I climbed Wasootch Tower via N Ridge today. Dry and in excellent
condition. Well, as excellent as the N ridge gets which is not very.
It was retrofitted a few years ago with some bolts but is still a little
serious in spots, II 5.6ish, 275m, starts at the highest point of trees on
the N (or if you want to be technical NNE) ridge which at 8 am these days
is the obvious light/shadow line from the parking lot. Bring a modest
rack, a couple of pitons, and an appetite for Rockies rubble.
There are two rappel lines:
- one is about 7 m north of the summit cairn by
a shrub (two bolts on the ground). Ignore the manky piton station and
continue to two ring bolts in a gully (rap 1 - 25m, rap 2 - 25 m)
- the other is down about 20 m south of the summit on a ledge. (rap 1 - 10
m, rap 2 - 25 m)
Regards,
Tom Wolfe
ASG/AAG
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