Type: Trad, 300 ft (91 m), 3 pitches, Grade II
FA: Bryan Bird and Dave Jones 4/10/2007
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Shared By: Danger-Russ Gordon on Mar 10, 2013
Admins: Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane

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This is an excellent 3 pitch route, that does not see much traffic mostly due to the 60-90 minute approach, if it were on the road side, it would be classic. It is on the north side of the watchman tower feature.

Pitch 1: (5.9) Start in a straight in hand crack 50 feet on the left side of a 50 foot tower to a belay stance. (no bolts top of pitch 1)

Pitch 2: (5.9+) Left facing hand crack to a roof with good face holds, to a short arete and to a bolted belay stance.

Pitch 3: (5.11) starts as splitter straight in fingers on two cracks, then that turns into hands and its a little steeper through the last section, end in a bolted belay.

Descent: Rap the route 2 60M ropes

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3-4 each .5-4"
1 5"
2 60M ropes

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