Blake Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Has anyone climbed anything enjoyable on Tower mountain? Particularly any experience on the Doorish-Cudkowicz? Quote
Bill_Simpkins Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 I believe Mike Layton hiked in there a few years back. If my memory serves me right, he said the rock was worthless. Layton? Quote
G-spotter Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 I am pretty sure that Mike says that about 100% of the routes he fails on. Quote
Blake Posted January 2, 2008 Author Posted January 2, 2008 Maybe you're thinking of Golden Horn? http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=7708&si=golden%20horn Quote
Bill_Simpkins Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 Maybe you're thinking of Golden Horn? http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=7708&si=golden%20horn I think you're right Blake. Quote
scott_johnston Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 About 6 or 7 years ago Steve House and I made an attempt on the SE ridge of Tower in January. We skied up Pine Creek from near Lone Fir campground on Hwy 20. We were thwarted due to the difficulty of the rock climbing. That doesn't necessarily mean much since we are both hacks. In our defense we were climbing in ski boots and had a very light alpine rack and short 8mm rope. The ridge looks moderate but it didn't take much 5th class rock to defeat us. With no possiblity to aid the harder moves we had to turn back after a really fun mixed scramble along the bottom of the route. We did it as a day trip and the skiing is really fun in that drainage so all was not lost. I recall the rock seeming quite good and I think in summer it would be a fun jaunt. We did this a few days after climbing most of the NW ridge of WA Pass pk which is a really fun alpine route that we went back and finished the next summer. Scott Quote
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