This route is a sandy, dirty and difficult offwidth crack climbing rotten rock.  Scramble up to the base of the crack with a few committing and very runout moves before getting to the crack.  Loose and sandy jamming gets wider and wider.  Pass a bolt at about 50 feet from the start of the crack.  Continue up as the crack gets wider.  The crack becomes too wide for even #5 camalots.  I ended up placing a 5 bolt ladder to the right of the offwidth due to a snowstorm, no protection and super sandy rock.  This offwidth will go free, but it will be very hard.  (but at least there is good protection now.)  After the bolts there is about 10 more feet of 5.10 offwidth to get to a saddle just below the summit of the tower and a two bolt anchor.  I did not continue to the summit due to the softness of the rock.  It was some of the worst rock I have ever climbed on.

D.P.O.S.

Winter Moon Tower - Waxing and Waning

Pitch 1- Great nutting and some small cams up the thin crack lead to a bolt at about 35 feet.  More thin clean aid leads past two more bolts to a belay at a small hanging stance.  120 feet  C2

Pitch 2- Thin cams and more interesting nutting goes up a left curving crack (passing two bolts) to a steep corner.  Climb the corner past two more bolts and a fixed slider nut to a three bolt belay on the great summit.  There is a register.  85 feet  5.7 C2+

Description

Location

Protection

Routes in Lucky Strike Mine Area