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Routes in The Watchtower
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Business Loop S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13 |
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Highway Robbery S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Watchtower Corner, The T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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West Face AKA Cold Feelings T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R |
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| Type: | Sport, 2 pitches |
| FA: | Tim Hudgel, Mark Hirt, Joe Huggins, 1990s |
| Page Views: | 2,144 total · 7/month |
| Shared By: | Richard M. Wright on May 20, 2001 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Access Issue: MM 23-29.5 - now ended daily CO 7 highway closure/delays
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Per Kai Bouwman: the daily CO 7 highway closure/delay access issue is no longer a problem according to CDOT the construction finished as of Nov. 11, 2022.
From CDOT: Colorado Highway 7 is closed daily from MP 23-29.5. Motorists can only travel through the area between 6-8 am and 4-7 pm. During these timeframes, pilot cars will lead alternating one-way travel. Drivers should plan for delays, and this schedule will remain in place through Memorial Day 2022.
During the closure, motorists need to take US 36 to CO 7.
codot.gov/projects/co7-lyon…
From CDOT: Colorado Highway 7 is closed daily from MP 23-29.5. Motorists can only travel through the area between 6-8 am and 4-7 pm. During these timeframes, pilot cars will lead alternating one-way travel. Drivers should plan for delays, and this schedule will remain in place through Memorial Day 2022.
During the closure, motorists need to take US 36 to CO 7.
codot.gov/projects/co7-lyon…
Description
Highway Robbery is the main attraction of this tower and a superb climb. Scramble up the 4th class approach terrain to start at the base of the main North facing plate using the adjacent tree as a belay and rap station. For the first pitch, half a dozen clips gains a mid point belay and a double bolt anchor. The climbing is thin and reachy and gets its 5.11b rating on less than vertical climbing with sketchy feet and crisp finger edges. The second pitch, and the brilliant crux of the route, launches dead center up the face. The climbing steepens immediately to dead vertical. At the second clip off the ledge an option to bail out right to the arete presents itself. This much easier option is a superb pitch by itself, and it offers the faint of heart a simple alternative that runs to the same anchor as Highway Robbery, therefore, making the top rope a very friendly possibility. Hang tough on Highway Robbery for the more difficult ride and a gorgeous climb up a thin seam and face combination that is literally sprouting nice, albeit thin, finger edges. There is a double bolt anchor just above the ledge, but below the final overhang that gains the bona fide "summit" of the Watch Tower. The final overhang has been ascended, but I have no useful beta (such as the walk off, etc). There are three raps to the ground from the top of Highway Robbery: 100ft, 60ft, and 50ft. Three stars for the great climbing, continuity, and excellent stone. This wall is North facing, so assuming you solve the access issues with the new owners first, wait until the weather is warm enough to climb in the shade.
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