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Solitude

5.11a/b, Sport, 55 ft (17 m),  Avg: 1.7 from 9 votes
FA: Dan Godshall
Colorado > Canon City > Shelf Rd > Bank > 05. Thunder Tactics

Description

Follow an obtuse, right-facing flake using the occasional face holds. Move left towards the vertical panel, above which sits the intimidating cap roof. Surprisingly steep climbing on good holds deposits you at the final clip before the anchors (the vertically challenged may have to be 'creative' through this section). With the pump clock ticking down, puzzle out the final crux moves to latch the top of the cap rock. If only the roof were longer or the bottom half of the route more sustained! Even so, this route may provide a quick (short) fix for the steep terrain addicts at Shelf.

Location

Follow the middle trail to the Bank which ends 30 left of the Surreal Estate Wall, just below Staying Power. Solitude sits 60 feet to the left, just left of What's Biting Me.

Protection

6 bolts to chain anchors.

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The starts to What's Biting Me? (R) and Solitude (L). The rope is hanging from the anchors of Solitude.
[Hide Photo] The starts to What's Biting Me? (R) and Solitude (L). The rope is hanging from the anchors of Solitude.
The obtuse, right-facing flake at the start is not visible in this picture. Solitude tackles the left of two black/white roof caps seen here.
[Hide Photo] The obtuse, right-facing flake at the start is not visible in this picture. Solitude tackles the left of two black/white roof caps seen here.

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pfwein Weinberg
Boulder, CO
[Hide Comment] I hadn't read the description for this route before I did it, and I clipped the anchors from the big shelf below them (and right above the last bolt, which seems strangely placed in relation to the anchors). I didn't know I needed to go to the top of the rock for the real send, so maybe this warning will help someone else. Otherwise, not much to say--very easy climbing (relative to the route grade) up to an overhanging boulder problem, which is basically one move to clip the anchors the way I did it, and I suppose 2 or 3 moves to the top? Nov 3, 2019
Noah McKelvin
Colorado Springs, CO
  5.11a/b
[Hide Comment] Big jugs at the top! May 2, 2022