Golden Crowbar Award 2025

WINNER

Matt Laird & Andrew Slootweg

Routes Established

• Matt Laird & Andrew Slootweg: Bastion – 5.10c, 10 pitch bolted route on Lookout Tower, Castle Mountain

• Matt Laird: Creature from the Black Lagoon – 5.11a, 4 pitch bolted route on Mount McGillivray

• Matt Laird: Macaroon – 5.10d, 3 pitch route on Armadillo Buttress in Grotto Canyon

Retrofits & Maintenance

• Retrofit of 6 routes at Echo Canyon

RUNNER UP

Dan Padeanu

Routes Established

• Birdwatcher's Crag – 11 new routes, 5.7 to 5.12a

Thank you to everyone who participated and voted!