Michelangelo Corner
• 3 pitches
A Hope and a Prayer
• 11 bolts • 3 pitches
Access: best viewed first from trans canada near sunshine village overbridge. The first real peak on the ridge heading south from the gondola has a clean white slab amongst brown rock, on its right hand side. This is sistene slab. To get there, take Banff gondola (8mins) or trail (1hr+) to sulphur mountain ridgetop. stroll south along the ridge(a 10m rock step is encountered en route. scramble up this), until you reach the first peak at ~45mins from gondola top terminal. Down the scree slope to the right to access Son of Three Roofs, a good one pitch 5.7 gear route up the very first slabs. Or, carry on up the ridge and across the top of the peak. Then down right on scree\grass above the edge of several broken slabs. Amongst these is Sistine Slab , which can be spotted with frequent looks over the edge; or just carry on to the bottom of the slabs, then walk back north under them a couple mins until a narrow, clean slab is visible. A Hope and a Prayer is visible running plumb up the middle. Optional belay from tree root on right.