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Description 

The Big Pine Towers are a group of short towers in the Rupley Tower area. If you can climb hard enough, there are routes on both sides that will let you chase sun or shade. These towers have mostly hard routes, but there are several short, sustained moderate routes as well.

Getting There 

Park at the nice big new pullout for the Rupleys just downhill from the Windy Point Vista around mile 14.2. Go down the ugly scree-strewn slope angling to your left towards the short towers in front of Rupley Tower A.

The Classics

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Recovery Room 5.10-  AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Big Pine Towers

Crux is about midway, and requires a right-foot high-step/rockover/mantle for most. Otherwise, good moderate Lemmon face climbing. Holds aren't all huge but they're positive....[more]   Browse More Classics in AZ