S. CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE BASED NEI 5 / 5.9 / C2 LEADER INTERESTED IN ANY BETA / AND SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS TO THE MALBAIE VALLEY IN QUEBEC. ? LOCATION OF LA POMME D'OR . ANY GUIDE BOOK ? AND HOW LONG ( APPROX. OF DRIVE FROM THE BOSTON AREA.) THANKS

PS: ANY INFO ON ROUTES POSSIBLY PUT UP HERE ( ROCK/ ICE ) IN LATE 70'S BY PAUL ROSS OF ENGLAND ?

-- SEAN T. BOWEN (FLASHNEM@AOL.COM), December 04, 1998

Answers

Check out the following issues of Climbing magazine for info on Quebec ice climbs:

Climbing #148 (1994) Climbing #159 (1996)

This is from the index to route info in climbing magazines compiled by Paul Friberg and myself.

In the 70s I drove up to Malbaie in late January with the intention of doing one of the ice routes. But it was bitterly cold, and we couldn't understand the local "French" dialect spoken there!

Have fun,

Clint Cummins

-- Clint Cummins (clint@leland.stanford.edu), April 08, 1999.

Hi Sean

(hello everybody)

I'm a Quibicois living across the river from Ottawa, Ontario. If you're still looking for beta about La Malbaie or any other climbing localities in the province of Quibec, give me a shout. I might be able to help.

Bonjour,

Yann

-- Yann Troutet (yanntroutet@yahoo.com), October 01, 1999.