Type: Trad, Alpine, 800 ft (242 m), 8 pitches, Grade III
GPS: 45.15487, -109.54213
FA: Ben Hoiness, Leslie Hittmeier
Page Views: 374 total · 12/month
Shared By: Anju Panju on Sep 13, 2023 · Updates
Admins: GRK, Zach Wahrer

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Description Suggest change

P1 55m, 5.6/5.4R, climb up slab and build a belay in overlap.

P2 30m, 5.8, tricky gear, follow easiest way up into left facing corner, belay on horn.

P3 35m, 5.9, tunnel under chalkstone into corner. At the roof, trend left and belay on at a small horn.

P4 35m, 5.10-, climb corner through two roofs, belay at gear anchor on ledge above second roof.

P5 45m, 5.9, climb up crack to the left of corner and when it ends go back right into corner, Continue up the corner, careful of loose blocks, to a belay near the ridge. 

P6 35m, 5.7, climb up and right on steep jugs to gain a crack that leads to underneath the summit block.

P7 20m, 5.6, traverse left around the West side of the tower and stop under easy corners that lead to the summit block.

P8 20, 5.7, climb up corner and trend right to summit block, two fixed nuts in horizontal crack for short rappel.

Location Suggest change

From the trail pass the formation to your right and leave the trail at 8600ft. Walk up right under the formation in a gully, and switch into the forest trending left when the gully narrows (approx. 9200ft). Avoid the slabs and walk along the base of them, going up and left towards the descent ramp. Drop a pack if need be (take all food with you) before traversing a forested ledge into the slabs to the bottom of the route. 

The route climbs up a clean slab and goes into an obvious left to right leaning corner.

Descent:

Rappel back to P7 and down climb to the gully, then walk up the gully until you can traverse left into the forest around 10,200ft (10min). Traverse in forest to the left until you get to a big clean face that goes all the way down next to a nice meadow with flowers. From here, follow the base of the Witchtowers slabs all the way back to the packs.

Protection Suggest change

Double rack to #1, 1x #2, 1x #3, maybe 1x #4, Nuts (Triple .4 is nice at crux)

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