scottgg Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 After a few trips through the enchantments, and decents off dragontails south side, I have become interested in a rock tower located south of dragontail, and west of asgard pass. As you descend the glacier behind dragontail, the spire is to your right, and I think its called The Witches Tower... anyone know of any routes/beta? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 See the Beckey guide. They are mostly short routes (1-3 pitches?). I recall a 4th-class way up and a 5.8 crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Some information here: Click the picture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still_climbin Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I've done the West Face of the Tower. It was crumbly and not too asthetic. There's a number of route choices. The way we did it was two picthes of about 5.5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The Mountaineers have a Basic route on it they call the Southwest Corner featuring one pitch of 5.5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counterfeitfake Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I climbed this in September, there is an easy scramble up on (I believe) the southeast side, if you just want to get to the top. At that time of year, coming from the lake we went up about 300 feet of hard ice which was a little spicy(we could have instead opted for going up rock), but after that it was pretty much scrambling, ascend a ramp to a couple little chimney-type things. No rope required. On the descent we just walked off toward Little Annapurna. summitpost entry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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