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Submitted By: Anonymous Climber on Oct 15, 2007
Administrators: Hank Caylor, Matt Richardson, LeeAB
Elevation: 4,500 feet
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Description 

Fox Tower is a 200 foot buttress that sits adjacent to the south side of the massive Indecent Exposure Buttress. There are a few routes here, with the most striking line being the swiss cheese huecos that form the Fox Trot (9+) route.


Getting There 

After hiking down the main road past the Indecent Exposure Buttress, there's a bathroom. Just past that, find a climbers trail leading pretty much right to the base of the formation.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Fox Tower:
Fox Trot   5.9+     Trad, 1 pitch, 165 feet   
Head Fox   5.10b/c R     Trad, 1 pitch, 150 feet   
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Greg on the sweet holes of Fox Trot

Fox Trot 5.9+  TX : Hueco Tanks : ... : Fox Tower
Upon walking up to Fox Tower, about 96% of climbers will be saying "what route goes up those really cool hueco-monkey-bars?" That would be this route. Start just below and left of the huecos at a cleft, climb up and right out of the cleft to a pretty high first bolt (30'), then just follow the bolts up to the anchor. Crux is like the last bolt and crack (bring a large stopper) where the big buckets you've been swinging from disappear and you have...[more]   Browse More Classics in TX