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Leaning Tower 


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Submitted By: Andy Hansen on Feb 20, 2010

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BETA PHOTO: Leaning Tower's Northeast and Northwest faces.

Description 

Leaning Tower is a large monolith found above Rainy Wednesday Tower and just southeast of The Tombstone on the CCC trail. There is no easy access to the top so TR's must be set by somebody who leads or solos the tower.


Getting There 

Take a right at Pedestal Buttress on the CCC Trail and follow it around Darcy's Buttress, continue along trail for about a half-mile. It's large and in charge. Can't miss it.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Leaning Tower:
Northwest Face   5.7     Trad, 30 feet   
Northwest Crack/Arete   5.7     Trad, TR, 35 feet   
Cosmic Cringe   5.11a PG13     Trad, 28 feet, Grade VI   
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Northwest Face 5.7  WI : Devil's Lake : ... : Leaning Tower
The Northwest Face of Leaning Tower is exactly that. Start on large platform boulder and fire straight up on good horizontals and sidepulls. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in WI


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By Paul Campbell
From: Sussex, WI
Feb 20, 2010

Leaning tower information can already be found here: www.mountainproject.com/v/wisconsin/devils_lake/devils_lake_>>>

By Andy Hansen
From: Longmont, Colorado
Feb 20, 2010

I know. I think this deserves a spot on the East Rampart page because, aside from quality bouldering, it also contains some quality routes that one might not neccesarily think could be classified as bouldering.

By Chris treggE
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From: Madison, WI
Feb 21, 2010

Jay can comment too, but I think it's reasonable to list this area under both the bouldering section and the route (non-bouldering) section, in case anyone misses it. Better duplicate information than missing information IMO. Post up the routes, Andy (or anyone else), or just leave a link to the other posting (like you did Paul).

By schuster
From: delhi, iowa
Jun 29, 2010

me and a buddy just lead leaning tower on Sunday. it was a good area to learn to place protection and get the basics down for leading. plus there is a bolt on top that is in pretty good condition. so that was a nice find that wasn't in the guidebook. i would recommend leaning tower for anyone starting on leading there are good places to place protection, at least there was on the west and south side of the tower. a basic set of nuts should get you to the top.