All Locations > California > Los Angeles Basin > Angeles Nationa… > Texas Canyon > Tower of Babel

Bandwagon

Name: Bandwagon
Rating: 2.5

5.11b YDS 6c French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 23 ZA E3 5c British

Routes in Tower of Babel

L › R R › L A › Z

	1883 S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	6666 (aka 4 6s ranch) T,TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	A Prize in Every Box T,S 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Bald-Headed Men S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Bandwagon S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Broadband Connection S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Burnt Sugar S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Chisholm Trail S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Corvus Chimney S,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Cracker Jacks S 5.2 3 8 II 8 D 2c
	El Matador S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Fat Bottom Girl S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Frosted Flake S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Mixed Emotion S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Orang-O-Tang S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Rainy Day Woman T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Texas Two-Step Left S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Trenchtown Slabs TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Trenchtown Slabs - Center S 5.2 3 8 II 8 D 2c
	Trenchtown Slabs - Left S 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a

Order Wrong? Sort Routes

Type:	Sport, 150 ft (45 m)
GPS:	34.51352, -118.40239
FA:	Mike Draper & Matt Oliphant
Page Views:	1,219 total · 8/month
Shared By:	Benjamin Chapman on Mar 16, 2014
Admins:	jt512, Nicole Wiesenthal, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes Page Updates (admin only)

You & This Route

2 Opinions

Your To-Do List: ·

Your Star Rating:
Rating

Your Difficulty Rating:
-none- Change

Your Ticks:Add New Tick

-none-

Explore this route in 3D

Use onX Backcountry to explore the terrain in 3D, view recent satellite imagery, and more. Now available in onX Backcountry Mobile apps! For more information see this post.

Access Issue: 1. RAIN & WET ROCK 2. DANGER OF EROSION Details

1. Texas Canyon is conglomerate that is fragile and is very easily damaged when it is wet. Holds rip off and climbs have been and will continue to be permanently damaged due to climbers not respecting this phenomenon. After a heavy storm the rock will remain wet, sometimes for several days. PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB during or after rain. A good rule of thumb is that if the ground near your climb is at all damp, then do not climb.

2. The south end of the First Corridor is in danger of collapsing at the base of Sophie’s Choice. A dam of rocks and soil has been built to divert water away from the eroding soil underneath these huge boulders. Please help keep this system in place until a more permanent solution is implemented.

Description

As "Bandwagon" begins left (north) of the cleft between the summits of the Tower of Babel and the Temple of Ishtar, soon to be renamed as the Ten Gallon Hat (in the new Texas Canyon Climbing Guide.) it is listed as part on the former formation.
Pull the overhung face via powerful moves from a large depression or anti-pebble left from a cobble to gain a series of pockets. Above the pockets move left as the angle eases and knobs and more positive pockets lead up the wall to a final bulge and the chains.

Location

Begin as for "Texas 2-Step, on the horizontal trunk of the black Oak Tree, and at the third bolt, traverse left across the face, above the overhang, to an anchor on the left (northeast) shoulder of the Tower of Babel.