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Tower 2

Submitted By: James Garrett on Sep 12, 2007
Administrators: Andrew Gram, Perin Blanchard
Elevation: 8,500 feet
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Park your car off of the main canyon road.

Description 

A little bit higher up and to the west from Tower 1 is Tower 2.

One climber who truly loved Hellgate and Tower 2, in particular, and was instrumental in it's development was Mugs Stump. Despite his impressive Alaskan accomplishments, he would frequently prefer to "hit up the Hellgate" first thing after returning to the Wasatch from other worldwide endeavors. His eyes would light up when he would talk about Hellgate....as if it was Moose's Tooth or something!

Again, a great place to beat the heat in the summer, very susceptible to rockfall, natural, from other climbers, and mountain goats lounging above. Sunny and pleasant in the summer months, but probably 20 degrees cooler than lower Little Cottonwood Canyon.
In the winter and spring months, beware of avalanches and avalanche control. Please be smart when climbing here.

A helmet is very strongly recommended.


Getting There 

Little Cottonwood Canyon. Park as for Main Hellgate and hike up the trail. The approach time is about 15 minutes.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Tower 2:
Social Realism   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Desp-Arête   5.10d PG13     Sport, 1 pitch, 110 feet   
Deja Vu   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Insane in the Brain   5.11b/c     Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet   
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Featured Route For Tower 2
Climbing Whiskey & Weed Power, Photo by Greg Martinez. (Medusa is to right a bit)

Whiskey and Weed Power 5.11b  UT : Wasatch Range : ... : Tower 2