The extra large, south facing boulder in the Grands avalanche track, near the toe of the Tepee Glacier has a vertical face for climbing.

Originally a 50 m rappel for clients in bad weather or as a way to descend from camp when shut down above, this face eventually got top roped and led.

Now there are 2 additional pitches on this south face right of the original route. 5.11c and 5.12a both have thin slabby technical crimping and can be climbed with mostly QD’s

The Big Guy

Kitchen Rock -Original -Center

Bunny Luv

Corkscrew

Good Over Evil

Chubby Bunny

Beautiful arete' boulder problem on SE prow of boulder below Watchtower West Face. Hidden. Short, only 14 m tall. Start in steep, loose gully. then overhanging jumps and campus moves to edge pinching and arete' lie back on perfect, gold Teton rock!

JHMG’s Corbet High Camp, original Kitchen Rock’s East Face has two excellent and historic boulder problems.

The Right or Original problem; Low start: V4 *** pure, dark colored stone with classic grips. Many variations in grips and eliminates but all around 5.12a/b

Center Route: V8 **** low start. On classic sloper spike, Dynamic’, high top out, best with May-June snow

From the block belay at the base of Chubby Bunny last pitch, rail out right to finger cracks heading to a slot in the roof. Squirm grain through overhang to nicer stone at the lip and short head wall.

A seller route of quality rock, great protection, and a bit of every type of climbing on it.  In the name, the routes starts on the face and winds around to the left side of the tower then back right around a notch behind a tower then finishing straight up on easier terrain to the top.

Jam cracks, face climbing, a chimney and exposed moves out and around a corner from under a roof.  classic climing in a classic setting.

Start below the large left facing dehedral and make the first pitch belay at the bottom of it on a large ledge 5.6.  Move left 2 meters to a short but fun 5.7 crack to low angled slab above with good pro.  The angle kicks back up into a 5.8 hand crack to under a roof with a good belay stance on a small block in the corner.  Pitch three (money) goes out from under the roof and around the corner into a quality crack to a large ledge 5.7 (possible belay stance).  Continue up a double left leaning crack system to the base of the chimney 5.9.  Pitch four ascends the chimney using deep holds and cracks for pro then onto the large ledge above.  Continue up broken terrain to the next large grassy ledge 5.6.  The fifth pitch goes to the top on low 5th class terrain after a few moves of 5.6.

Beautiful finger crack through the center of West Face of Watchtower.

From the escape ledge of Corkscrew, climb corner to face past pitons to ledge with fixed baby angle. 5.7

Climb Marquis finger crack through overhang directly to summit. Cams and Fixed pitons. 5.10b

This would be an excellent finish for the "Corkscrew Route"

Jug at lip allows a "Foops"-like dead hang.

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Routes in The Watchtower