Suggested Page Improvements to The Enchanted Tower
The Tower is commonly broken up into three distinct faces. The typically shaded [[105808774]], the typically sunny [[105821661]]and the [[105821672]].
Climbing began at the Tower in the early 80s when students at the nearby New Mexico Tech college in Socorro were tipped off about a huge "mushroom rock" by a local forest service ranger.
What can you say about this? Many areas have striking formations that are just begging to be climbed. They don't beg any harder than this one! The inverted wedge of Enchanted Tower features lots of hard routes on usually overhanging rock. One the easiest and most obvious (and therefore most popular) routes on the Tower proper is [[105821675]] at 5.11c [[(originally rated 5.12a).]]http://web.archive.org/web/20171204174611/infohost.nmt.edu/~bob/boulder_guide/history/simon/Tower_061001.html This is likely the only route you'll encounter a line on. From there, the difficulty goes all the way into the 5.13's, including the amazing and picturesque [[105858880]] (5.13a). Bring the big guns!
The Tower is commonly broken up into three distinct faces. The typically shaded [[105808774]], the typically sunny [[105821661]]and the [[105821672]].
Climbing began at the Tower in the early 80s when students at the nearby New Mexico Tech college in Socorro were tipped off about a huge "mushroom rock" by a local forest service ranger.