This climb leads straight out of a small cave to the top of the clock tower. Numerous large features make for great holds, but the exposure and incline of the wall can make the route feel more difficult. Once you reach the top, be aware of loose rocks and dirt. There is a bolted anchor, but it is a ways back from the edge, so it is easier to just top belay your partner to the summit of the pinnacle.To get down, a second bolted anchor contains rap rings that makes it easy to get back to where you started. Make the short rap back down to the saddle or a 250+- foot rappel to the base of Clock Tower's south wall. Another set of rappel anchors can be found on a large shelf about 2/3 down.

Millennium

A Crack in Time

Another Circadian Heartthrob

Bare Naked Solstice Party

Equinox, direct

Time Warp

Deadbeat's Escapements

Rock Around the Clock

Belay from a large burned snag at the top of the Clock Tower saddle. begin climbing from the bottom of the wall up to the first of two bolts about 8 ft up the wall (5.5). Follow the thin crack (5.8-) to a shoulder and headwall about 8 feet from the summit. Climb the headwall (1 bolt) to the summit (5.7).

Fist clip at slight overhang within reach from the ground. Follow the bolt line up this steep, slightly overhung wall (5.10b/c) 50 feet to the belay ledge. Shares top anchors with Bare Naked Solstice Party.  Rappel off chains or summit using one of the four upper routes (5.7 to 5.9).

P1: follow bolt line up over the large bulge to a large ledge. Moves through first two bolts approximately 5.9, becomes 5.10a as you move through bolts 3 &4 on lower portion of the bulge, with a 5.10b crux move through the 5th bolt. Bolts 4 and 5 are closely placed be careful not to z-clip #5. Continue 5.8 to large ledge with belay/rap rings on the headwall. P2: follow the lower angled slab (5.5 bolts, one bolt over ~25ft) to the right of the belay to the inside corner seam above. Follow this seam to the top (5.8).  Rappel down north "backside" (1 rap using 50-60m rope) or back down the front (2 raps using 60m or 1 rap using 70m rope)

P1: climb the arête (5.8) into and through a short overhang (.10a direct) ending at a large ledge with belay/rap anchors, or about 10 feet below the overhang before the route steepens follow an alternative bolt line to right (5.6 indirect) around the overhang then coming back to the direct line and first set of belay/rap anchors.P2: follow the bolt line straight up the steep arête (5.7-.8 easier than it looks from the belay) to an overhanging bulge near the top. from here either climb onto the bulge (tricky crux 5.10a) and continue to the top, or follow the thin awkward ledge under the overhang to the left inside corner crack (5.7) finishing the climb on the rest of Bare Naked Solstice Party (5.7-8).Rappel off down backside (one 50 or 60m rope), or rappel down Bare Naked Solstice Party on front south side (two raps with 60m rope, or one rap with 70m rope).

P1: Shares first ~10 ft with Deadbeat's Escapement From second bolt Time Warp climbs left and follows left line to the left side of large belay ledge, sharing belay anchors with Deadbeat. Deadbeat climbs right from second bolt while Time Warp continues straight up.P2: From the belay ledge you have the option to continue on to the summit by climbing out the left side of the ledge and straight up linking with Rock Around the Clock (5.8) or follow the arete (Pitch 2 of Time Warp, 5.7+) directly above the belay. The third option is to cross onto the arete and then move right following the boltline just right of the arete (Evading Deadbeat's Escapement pitch-2, 5.9).  A fourth option for summitting is to climb out the right side of the belay ledge following the second pitch of Bare Naked Solstice Party (5.9) to the top. If you are continuing on either the 2nd pitch of Deadbeat's Escapement or Bare Naked Solstice Party, continuing on in a second pitch is recommended for reducing rope drag.

P1: Shares first ~10 ft with Time Warp. From second bolt Time Warp climbs left and follows left line to left side of large belay ledge, sharing belay anchors with cicadian hearthob. Hearthrob climbs right from second bolt. follow this bolt line avoiding the temptation to cross onto Time Warp.

 P2: From the belay ledge you have the option to: 1.) continue on to the summit by climbing out the left side of the ledge and straight up linking with Rock Around the Clock (5.8) or 2.) follow the arete (Pitch 2 of Time Warp, 5.7+) directly above the belay. 3.) cross onto the arete and then move right following the boltline just right of the arete (Deadbeat's pitch-2, 5.9) 4.) climb out the right side of the belay ledge following the second pitch of Bare Naked Solstice Party (5.9) to the top.

 If you are continuing on either the 2nd pitch of Heartthrob or Bare Naked Solstice Party, continuing on in a second pitch is recommended for reducing rope drag.

This route starts in a small cave on the West side of the Clock Tower and traverses out to the right. A second bolt line is about 8 feet out, and then head up the wall. Near the top, be aware of loose rocks and debris that are easy to knock off. There is a bolted anchor at the top, but it is difficult to set up a top rope. Plan on top belaying your partner to the top of the pinnacle, and then rappelling off via another anchor with rap rings Update (10/2019) Rock Around the Clock can now be climbed as the second pitch to the two lower routes that begin on left side of the lower wall.

This is a rock pinnacle that stands on the East Side of the South Comb. The pinnacle offers a variety of routes that all finish with a top out. The base of the Clock Tower's east side offers a cool place for climbing on hot days.

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Routes in Clock Tower