it was a classic and quickly put a rope up.

While we had a power nap!

The top section of the climb involved disappearing into a bottomless cave!

Having all got to the top, we were hot, sweaty and pretty pumped out, so beat a retreat to Murrin Lake for a cool down. Prior to swimming I felt like I could just curl up and sleep, but the cooling waters provided a renewed boost of energy.

On the way home we stopped off in Squamish and bought a ‘Sockeye’ Salmon, then had a magical evening barbecuing it down by the river beach. It was quite a spot to have virtually as your back yard!