Super Nova 5.11a
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| Type: | Sport, 8 pitches, 800 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10c/d [details] |
| FA: | Bob Almond and Ed Wright |
| Submitted By: | Danny Inman on Apr 1, 2007 |
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Stef rapping the route. Super nova begins left of ...
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Description This route climbs the distinct light-colored wall at the very back of the canyon. The route starts at the bolt line to the right of Gusada Negra. There are only two lines of bolts here, so it's very easy to find.
P1 - 11a, follow bolts that trend up and slightly left. This pitch is quite good with finger locks, slabby moves and a crimp here and there. (30m)
P2 - 5.8, bolts up a left-facing corner/crack system (30m)
P3 - 5.6 lots of in-cut juggy holds (30m)
P4 - 5.6 similar to P3 (30m)
P5 - 5.9 face holds up to a right-facing corner (30m)
P6 - 5.6 big horizontals (30m)
P7 - head up for 20m and cut left pulling up on a slabby bulge to a hanging belay (25m).
P8 - follow low-angled terrain up and right to a belay just below the big ledge.
Rappel the route to the base.
Protection Standard Potrero rack of draws, guide book says 12 draws
High up on Super Nova
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BETA PHOTO: Super Nova, the route
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Mike Amato leading the tricky first pitch.
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Mike Amato on the much easier 2nd pitch.
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The tricky first pitch. Fun moves!!
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Jamie on the second pitch.
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P.1
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Looking down the route
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CB on the last rappel. I thought it was a cool sho...
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By Doug Lintz
From: Kearney, NE
Mar 26, 2008
| Stout first pitch, a complete ladder after that. With a 70 meter rope it's easy and speedy to do 2 pitches at a time. |
By Stich
From: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Apr 2, 2008
| The first pitch is pretty damn stout and not like the rest of the route. There are some big chimneys full of packed, fractured rock that look worse than they are. You don't have to climb in the chimneys. The holds in places tend to angle downwards, so it's a bit different from other routes. This is probably due to the feature being a runoff gully. While an interesting route, no particular pitch really stands out as being that memorable. |
By Robert MacKinnon
Jun 4, 2008
| Many people prefer to do just the first pitch as there are so many other multi-pitch routes in EPC that have more consistent difficulty. Not a bad route though I probably wouldn't choose to repeat it. |
By gblauer
From: Wayne, PA
Jan 20, 2009
| Ok, you have an alternative to the first pitch, you can do gusada negra a really ugly 10d. It's also pretty hard. In fact, I think the 11a is easier!
The rest of the climb is a cake walk, good to do if it's a hot sunny day. You will be in the shade during most of your climbing, other than when you reach the top of the final pitch. It's a great climb for a budding leader, as long as you can get them through the first pitch.
The approach is terrible, lots of loose scree. It's about 30-40 minutes from the arroyo to the base of the climb. |
By Matt Swartz
From: Nederland, CO
Apr 24, 2009
| I'll second that. I was guiding some students on this climb and did it twice. Once I took them up the 11 which I onsighted, and once I took them up the 10 which I managed to fall on. Anyway, we linked every single pitch with a 60m rope. Enjoy. Oh, and we were lucky enough to find a victory cigar in the summit register, thanks! |
By Ed Wright
Feb 8, 2010
| The approach is only terrible if you don't take the trail along the left side of the canyon and go straight up the scree!! |
By stevecurtis
From: Petaluma California
Nov 7, 2010
| I enjoyed this one. Except for the first pitch, the climbing is easy. The top is great and worthwhile. You can solo up the ridge on the left for a better view. |
By Mark J Gain
May 24, 2011
rating: 5.10c/d
| Moderatly fun route. The other routes in the canyon are netter quality. IMO |
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