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Submitted By: Mike Morley on Feb 16, 2004
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The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Cloud Tower:
Spare Rib   5.8     Trad, 4 pitches, 300 feet   
Crimson Chrysalis   5.8+     Trad, 9 pitches, 1000 feet   
Cloud Tower   5.12-     Trad, 6 pitches, 810 feet, Grade IV   
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Cloud Tower 5.12-  NV : Red Rock : ... : Cloud Tower
One of the best long free climbs of its grade in the country. On a par with The Naked Edge, the Prow, and Astroman. This route should not be missed. If you climb at this level, you will not have lead a full life without experiencing The Cloud Tower! Approach: Same as Crimson Chrysalis. Average approach time about an hour, unless you're an old geezer like me. Cloud Tower begins about 100-130 feet right and downhill of CC, at an obvious chimn...[more]   Browse More Classics in NV