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North Pole Climbing

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GPS:	34.59563, -112.4178 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	BCramer on Jul 6, 2007
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Description

A large broken pillar with a couple of face routes and a crack. Two routes face north, one is on the pillars east face. Bolts and gear. Slings to rig anchor at top. Typical Dells rock.

Getting There

From the north boat ramp on Watson Lake, hike north on the Northshore Trail some distance until it reaches a series of brief switchbacks with a viewpoint bench. The trail then contours left into a drainage and tends northwest over rock with white dots for trail markers. The North Pole can be seen from here as the obvious pillar with an oak growing out the top. Scramble up to the formation.

You can also easily reach the North Pole from the Time Zone Wall. Scramble up left of the Time Zone wall to the top of the ridge. Hike over and down trending left (west) on the north side of the ridge. Alternately, one can hike through the high notch at the east end of the Time Zone formation and tend left (west) over slabs to the pillar.