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(01) South and Southwest (R) Face

Submitted By: Anthony Stout on May 5, 2006
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Description 

The area furthest to the right as you face the tower. Look forward to sun in the morning in winter and fall, and it goes into the shade fairly early in the summer!

Routes are listed from the right, starting at the top of the hill, to the left.


Getting There 

Find the tower, and go to the right side of it.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for (01) South and Southwest (R) Face:
(04) Golden Stairs   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 120 feet   
(01) Hippogriff   5.11d     Sport, 80 feet   
(02) Flotsam & Jetsam   5.12a     Sport, 70 feet   
(03) Shipwrecked   5.12c     Sport, 80 feet   
(06) Goliath   5.13a     Sport, 110 feet   
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Featured Route For (01) South and Southwest (R) Face
Drew Cummings, running up Goliath reviewing beta. He just got the send last month.

(06) Goliath 5.13a  NM : Enchanted Tower : ... : (01) South and Southwest (R...
An amazing line. Start up Golden Stairs and continue up arete. Pass through some technical moves on the arete to a decent rest. Rest up and continue up to the mid anchor then fight the pump through the overhang, another decent but strenuous rest can be had here. Move past the overhang and onto the arete and pull the crux moves to get established on the finishing slab. The crux moves while only V3+ or so, feel much more difficult after all th...[more]   Browse More Classics in NM