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There are a few sport routes that were put up before bolting was restricted, and some aid is still available. After 100ft up, you tend to get consistent, very steep climbing.ĭue to the blocky nature of the upper portions of the tower, very few climbs have a safe/good quality summit finish, so most of the climbs are done on the bottom two thirds.įixed anchors provide great rappel stations, but be sure to bring two ropes! Even an 80m is not enough for some of the good routes. The first pitch is often sweeping, gradually getting steeper. There are over 200 climbs at Devils Tower, about 90% of which are free multi-pitch trad routes. That said, most climbers wanting to summit choose to climb to the Tower’s Meadows area on the south face and then scramble to the top. Looking at the images, you’ll notice that the upper third of the tower is more blocky, with lower quality rock. No approach takes more than 30 minutes, and completing a registration card is required to climb. The top of the tower reaches 5,117ft (about 800ft from its base) and all approaches leave the main Devils Tower parking lot. Prominent splitter cracks surround the tower every 5-10 feet, and most climbs offer several pitches of sustained, near-vertical climbing with bomber protection.
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Devils Tower is a striking igneous (phonolite porphyry) intrusion located in northeastern Wyoming, just north of Interstate 90 between Rapid City, SD and Gillette, WY.