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Eldorado Canyon top rope soloing
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Hey guys, Any recommendations on the best routes to top rope solo in Eldo in the 5.10-5.11 range that can be set up without any approach harder than easy 5th class? |
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There are a couple of routes on Supremacy Rock. So no, there aren't any good ways to get your rope up there. Juts find a partner and lead the stuff, it is fun. |
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If you know where to set up, the last pitch of the diving board is as good as it gets. |
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More or less everything near the top of on the main faces of the bastille (depending on rope length), but be courteous of those below you: keep your rope organized and allow them the right of way in all cases. |
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I’ve seen people top rope solo blind faith |
Molly Zwrote: That's good to know... Been wanting to get on that |
Molly Zhu wrote: I suppose a 70M rope is mandatory. |
Buck Riowrote: And some directionals. |
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Blind Faith was my first 5.10 lead in Eldo, and is many peoples first 5.10 lead, so I think putting a rope on it would not be so good on a weekend or holiday. Can you hang a rope on Tagger? Scramble up to the walk off ledge for WR and Calypso and build an anchor? Seems like you may need some re-directs in there as well IIRC the route trends left. |
Buck Riowrote: Lol - death! Wind Tower and N Face of Bastille are too crowded for this, better to find less crowded options. Odds of breaking some choss off and hitting someone on the Bastille is high. As mentioned, with a long enough rope and an E Slabs approach to possibly the chockstone chimney rap, pretty much any route is possible - and is pretty much how most R and X routes get rehearsed. Eldo - land of the headpoint poser trad climber. |
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Hi Everett, You can throw a 60 meter rope down Blind Faith from the top and it just reaches the bottom of the first pitch, making for an excellent 60 m lap. You don't need to defer to folks leading the route, and you don't need to limit yourself to weekdays as has been suggested here. The usual norm is that the first on the route gets the route. I would suggest that staying on the route and running multiple laps while people are waiting to get on it is poor form, so be thoughtful of others. |
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I'll add Prince of Darkness/Laughing at the moon. South Buttress of Redgarden has some long lines if you can pinpoint them from the slabs. |
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The best TR soloing in Eldorado is Boulder Canyon....straightforward bolted anchors, easy to get to the top, multiple lines from the same anchor, rope not sawing on a sharp edge, get away from the crowds even. Seriously. |
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Anything out at Cadillac is easy to set up. Bring a bunch of webbing or static as the best anchor points are a bit back from the edge of the cliff. |
Craig Quincy wrote: I know Cob Rock is TRS-able, and so is Castle if you want to do CC Crack, or Athletes Feat...you would just have to set some directional's when you rap down. The Dome is also very TRS friendly, as is Elephant Buttress. You can access the top by scrambling up the gully that separates The Dome and EB. |
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I’ve TR soloed Rincon by tying 2 ropes together and setting several directionals on the way down. Built a gear anchor up top, extended it to the top of the actual route where I set another, and rapped in. Also found Xanadu to be a great TR solo, but the approach / setup via the old walkoff is a bit sketchy. (Both were done in winter so there weren’t any parties waiting) In BoCan, I’ve had good luck at 3rd and 4th elephant buttress, Nip and Tuck Wall, Cob Rock, and Brick Wall. There’s even a fun offwidth at Flagstaff near the Monkey Traverse :-)
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