The Okanagan area options a number of the finest bouldering in British Columbia. The Okanagan Boulderfields is probably the most well-known vacation spot within the area, containing 1000’s of issues from V0 to V14, lots of that are world-class. The Okanagan Bouldering Society (OBS) simply launched its first digital guidebook for the Kelowna space, that includes over 1,200 issues throughout a spread of grades in 44 zones, together with The Boulderfields. Yow will discover the brand new information right here.
The OBS partnered with KAYA to create the Kelowna guidebook. Within the close to future, OBS is planning to convey different Okanagan areas onto the app, together with Vernon and Penticton. “One of many mandates of the OBS has at all times been to advertise bouldering and area-development within the Okanagan valley in an environmentally aware and socially accountable method,” mentioned the OBS in regards to the new information. “We have now partnered with KAYA to additional the pursuits of the Okanagan bouldering group in the direction of this finish.”
Over the previous weekend, OBS held the tenth annual Rock the Blocs bouldering competition within the Okanagan Boulderfields with report attendance. For the primary time, members have been in a position to entry descriptions, pictures, and GPS knowledge for all the issues via the KAYA app. Over 350 members gathered to pattern the top quality bouldering and have fun the native climbing group. An in depth abstract of the occasion might be discovered right here.
The KAYA App
Based in 2019 by a gaggle of climbers, KAYA began as an app for monitoring your climbs and importing ship movies. In 2022, they grew into the world of digital bouldering guidebooks. They began with Joe’s Valley and now have guidebooks obtainable for a lot of North American bouldering locations together with Squamish, Pink Rocks, Bishop, and Leavenworth, amongst many, many others.
In case you’re not already conversant in how KAYA works, it has a free model and a subscription-based Professional model, which might be paid month-to-month or yearly. The free model will get you fundamental climb data like grades, star rankings, and ascent historical past. You’re additionally in a position to log your climbs – comparable in course of to different platforms like 8a.nu or Sendage. KAYA additionally hosts a beta library for every climb. You possibly can add your individual ship movies and watch movies of others – no have to go to YouTube.
All of that comes without spending a dime, however you get many extra options within the paid Professional model of the app. You get entry to all of the guidebooks on the platform. These guidebooks embrace detailed climb descriptions, topos, and verified GPS knowledge of the boulders, trails, and parking. You even have the power to retailer all this data in offline mode to be used in areas with poor knowledge connection. The Professional model additionally gives efficiency analytics of your particular person climbing knowledge in addition to personalised exercises.
KAYA has made some huge updates to their guides for different components of B.C. The Godman Creek and Cypress Falls areas of Vancouver have been not too long ago added. Nick Viger additionally added the Hunter Creek boulders to the Fraser Valley information. The zone is the most important within the Fraser Valley, which now homes over 500 issues on the app. KAYA says the Comox Lake space on Vancouver Island may also be added quickly.
You possibly can learn our overview in regards to the KAYA Squamish digital guidebook right here.
