Greg getting into it on the crux pitch. <br> Apologies for the sh!t-quality photo.

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Greg getting into it on the crux pitch.<br>
Apologies for the sh!t-quality photo.

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Oskar using all his C3s on the crux pitch.

cloud tower area from jack rabbit buttress

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Feb 20, 2008

“Greg getting into it on the crux pitch.
Apologies for the sh!t-quality photo.”

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

Pitch 3.

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.

No number 4's needed!!

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Andrew Gomoll cranks the final crux bulge on the 7th 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!

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

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

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

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Route Overlay Cloud Tower.

Andy Hansen, Cloud Tower. March 2012.

Hai Ngyugen on Cloud Tower P5.

Topo

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

Pitch 6, the tunnel/squeeze/chimney fun.

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

Dow pulling the roof that starts the 10+ pitch.

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.

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

Jeremiah working the crux pitch on Cloud Tower.

Oskar fist jamming at the end of the crux pitch!

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 5

This pitch was amazing

Dow starting up the 10a crack.

Cloud Tower <br>

sunny final pitch

SteveZ on pitch 3 of Cloud Tower. October 2010.

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

Slugging it out on the perfect rock of the final pitch.

Monica leading the 10a splitter pitch of Cloud Tower

Andrew Gomoll gets into the business of the crux pitch.

Pitch 1

Darshan on one of the 5.10 pitches.

Oskar using all his C3s on the crux pitch.

Greg getting into it on the crux pitch.<br>
Apologies for the sh!t-quality photo.

cloud tower area from jack rabbit buttress

Last pitch.

Crux pitch

Beginning the crux pitch!!

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

Crux pitch

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