Climbing in Canada

This collection gathers expedition-minded cinema and hard big-wall work filmed in some of Canada’s most remote climbing country. Several films are rooted on Baffin Island — The North Face Presents: Earthside follows a spring 2022 trip by four climbers and skiers, framed as both climbing and a record of the team’s friendship and loss; Arc'teryx Presents: Baffin documents two first ascents on Great Sail Peak by Marc‑Andre Leclerc and Brette Harrington; and Asgard Jamming and Coconut Connection record long, self-shot Belgian and international expeditions that emphasize approach, waiting, and life on the ice as much as the climbing.

Other entries move the cinema south and inland. A Day at the Office turns a raft approach down the Nahanni River toward the Lotus Flower Tower into a single continuous journey of paddling, camping and trad climbing. From Squamish, the Black Diamond episode Born From the Climbing Life: Episode 4 — Drifter's Escape focuses on Connor Herson’s 2025 ascent of a five-pitch route that the film frames with technical detail and proposed grading. Across these films you’ll find trad and big-wall techniques, alpine and ice variation, long approaches by ski, boat or foot, and documentary edits that lean on partnership, expedition texture, and the practical risks of remote rock.