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Monster Tower Rock Climbing

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Routes in Monster Tower

	Kor Route T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	North Ridge T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c

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Access Issue: RAIN, WET ROCK and RAPTOR CLOSURES: The sandstone around Moab is fragile and is very easily damaged when it is wet. Also please ask and be aware of Raptor Closures in areas. Details

WET ROCK: Holds rip off and climbs have been and will continue to be permanently damaged due to climbers not respecting this phenomenon. After a heavy storm the rock will remain wet, sometimes for several days. PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB IN MOAB during or after rain.

RAPTOR CLOSURES: please be aware of seasonal raptor closures. They occur annually in the spring. Indian Creek Raptor Closure walls include: Echos, The Wall, Far Side, Original Meat, Tenderloins, Second Meat, First Meat, Selfish, Six Star, Cliffs of Insanity, Public Service Wall, Disappointment Cliffs, Fin Wall, Broken Tooth, Cat Wall, Slug Wall, Reservoir Wall, Critic’s Choice.

Description

To get to Monster Tower, see the approach for Washer Woman. Monster Tower is the one without the arch. Standing about 100 feet taller than the neighboring tower, Monster offers a great view of the Island in the Sky area.

There are two main routes up the tower. The Kor Route, which is by my account a chossy, loose pile of a route, and North Ridge, which by all accounts I have heard has quite good rock, albeit technically harder grades.

My advice, after slogging up the Kor Route, would be to try the North Ridge and aid if necessary. The consistency and quality probably have a lot to do with the predominant direction of the wind. The North Ridge is on the side that gets weathered and seems clean (similar to Washer Woman in rock quality) while the Kor Route seems to gather all the dust, sand and choss that blows off the North Ridge.