Type: Trad, Sport, 50 ft
FA: unknown
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Shared By: Paul Rezucha on Sep 30, 2005
Admins: Aron Quiter, Lurker, M. Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer suchoski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes

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Access Issue: Donner/Truckee area Details

Description

This route is essentially 5.9 A0 or .11+/12-. If you clip the first bolt and french-free through the starting bulge, you'll be rewarded with a nice, moderate slab. Or try to climb through the awkward and fairly difficult start, and probably be disappointed by how easy the rest of the route is. Your choice.

Protection

4-5 bolts and a green alien/blue TCU/.3 Camalot to anchors. Bolts are new as of 2009.

Location

Farthest right route at Space Wall, on the slab.

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Seen from the road, Sun Spots sits on the right side of Space Wall.
Seen from the road, Sun Spots sits on the right…
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This photo shows the approximate route up Sun Spots.
This photo shows the approximate route up Sun S…
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A closer view of Sun Spots shows the B1 difficult start and the rest of the nice looking face climb.
A closer view of Sun Spots shows the B1 difficu…
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Aron Quiter
Oakland, CA
Aron Quiter   Oakland, CA  
The 1/4 bolts are still there, and after soloing The Black Hole, I went up for a look see for anchors. I didn't see any. I did see some old webbing hanging around a large mazanita bush up top and a LONG way from the final bolt, though the top didn't look very difficult. So - if you want to set up a top rope, bring some sacrifical webbing and a 20'+ sling and climb the chimney to the left. Jun 5, 2006
426
426  
JMO---This route seemed pretty lame to me...not much opportunity for pro, either. Like Paul sez, the B1 start is ugg.

Barely even a candidate for 1/1 replacement. Do yourself a favor and do "Moonshadow" or any other route nearby. Mar 6, 2007
Reuben Shelton
Reuben Shelton  
This climb now has 3/8" bolts (bring a green alien or equivalent for horizontal crack between 2nd and 3rd bolts) and a proper bolted anchor, the start however is still heinous Sep 10, 2009
Lurker
Truckee, CA
 
Lurker   Truckee, CA  
 
Just yard through the first bolt, otherwise makes for a mellow warm-up. Blue TCU works well for the horizontal. Mar 13, 2012