"Super Nova"(aka Solstice) WI 6
The climb is to the right of Called
and starts straight up from a buttress. Start on mixed
and shitty overhanging ice to a moderate mushroom. Than
another steep curtain of detached candles to the belay
ledge (New bolts were put in place on this pitch). From
this ledge go straight up on the ice column and daggers
to easier ice that becomes a slab higher up. The route
then goes up a short steep ice pillar to finish.
"in my opinion Solstice is
that hardest and most spectacular ice climb in the
Northeastern USA"
- Will Mayo
See the posts
Photos by Alden Pellett, Jim Shimberg and
Doug Millen
