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Super Star Couloir June 2007 - It's been over a month since Tom and I climbed Super Star Couloir, a climb that's been on my list for years. If I recall correctly, the original plan was to do a rock route in RMNP, but the weather forecast wasn't good, or we hadn't been climbing enough, or we were lazy, or something.
Roach calls this climb a *Classic* and says it's 7.5 miles of walking with 3720 feet of elevation gain. We belayed one pitch at the top and took 7 hours. The typical finish is to exit earlier, go to the right, and climb a rock pitch. However, we looked through the monocular before starting, and there appeared to be enough snow to go the left instead and stay on the snow. Snowpack is more than usual this year so, we reasoned, that's probably why the book didn't mention this option. As it turned out, there was very little snow covering steep rock. I was happy to be roped up and have a selection of small to medium cams. The snow at the top was worthless (for ax purchase), but I moved enough of it away to find some steps to the top.
Fun route made more exciting than it had to be because of our choice of exits. But we both thought it was a good choice.

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Super Star Couloir June 2007 - It's been over a month since Tom and I climbed Super Star Couloir, a climb that's been on my list for years. If I recall correctly, the original plan was to do a rock route in RMNP, but the weather forecast wasn't good, or we hadn't been climbing enough, or we were lazy, or something.
Roach calls this climb a *Classic* and says it's 7.5 miles of walking with 3720 feet of elevation gain. We belayed one pitch at the top and took 7 hours. The typical finish is to exit earlier, go to the right, and climb a rock pitch. However, we looked through the monocular before starting, and there appeared to be enough snow to go the left instead and stay on the snow. Snowpack is more than usual this year so, we reasoned, that's probably why the book didn't mention this option. As it turned out, there was very little snow covering steep rock. I was happy to be roped up and have a selection of small to medium cams. The snow at the top was worthless (for ax purchase), but I moved enough of it away to find some steps to the top.
Fun route made more exciting than it had to be because of our choice of exits. But we both thought it was a good choice.

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Super Star Couloir June 2007 - It's been over a month since Tom and I climbed Super Star Couloir, a climb that's been on my list for years. If I recall correctly, the original plan was to do a rock route in RMNP, but the weather forecast wasn't good, or we hadn't been climbing enough, or we were lazy, or something.
Roach calls this climb a *Classic* and says it's 7.5 miles of walking with 3720 feet of elevation gain. We belayed one pitch at the top and took 7 hours. The typical finish is to exit earlier, go to the right, and climb a rock pitch. However, we looked through the monocular before starting, and there appeared to be enough snow to go the left instead and stay on the snow. Snowpack is more than usual this year so, we reasoned, that's probably why the book didn't mention this option. As it turned out, there was very little snow covering steep rock. I was happy to be roped up and have a selection of small to medium cams. The snow at the top was worthless (for ax purchase), but I moved enough of it away to find some steps to the top.
Fun route made more exciting than it had to be because of our choice of exits. But we both thought it was a good choice.

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Super Star Couloir June 2007 - It's been over a month since Tom and I climbed Super Star Couloir, a climb that's been on my list for years. If I recall correctly, the original plan was to do a rock route in RMNP, but the weather forecast wasn't good, or we hadn't been climbing enough, or we were lazy, or something.
Roach calls this climb a *Classic* and says it's 7.5 miles of walking with 3720 feet of elevation gain. We belayed one pitch at the top and took 7 hours. The typical finish is to exit earlier, go to the right, and climb a rock pitch. However, we looked through the monocular before starting, and there appeared to be enough snow to go the left instead and stay on the snow. Snowpack is more than usual this year so, we reasoned, that's probably why the book didn't mention this option. As it turned out, there was very little snow covering steep rock. I was happy to be roped up and have a selection of small to medium cams. The snow at the top was worthless (for ax purchase), but I moved enough of it away to find some steps to the top.
Fun route made more exciting than it had to be because of our choice of exits. But we both thought it was a good choice.

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Super Star Couloir June 2007 - It's been over a month since Tom and I climbed Super Star Couloir, a climb that's been on my list for years. If I recall correctly, the original plan was to do a rock route in RMNP, but the weather forecast wasn't good, or we hadn't been climbing enough, or we were lazy, or something.
Roach calls this climb a *Classic* and says it's 7.5 miles of walking with 3720 feet of elevation gain. We belayed one pitch at the top and took 7 hours. The typical finish is to exit earlier, go to the right, and climb a rock pitch. However, we looked through the monocular before starting, and there appeared to be enough snow to go the left instead and stay on the snow. Snowpack is more than usual this year so, we reasoned, that's probably why the book didn't mention this option. As it turned out, there was very little snow covering steep rock. I was happy to be roped up and have a selection of small to medium cams. The snow at the top was worthless (for ax purchase), but I moved enough of it away to find some steps to the top.
Fun route made more exciting than it had to be because of our choice of exits. But we both thought it was a good choice.

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