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Tomahawk, The 

The Helmet 


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Description 

The obvious helmet looking formation at the top of Rattlesnake Canyon.


Getting There 

The Helmet is just east of Lime Dome and a few hundred yards north of the Dunce Cap. Approach as for the Valley of Kings; this formation is in the center of the valley.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Helmet:
The Tomahawk   5.12a     Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet   
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Featured Route For The Helmet
Near the end of the traverse on the first pitch. Photo by H. Harris.

The Tomahawk 5.12a  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : The Helmet
This incredible 2-pitch route begins in a left arching crack about 50' left of a large pine tree at the base of The Helmet's north face. Climb up a ramp underneath the crack to the first piton. A bolt past the piton leads to sporty face climbing to a second piton (TCU's may be placed here). A difficult move past the second piton leads to a sustained and technical traverse past 7 more bolts to a hanging 2 bolt belay. The second pitch passes 9 bolts up a steep chute over "mini moguls" to another ...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA


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Helmet, North face.

Helmet, North face.