Looking for nonexistent footholds at the start of the 5th pitch.

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Looking for nonexistent footholds at the start of the 5th pitch.

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Climbers on the crux corner of the third pitch. Heavily chalked holds are visible across the canyon.

Beta for the .11d (12-) "crux" pitch. The first piece with the sling is stuck up there, as are two stoppers, and my friend found out they're all good, so go for it!

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Aimee McRae

Apr 4, 2006

“Looking for nonexistent footholds at the start of the 5th pitch.”

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Pitch 3.

Jake leads the crux Dihedral (12-) with Ben at the belay, photo cred: T. Melin.

Matt Kuehl cleaning up the last pitch on Cloud Tower.

Climbers on the crux corner of the third pitch. Heavily chalked holds are visible across the canyon.

Looking for nonexistent footholds at the start of the 5th pitch.

Beta for the .11d (12-) "crux" pitch. The first piece with the sling is stuck up there, as are two stoppers, and my friend found out they're all good, so go for it!

No number 4's needed!!

Getting worked at the top of the crux corner on Thanksgiving<br>
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photo: Greg Jackson

Andrew Gomoll cranks the final crux bulge on the 7th pitch.

One way to exit the 'birth canal'

Cloud Tower reaching the skyline on the right, Ginger Buttress is the triangular buttress left of center.

Route Overlay Cloud Tower

A very cool perspective of the final pitch of Cloud Tower (11+ corner). Taken from the Rainbow Wall.

Beautiful thin hands splitter on pitch 3

Route Overlay Cloud Tower.

Finishing moves on the Crux corner! That baby is thin for peeps with chubby fingers!

Cloud Tower

Cloud Tower

Cloud Tower

Andy Hansen, Cloud Tower. March 2012.

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Pull the roof to hands, wide hands, fists, offwidth. Pitch 5. It doesn't get much better than this. (note, picture taken by 2nd follower, climber above is 1st follower who has alreay cleaned gear. This is not a picture of the leader running it out.)

Pitch 1

First Pitch of Cloud Tower

Hai Ngyugen on Cloud Tower P5.

Pitch 6, the tunnel/squeeze/chimney fun.

On the hard 11d corner pitch.

SteveZ finishing pitch 3 of Cloud Tower, another party on pitch 4. The awesome pitch 5 crack above. October 2010.

Dow pulling the roof that starts the 10+ pitch.

Jeremiah working the crux pitch on Cloud Tower.

Oskar fist jamming at the end of the crux pitch!

Trying not to be intimidated by the supposedly scary 6th pitch.

Anchor on top of pitch 4 on Cloud Tower. Top two bolts probably need replacement..

Jeremiah pondering the crux of the final pitch on Cloud Tower.

The perfect hand crack of Pitch 3. The crux dihedral can be seen above.

Yah it's that splitter...p6

Pitch 4.

Pitch 5.

Pitch 2.

Pitch 4.

sunny final pitch

Me on the crux pitch before the true flailing began. Photo by Adam Sinner, 5/12/10.

Pitch 1

Pitch 6

Pitch 6.

Anchor on top of pitch 4 on Cloud Tower. The bright blue anchor is mine, the discolored one was up there when go there with a quicklink attached to it

Crux pitch

Pitch 7.

Darshan on one of the 5.10 pitches.

SteveZ on pitch 3 of Cloud Tower. October 2010.

Dow starting up the 10a crack.

Last pitch.

Crux pitch

cloud tower area from jack rabbit buttress

Crux pitch

Pitch 1.

This pitch was amazing

Pitch 3.

Pitch 4.

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