Unknown Tower - Northwest Face

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Unknown Tower - Northwest Face is a 5.11 YDS R trad, 230 ft (70 m), 3 pitches, grade iii located in Grand Junction > Colorado Nation > Monument Canyon. It's rated as a Grade III climb. This is a 3-pitch route. First ascent by Gary Ziegler, Gary Boucher, Bob Doane, John Auld, 1961, FFA? David Kozak, Eric Boehlke, 1983. This is one of the originals. Mediocre climbing at best is made up for by an adventurous experience, a remote setting, and sweet views of the entire Momument Canyon. P1: Climb a short pitch through the Chinle and up through a lieback (cruxy) to a bolted belay. 5.9. P2: Climb this long pitch up through wondering wide terrain exiting a 5.9 squeeze (crux) and onto the ledge before the summit caprock. P3: Climb a scary sequence off the belay to the summit. This is not worth it in my opinion. C1. Double 70m ropes will get you to the ground with rope streach. Watch the pull as we got our ropes severly hung up when they fell. Better maybe to rap to the bench at the base of Pharoah Point and third class it to the base. Protection: Follow the trail down from the upper Monument trailhead and head right down into the main wash as the main trail passes Clueless Tower and makes a hard left. Jog right into the wash and follow it upstream.

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