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Organ Pipe Spire and Pipe Organ Spire

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Description

Organ Pipes is a buttress with multi-pitch lines that require a rappel approach and jug out or a longer hike in from Lower Monument Canyon.

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Getting There

To access it, I have always rapped at the Organ Pipe Overlook and downsoloed the cleft between the Organ Pipe and the rim (5.6 chimney). This spits you out on the south side and 5 minutes from the base of the climb. The jug out is a bitch, but with some big wall skills and some ingenuity, it goes fast enough. You can also come in from the Sentinel Spire overlook and walk across the canyon floor - this is about 45 minutes from rim. The hump in from Lower Monument Trailhead is an hour fifteen plus.

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View of Pipe Organ and Organ Pipe spires from the overlooking tourist trail.
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