Vertical-Life
Soo Valley
64
ASCENTS
22 %
OS RATE
31
ROUTES IN DB
64
ASCENTS
22 %
OS RATE
31
ROUTES IN DB
| Name | Style | Route | Comment | Properties | Date | |
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| Diesel Power (7a) | Epic long pitch with some memorable moves surmounting the roof. Easy to back clean the first few draws |
15 May 2024
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| Epic long pitch with some memorable moves surmounting the roof. Easy to back clean the first few draws | ||||||
| Black Prism (7a) | 16 bolts ~ 32m. Starts behind the huge flake just right of Diesel Power. Climb through the steep flared corner, the crux section pulls through a small roof to gain the upper face which features fun movement on interesting, faceted features. |
5 May 2024
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| 16 bolts ~ 32m. Starts behind the huge flake just right of Diesel Power. Climb through the steep flared corner, the crux section pulls through a small roof to gain the upper face which features fun movement on interesting, faceted features. | ||||||
| Afterglow (7b) | Fun climb with a bouldery crux section. |
5 May 2024
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| Fun climb with a bouldery crux section. | ||||||
| Diesel Power (6c+) | Great climb that ascends right through the middle of the Black Wall. Located right of Storm Shadow. Starts by stem/chimney behind the gigantic flake to the left facing corner, a slabby middle bit leads to awesome steep climbing through the black and white streaked wall with a wild finish skirting the big overhang. 15 bolts, ~35 long depending on your 70m cord you could get lowered off the end of the rope - BE CAREFUL! TIE A KNOT IN THE END. Back cleaning the first two bolts will help diminish rope drag in the headwall. |
4 May 2024
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| Great climb that ascends right through the middle of the Black Wall. Located right of Storm Shadow. Starts by stem/chimney behind the gigantic flake to the left facing corner, a slabby middle bit leads to awesome steep climbing through the black and white streaked wall with a wild finish skirting the big overhang. 15 bolts, ~35 long depending on your 70m cord you could get lowered off the end of the rope - BE CAREFUL! TIE A KNOT IN THE END. Back cleaning the first two bolts will help diminish rope drag in the headwall. | ||||||
| Soopah! (7c+) | This route felt as hard as Red Racer to me, likely because of its bouldery nature. I'm pretty sure I used a different sequence than Matt passing the second bolt - I went left to edges and then up to the roof. Intense bouldering down low leads to a long, pumpy journey to the anchor. Good quality! |
3 May 2024
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| This route felt as hard as Red Racer to me, likely because of its bouldery nature. I'm pretty sure I used a different sequence than Matt passing the second bolt - I went left to edges and then up to the roof. Intense bouldering down low leads to a long, pumpy journey to the anchor. Good quality! | ||||||
| Time’s Arrow (7b+) | Epic, long pitch. Perfect conditions on the send with a nice vibe hanging with the old dogs. |
1 May 2024
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| Epic, long pitch. Perfect conditions on the send with a nice vibe hanging with the old dogs. | ||||||
| Time’s Arrow (7b+) | excellent, long route that has 4 distinct sections. Starts with a technical corner, then some nice slab, followed by a tricky fin feature and finally a steep and pumpy finish |
1 May 2024
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| excellent, long route that has 4 distinct sections. Starts with a technical corner, then some nice slab, followed by a tricky fin feature and finally a steep and pumpy finish | ||||||
| Storm Shadow (7a) | Right of Bon Voyage P1. 7 bolts ~ 18m. climbs through two roof stack before traversing left to a stimulating double crux section that goes through the middle of the distinct black streak. Should be popular as it is short and not so hard- pretty good second or first warmup depending on your fitness. Thank you Vicki Weldon for allowing me to do this portion of her impressive project that continues above... |
29 Apr 2024
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| Right of Bon Voyage P1. 7 bolts ~ 18m. climbs through two roof stack before traversing left to a stimulating double crux section that goes through the middle of the distinct black streak. Should be popular as it is short and not so hard- pretty good second or first warmup depending on your fitness. Thank you Vicki Weldon for allowing me to do this portion of her impressive project that continues above... | ||||||
| Albinoland (6c+) | Repeat. Just as good as I remembered, but maybe harder? The route is pumpy and that upper boulder problem isn't obvious. |
29 Apr 2024
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| Repeat. Just as good as I remembered, but maybe harder? The route is pumpy and that upper boulder problem isn't obvious. | ||||||
| Molly's Reach (7a+) | Nice climbing with a tricky crux that can be done multiple ways |
26 Apr 2024
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| Nice climbing with a tricky crux that can be done multiple ways | ||||||
| Phat Planet (6b+) | nice warmup, tricky at the top |
26 Apr 2024
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| nice warmup, tricky at the top | ||||||
| Molly's Reach (7a) | 7 bolts, left of Disco Biscuits. Tricky and technical climbing entering and exiting a slight dihedral. |
21 Apr 2024
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| 7 bolts, left of Disco Biscuits. Tricky and technical climbing entering and exiting a slight dihedral. | ||||||
| A Boy Named Soo (7c) | This route could be 3 or 4 stars if some bolts were added and a few were repositioned. As it is now, the cruxes aren't very well protected and the first crux near the start has problematic fall potential above the belay ledge. In three different places I used long slings to extend clips so they were where I needed them. Regardless, the morning of my ascent was fabulous with blue skies and perfect temps. |
20 Apr 2024
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| This route could be 3 or 4 stars if some bolts were added and a few were repositioned. As it is now, the cruxes aren't very well protected and the first crux near the start has problematic fall potential above the belay ledge. In three different places I used long slings to extend clips so they were where I needed them. Regardless, the morning of my ascent was fabulous with blue skies and perfect temps. | ||||||
| Disco Biscuits (7a+) | nice climb, with a difficult to read crimpy section down low followed by some pumpy moves up top |
18 Apr 2024
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| nice climb, with a difficult to read crimpy section down low followed by some pumpy moves up top | ||||||
| Bon Voyage, pitch one (7b) | Really good stone and movement, with some truly amazing incut crimps. My favorite route Soo far. |
15 Apr 2024
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| Really good stone and movement, with some truly amazing incut crimps. My favorite route Soo far. | ||||||
| I Don't Want No Scrub (7a+) |
14 Apr 2024
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| Bear Necessities (7b) |
14 Apr 2024
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| Phat Planet (6b+) | Located on the wall directly below Not So Little Wall. ~18m, 7 bolts. This is a nice, quality route- fairly steep for the grade with good moves on positive features, provides a great warmup for the big boy routes on the tier above. |
13 Apr 2024
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| Located on the wall directly below Not So Little Wall. ~18m, 7 bolts. This is a nice, quality route- fairly steep for the grade with good moves on positive features, provides a great warmup for the big boy routes on the tier above. | ||||||
| Slickrock Adventure (6b+) | Repeat. This pitch is in need of an update, which might make it semi-enjoyable. |
12 Apr 2024
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| Repeat. This pitch is in need of an update, which might make it semi-enjoyable. | ||||||
| Red Racer (8a) | Thirty-five metres of interesting face climbing with a unique and technically demanding crux - the Soo continues to deliver. Pretty surprised this went down today since it poured rain all night and we arrived to a partially soaked wall. I couldn't believe how quickly things dried out. All of a sudden, it was game on! |
12 Apr 2024
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| Thirty-five metres of interesting face climbing with a unique and technically demanding crux - the Soo continues to deliver. Pretty surprised this went down today since it poured rain all night and we arrived to a partially soaked wall. I couldn't believe how quickly things dried out. All of a sudden, it was game on! |