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Elevation: 940 ft 287 m
GPS: 32.82093, -98.02739
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The area is home to routes #56 to #81 on the park's route list. Many of the routes are beginner-level climbing with a few moderate routes thrown in there. This area is broken up into three towers known as "Cave Tower", "Middle Tower", and "Back Tower". These towers offer a variety of climbing styles, including crack climbing, aretes, roofs, overhangs, and face climbing.

Getting There Suggest change

When looking at the park's route map, this area is the three "towers" on the west side of the main canyon. When walking down the stairway, take a left at the first fork, then the towers will be on the right starting with cave tower then split by a very narrow canyon is middle tower, then lastly, with very few documented climbs is back tower.

19 Total Climbs

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Location: Side Canyons & First Overhang Change
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Classic Climbing Routes at Side Canyons & First Overhang

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
 25
● 78: Easy Nose
Sport, TR
Cave Tower
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
 11
● Unnamed sport climb
Sport, TR
Middle Tower
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 6
● Gator Head Wall - c
TR
Cave Tower
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 5
● Unknown
TR
Middle Tower
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 7
● 71: Overhang
TR
Cave Tower
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
 22
● Solo Crack
TR
Middle Tower
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 11
● 68: Rachael's Way
TR
Cave Tower
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 36
● 67: PeeWee's
TR
Cave Tower
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● 78: Easy Nose Cave Tower
 25
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Sport, TR
● Unnamed sport climb Middle Tower
 11
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Sport, TR
● Gator Head Wall - c Cave Tower
 6
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b TR
● Unknown Middle Tower
 5
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b TR
● 71: Overhang Cave Tower
 7
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c TR
● Solo Crack Middle Tower
 22
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 TR
● 68: Rachael's Way Cave Tower
 11
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b TR
● 67: PeeWee's Cave Tower
 36
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b TR
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Left is the "Overhang" and Right is the "Roof Variation"
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