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The Fluffy Kitten Wall is a spectacular new backcountry climbing area located near Squamish, in the Stawamus River drainage, on the northeastern slopes of Mt. Habrich. The Kitten Wall has a remote and adventurous atmosphere, but is actually relatively easy to access with a 15-minute drive up from Squamish on a rough two-wheel drive road and a stiff 45-minute hike on a good trail. The rock itself is characterized by highly featured faces and literally hundreds of continuous crack systems. The Fluffy Kitten Wall is composed of high quality granodiorite, and tends to be more fine-grained (compact) than the rock located down in the Squamish Valley. Faces seem to be more highly featured than those found on the Chief or the Apron, largely because the higher altitude of the Kitten allowed it to escape the intense glaciation which shaped the Chief. Being a north-aspect subalpine cliff, it is nice and cool in the summer but has a relatively short climbing season. On a clear summer day, the Kitten is a special and airy place with views up and down the upper Stawamus River valley, and west out to the Squamish River, Mt. Fee, and Black Tusk.
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Sequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes.
