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All Locations > Utah > Moab Area > Castle Valley > Castleton Tower > Kor-Ingalls Route (5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a)

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Layton Kor drilling a bolt on the FA of Castleton Tower, Castle Valley<br>
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Photo by Huntley Ingalls

Ken Kaniff on top of first pitch

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Christian Knight

Sep 23, 2010

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ben jammin
Moab, UT

ben jammin Moab, UT

Nice picture! Way to make the last pitch look WAY cooler than it is :) Feb 12, 2013

Peter Lewis
Bridgton, Maine

Peter Lewis Bridgton, Maine

That is just a subtly beautiful photograph. Quiet, muted, yet somehow still intense. Very nice job! Mar 11, 2015

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The Kor-Ingalls has lunch

Layton Kor drilling a bolt on the FA of Castleton Tower, Castle Valley<br>
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Photo by Huntley Ingalls

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Ken Kaniff on top of first pitch

Stefan Doucette belaying the last pitch

Jackson Marvell hydrating like a boss.

Unknown climber offwidthing the crux. I stemmed and face climbed the crux cause I'm an offwidth weenie.

Out of the sun on a cold day. On the ledge after the crux pitch

Blue line is the original Kor-Ingalls second pitch. There is one bolt on the left wall of the crack. Going this way means you get to use the cool hueco, circled in green. Pro your second for the traverse back right.

half way up Kor Ingalls on a beautiful Feb. afternoon

South Face

Kor-Ingalls

Anders stuck in the chimney on pitch one. The Euro sport climber is still having fun in the chimneys!

Castleton Tower is on the right, The Priest and the Rectory are on the left. Kor-Ingalls climbs the big sunny dihedral on the right side of the tower. Photo: Darin Lang

view toward the La Sals

Cool, albeit slippery calcite on the left wall.

bondo at the notch, just below the top

Eli checks out the jams on pitch 2.

View of route

Eli starting out on pitch 3.

Anders, the Euro Sportclimber, still smiling with 400ft of air below his feet. N Face rap off Casleton with parties on the Rectory's Fine Jade in the background.

Cliff Band

Mike leading second pitch.

Route photo, the Kor-Ingalls route follows the obvious crack and chimney system up the middle of the face.

The Crux

Why it's best to have a plan B for K-I.

Joel Baron and Bo Johnston at the north face rap achors!

In the second section of pitch 1.

looking down

(L-R) Eli Powell and Brian Wandzilak show they are mentally prepared for what awaits.

Swearing and rope tension prove to be an effective combo as Brandi escapes the Pitch 3 calcite hellhole.

Jess Young cranks the 5.9 crux of the Kor-Ingalls Route on Castleton Tower on her fifth day of climbing, ever.

Pitch 4: Why settle for the fun 5.7 face to the right when you can continue the classic wideness in the 5.9 slot to the left?

Summit!

Joan and 2 climbers from Seattle on the spacious P3 belay ledge.

Mestdagh approaching the summit of Castleton Tower.

The wide section of Kor-Ingalls.

Stacking the rope

Pre dawn, waiting for enough light to climb.

Photo of Robert Breyer by Tom Fernwood.

Team shot with Dustin Clelen, Barb Anderson, and me. Taken by Mycroft Smith. P3 belay?

Ryan Sayers on the third pitch.

Anders nearing the top of pitch 3.

Dawn shadow

Hanging around on the Kor- Ingalls route.

Sparcer calcite on the right wall.

Kor-Ingalls

Erik making a horizontal squeeze into the crux chimney. Its all for style

last of the squeeze on P3

Castleton Tower from the base of The Priest. Photo by George Rosenthal

Top of P2!

The windy top!

Anders stemming the crux pitch. Better you stay out of that offwidth on pitch 3.

Some very important beta on the descent found in the summit register.

BH heading up Kor-Ingalls.

Your off-width is my squeeeeeze chimney, 3rd pitch bruises.

Pitch 3