PRINT: Rock Climb Startled, Golden

Startled

5.8, Sport, 50 ft (15 m),

Avg: 1.8 from 98 votes
FA: Alan Nelson
Colorado > Golden > N Table Mountai… > Trad Lands

Access Issue: Please Obey Speed Limits & Rim Rock Trail Closure Details

Rim Rock Trail at N. Table Mt. Park is closed Feb. through July 31 to protect raptor nesting territory and ground-nesting bird habitat.

It's likely few climber go there, but it may affect the adventurous.

Description

This route tackles the buttress just right of "X It". The crux is a boulder problem right off the ground past the first bolt, with a unique flange pinch for the left hand. Once you are standing on the flange, you can move left and up along cracks, flakes, and face to a big ledge. Clip the last bolt on "X It", but climb holds to the right to a shared anchor at the top of the wall.

Protection

5 bolts to a two bolt anchor with rings.

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A good view of the climb.

On Startled, a well bolted route, but last bolt can be difficult if you are short.

Startled

Bill Hazell powers through the crux of Startled, ~5.8.

X It, Startled, and Resident Bush

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Anonymous Coward

Giving this route a 10a rating is quite generous. Jan 10, 2002

Buff Johnson

Bypassing the crux by stemming right then moving up & left to the second bolt, makes this a fun 5.8, you could take a couple of 1-1.5" cams & hand sized 2.5-3" if you wanted to practice some trad in between the bolts. Aug 26, 2006

Julius Beres
Boulder, CO

5.8

The rating on this is way off. 10a?! I went there last night and lead it without knowing the rating. It took me a while to find it on here because I was searching for a 5.8. This one is easier than X It which is the 9 next to it (and even that is a one move climb to perhaps make it a 9)

Maybe I bypassed the crux as the other comment suggested... but I seemed to follow the bolts and not using available holds is a bit contrived.

None the less it is a fun climb. You should not be intimidated by the rating... I probably wouldn't have tried it if I knew it was a 10a. Jul 29, 2008

William Thiry
Las Vegas

5.9

I started climbing the right side of the buttress but backed off because the left side looked better - which it was. The left side is probably easier, but it's a more logical line to the 2nd bolt, and a better line in my opinion. The 1st bolt should be placed 2 feet higher to be of any use if one chooses to stay right. Mar 7, 2014

Larry Shaw
Boulder, CO

I tried the bear hug option up the bulge then decided the chalk to the left was a more reasonable option. May 13, 2018