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Tower Rock

Submitted By: Chris Chaney on Oct 12, 2006
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Description 

Tower Rock is a free standing pinnacle with a lot of old school routes of various grades. The earliest climbing in the RRG was probably done here.

Tower Rock is not closed, but the USFS asks that you limit your climbing here. One local jokes that that means you're only allowed to climb at your limit there.


Getting There 

Drive on route 715 from its split from hwy 77. Pass the Gladie Creek Visitor Center and then keep your eyes open for the trailhead sign on the left side of the road. It is about half a mile past Pumpkin Bottom Campground.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Tower Rock:
Caver's Route   5.3     Trad, 4 pitches, 200 feet   
Arachnid   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Curving Crack   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Dog Days   5.8+     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Africa   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
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Featured Route For Tower Rock
Huong makes the tight squeeze on Caver's Route.

Caver's Route 5.3  KY : Red River Gorge : Tower Rock
Caver's Route is probably the oldest roped route in the RRG. No one knows for sure, but it dates back at least to the 1950s when a group of cavers were practicing their rope skills on the cliffs that towered over the Red River. The route ascends a gigantic fracture that splits the south end of Tower Rock from the rest of the monolith. The route is clean, fun and will leave you worn out.Caver's Route can be done in various ways, but for optimum c...[more]   Browse More Classics in KY