What's New for 2025?
Every year, we bring in exciting new gear, apparel, shoes, climbing accessories, and more, so you can always find exactly what you're looking for. Each addition adds to the ever-growing list of favourites you already love.
We've taken a moment to highlight a few standout picks for 2025. Join Eric as he highlights some of our staff favourites and explains what makes them stand out.
Products We Picked
1. FIXE Explora Climbing Harness
The Explora harness stands out for its exceptional versatility across all climbing disciplines. Featuring four adjustable buckles, it offers a wide fit range and precise positioning of the belay loop for optimal comfort and performance. Lightweight, and easy to adjust, it's ideal for sport climbing, multi-pitch routes, and even mountaineering.
Key Highlight: Equipped with the patented Fit Webbing® system for smoother, more efficient adjustments.
2. FIXE Manso Dynamic Adjustable Lanyard
The Manso Lanyard is a high-performance, single-adjustable lanyard designed for tethering to anchors with length adjustment for varying situations. Made from 9.0 mm dry-treated dynamic rope it offers durability and reliability ideal for connecting to climbing anchors and working in vertical environments.
Key Highlight: A retractable sheath at the end conceals an additional 22 cm of rope, engineered to aid in dissipating energy during factor 2 falls. The dynamic construction ensures effective impact absorption for enhanced safety.
3. Mammut 9.5 mm Alpine Core Protect Dry Rope
The Alpine Core Protect rope is a robust 9.5 mm dynamic rope designed for high-performance climbing and mountaineering. UIAA Water Repellent certified, it excels in wet and challenging alpine environments, offering dependable handling and durability. With a low impact force of 8.9 kN and the ability to withstand up to 5 UIAA-certified falls (single rope, 80 kg), it provides both safety and resilience. Weighing just 59 g/m, it delivers an optimal balance of strength and weight for demanding vertical pursuits.
Key Highlight: The Core Protect Ropes feature a groundbreaking design that incorporates an additional aramid sheath between the polyamide outer layer and the core, dramatically increasing cut resistance. This aramid layer deploys and expands during a fall, maintaining the rope's dynamic performance while enhancing safety.
4. Scarpa Instinct VSR LV
The Instinct VSR LV introduces a true low-volume fit to the Instinct series, featuring a narrower heel, reduced-volume toe box, and lower instep for climbers with slimmer feet. As the softest model in the lineup, and outfitted with Vibram® Grip 2 rubber it delivers enhanced sensitivity and precision, making it particularly well-suited for bouldering, indoor climbing, and steep terrain.
Key Highlight: A true low-volume shoe for those who love the fit of the Instincts but have room in their existing shoes.
5. Unparallel UP Lift
The Up Lift offers a supportive platform for all-day climbing, featuring RA rubber that performs particularly well on granite. These shoes provide excellent support on small edges and protect the feet while jamming cracks on longer multi-pitch routes.
Key Highlight: Comfortable and features an adjustable laced fit.
6. Wild Country Astro Quickdraw
The Astro is a super lightweight quickdraw, ideal for alpine or more demanding traditional climbing where every gram matters. It features an I-beam construction for added strength.
Key Highlight: A new Dyneema sling construction and rubber keeper holds the lower carabiner in place, making clipping easier.
7. C.A.M.P Photon Lock
The Photon Lock Janja is CAMP's lightest full-size screwgate locking carabiner, offering versatility for all types of climbing. Its I-Beam construction provides an excellent strength-to-weight ratio, and the SphereLock nose ensures smooth clipping of ropes and gear.
Key Highlight: We love the fuchsia colour
8. Wild Country Session Helmet
The Session helmet combines a lightweight, ergonomic design with advanced protection, using a hybrid construction of an EPP core and EPS impact zones, reinforced by a polycarbonate shell on the top and back. Generous side vents provide continuous airflow for optimal ventilation and comfort.
Key Highlight: The Squamish topo graphics are close to our hearts.
9. Rocky Talkie Moutain Radio
The mountain radio from Rocky Talkie offers clear communication over short distances (2 to 8 km ) when it's essential, from ski touring descents to distant belays.
Key Highlight: Zero configuration required, durable and with extended battery life.
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