Gaspé Ice Climbing & Backcountry Skiing (back to mini-guide)
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Mont St. Pierre offers 500m couloirs from 2+ to M5 in an alpine environment.
The village of Mont St. Pierre from atop Mont St. Pierre.
Corneille 5+, 75m, and Petite Ève 5+ R, 95m, 2/5/2006.
Corneille 5+, 75m typically looks like a 6, 2/12/2000.
JM leads Corneille 5+, 75m, 2.12.2000.
JM disappears out of sight on Corneille 5+, 75m, 2.12.2000.
Marc-Andre leading P1 of Le Corbeau 6+, 80m under 5+ conditions, 2/11/2006.
Le Corbeau 80m in 6+ conditions 2/12/2001.
L'Épée de jade 6, 100m and Lève-toi et grimpe 4+, 60m 2/7/2006.
L'Épée de jade 6, 100m and Lève-toi et grimpe 4+, 60m 2/14/2000.
Darin leading L'Épée de jade 6, 100m, 2/14/2000.
Benoit Marion shares the belay on L'Épée de jade 6, 100m, 2/14/2000.
Darin leading out of the ice cave on P2, L'Épée de jade 6, 100m, 2/14/2000.
JM leads Méduse 4, 60m, 1/11/2005.
Dominque leads Loulou 5, 45m, 2/15/2006.
Marc-Andre follows Fière Chandelle 5+, 45m, 2/15/2006.
The sunny Mur des crapauds de mer, 2/12/2006.
JM leads the FA of Chandelle non-inclinée at le mur des crapuds de mer, 2/12/200
Les Cavaliers du vent, 3+ 160m, 2/6/2006.
Marc-Andre leads the thin start to Triple By-pass 4, 60m on the FA, 2/14/2006.
Dominique tops out Triple By-pass 4, 60m on the FA, 2/14/2006.
Leaning on the wind 3, 130m and Vacance à la mer 4, 80m, 2/6/2006.
Vacance à la mer 4, 80m, 2/17/2001.
Didier and Marc gearing up for the FA of Vacance à la mer, 2/17/2001.
Marc leads P1 on the FA of Vacance à la mer 4, 80, 2/17/2001.
Mur du tour du monde, 2/18/2001.
Stéphan Lapierre leads P1 on the FA of of Cold comme hell, 5, 75m, 2/18/2001.
Stéphan Lapierre leads P1 on the FA of of Cold comme hell, 5, 75m, 2/18/2001.
Balcon du troisième acte, Percé, 2/3/2006.
Fresh tracks after skinning up Mont Miller and skiing , down, 2/8/2006.
Mont Hog's Back offers roadside skiing in the Réserve faunique des Chic-Chocs.
JM reaches the top of Mont Hog's Back, 2/20/2004.
ES snowshoes up Mont Hog's Back, 2/20/2004.
ES launches into some powder on Mont Hog's Back, 2/20/2004.
ES demonstrates grace on Mont Hog's Back, 2/20/2004.
ES gets extreme on Mont Hog's Back, 2/20/2004.
Telemarkers enjoy the powder on Mont Hog's Back, 2/20/2004.
Skinning up to the Serpentine Refuge on Mont Albert, 2/10/2006.
Snow fields on the way up to the Serpentine Refuge on Mont Albert, 2/10/2006.
The Serpentine Refuge on Mont Albert, 2/10/2006.
Skinning up to the Bol des Patrouilleurs, 2/10/2006.
Reaching the floor of the Bol des Patrouilleurs, 2/10/2006.
The Bol des Patrouilleurs has seen recent avalanche deaths , 2/10/2006.
Skiing on the open slopes of the Bol des Patrouilleurs, 2/10/2006.
The Coulée de glace 2+, 300m on the left and the ski descent right, 2/16/2006.
The Coulée de glace 2+, 300m, 2/16/2006.
Skiing below the Grande Cuvé, 2/16/2006.
The Grand Cuvée is one of the areas open for descent, 2/16/2006.