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Close view of the Rusted Goat Wall and the thin red line is Soleil de Soiree |
Climb:
Soleil de soirée, 120 meters (4
pitches)
Location:
White Mountain, Rusted Goat wall
Route setters and
first ascents: (2012)
Alain Dallaire, Michal
Dorociciz and David Benton
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Complete view from the highway(Atlin Road) of White Mountain West Face |
Approach:
Drive south on the Alaska Highway from Whitehorse and turn
right at Jake’s Corner (72 km). A kilometer farther, a left turn takes you
towards Atlin. Drive about 4km on this road and park at the first boat launch
on your right (an outhouse is available there). Start hiking from the parking
area towards the Goat Wall on White Mountain. Take the most direct line toward
the wall, or follow these GPS coordinates (NAD 83): N 60 18 13.4 and W 133 58 01.6, which is the base of the
climb. The Rusted Wall is west facing on White Mountain (see attached picture).
It has an obvious large rusted spot on the left side of the climb, which can be
seen from the road. The steep and non-technical hike will take you about an
hour. Avoid wandering too close to the base of the wall early in your approach
as it can be confusing. Going across and slowly up the hillside seems to be the
best approach. You will know you are close to the climb when you cross a small
(~10 meter) rocky gulley. The route is a 2 minute walk from this gulley, or on the left side of a slab wall followed by a short steep wall. The
first bolt is about 15 feet high and the line with the bolts is easy to see. If
you lose sight of a bolt, keep a direct line and it will appear quickly.
Technical information:
Soleil
de Soirée is nice mix of slab climbing and face climbing. The limestone
rock is fairly solid on the route. You might have some loose gravel in some
short sections (2nd and 4th pitch). As there are goats on this mountain above the route,
helmets are highly recommended.
All belay stations have rap rings and fairly comfortable
stances. You can rap down the route with a 60 meter rope. Pitches 4 and 3 can
be combined with 2 sixty meters ropes, as well as pitches 2 and 1. Leading two
pitches at a time might lead to some rope drag, and a 60 metres would make tigh to reach the second pitch. A 70-meter rope is
recommended if you intend to combine pitches on lead.
Pitch 1, 5.9, 32
meters, 8 bolts
The first pitch is fairly consistent 5.9 from bottom to top.
This might be the hardest of the four.
Pitch 2, 5.6, 25
meters, 4 bolts
Some small loose pebble rock possible on this pitch, but can
be easily avoided.
Pitch 3, 5.9, 30
meters, 6 bolts
The second half of the pitch has some good 5.9 moves, before
getting to the sidewall on your left.
Pitch 4, 5.9, 32
meters, 6 bolts
The crux of this climb is located on the last 2 bolts of the
pitch. A little bit of spice at the end!
Advice:
The summer sun starts to heat the wall around noon, and you
will get the sun for the rest of the day as it is west facing. Bug spray might be useful if there is no wind.
Enjoy the climbing and bring a camera, the scenery is breath
taking up there! Have a safe climb.
Alain Dallaire
Nice work Alain!
ReplyDeleteCool, can't wait to give it a crack.
ReplyDeleteThe second pitch is probably more like 20-25m but otherwise great write up Alain and super find. I've climbed limestone in a lot of places around the world and this stuff is good shit. It is slab climbing though, polish up that foot work. Watch for rocks when pulling rap lines. I can't wait to put up some more lines on the wall, mixed and sport. Go check out a really friendly route.
ReplyDeleteDylan Stewart and I climbed up there yesterday. Really fun climb! Thanks Alain. Maybe it's worth bringing some flagging tape to mark the trail? Let me know, and we'll markup the trail...
ReplyDeleteGareth Earl
Great idea Gareth! A trail would be great in there. Flagging a direct trail would be a good start. I would eventually like to flag, or build, a trail going along the rock walls. All these walls have potential for lots of routes in the long term. Anyways, this one is a long term project, routes are not there yet, but I bet they will ! If you want to spend time to flag something direct, go for it.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile George Kokuryo and I, are putting up another route of 3 to 4 pitches. The first pitch is completed and nicely bolted compared to Soleil de soiree, as this first route was bolted on lead with a drill. This first pitch is ready, and we think it is a 5.8 or easy 5.9. The route is about 10 meters to the left of Soleil de Soiree and has 9 bolts on the first pitch. We hope to have it finished before the weekend, we'll see.
Alain
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