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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!

One way to exit the 'birth canal'

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Feb 16, 2020

“No number 4's needed!!”

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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.

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

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

Pitch 3.

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

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

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!!

One way to exit the 'birth canal'

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

Cloud Tower

Beautiful thin hands splitter on pitch 3

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

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

Cloud Tower

Andy Hansen, Cloud Tower. March 2012.

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.)

Topo

First Pitch of Cloud Tower

Hai Ngyugen on Cloud Tower P5.

Pitch 6, the tunnel/squeeze/chimney fun.

Cloud Tower

Dow pulling the roof that starts the 10+ pitch.

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

On the hard 11d corner pitch.

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

Jeremiah working the crux pitch on Cloud Tower.

Pitch 1

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

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

Beginning the crux pitch!!

Crux pitch

Cloud Tower <br>

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

cloud tower area from jack rabbit buttress

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.

Crux pitch

Pitch 1

Dow starting up the 10a crack.

Oskar using all his C3s on the crux pitch.

Darshan on one of the 5.10 pitches.

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

Last pitch.

SteveZ on pitch 3 of Cloud Tower. October 2010.

sunny final pitch