This long Labour Day weekend, Rebecca, Ian and I embarked upon a weekend of fun and climbing in Charlevoix, Quebec. The three of us haven't gone climbing since last winter, when we had a blast doing the Trap Dike, in the Adirondacks.

Rebecca is from Charlevoix and Ian has been here multiple times before. I'm the "Charlevoix Virgin", and they've set out to give me a tour of the routes here, in as much as they can pack into 2 days.

Ian and I met up with Rebecca in Baie St-Paul on late Friday afternoon. Together we drove to our camping in the Parc de Grands Jardins. We had dinner, and caught up on things before a good night's sleep in slightly, chillier-than-Montreal, weather.

Day 1, up early and feeling ready, we set out to climb in Le Dome. Our initially-planned climb, "Wet Dream", was already taken by the time we arrived. We decided to start with "l'Onglé" instead. I think we got the initial pitch confused but we ended up on the right climb in the last pitches. We then climbed "Granuleuse", another multi-pitch, before wrapping for the day.

Day 2, using Rebecca's home in Saint-Irenée as our starting point, we climbed in Les Palissades, near Saint-Siméon. There, we climbed "l'Arrêtes" (multi-pitch). At the top, we descended the via ferrata that eventually led into a trail back to the welcome centre.

Great food and wine awaited us at the end of each day. Also of note is the astounding view of the Saint-Laurence river from Rebecca's. We lucked out as everyone in Montreal had rainy weather all weekend long!

Click here to view the photos. Check back in a few days, more photos to come (as soon as Ian gives me a copy of his!). Check out Escalade Quebec for all his photos as well!