A long, beautiful route. This route has two cruxes, one high and one low, and they couldn't be more different from one another. Sandwiched in between is 70 feet of great 5.10 jugs in ever so slightly overhanging terrain. Your bouldering game will be on display early, while your technical prowess will come to play late: reach out, touch faith.

Touch Faith

The Belltower

Bonshō

Quasimodo

Hunchback

The furthest left line on the tall tower. Varied, interesting,quality climbing through mostly great stone for 12 bolts. An initial flake system on a slab leads to vertical and bulgy jugs, which, after a good rest, charges up through a short shallow corner and a thin bulge. A cool traverse leads to easier ground, and the anchors come shortly after. Great line. 70m required.

Sustained, with nice movement, great resting spots and a mellow redpoint crux. 

 Climb at your own risk.

Two early bits of thinness on cool yellow rock culminates in fifty feet of pumpy jug climbing through less than stellar stone. A solid path exists, but the upper portion of this route will likely shed for some time. Even so, the route's climbing is good.

Climbs a solid belt of gray stone up a bushy corner (and avoiding the looseness of the Belltower's arete) for five bolts, and then soars up the bulletproof gray slab above for another 60+ feet. Interesting and varied at the grade.

Sitting directly above the lower Cathedral Trail parking lot, this golden tower stands out against the evergreens with Cathedral itself soaring above. As of now, the cliff contains four quality routes all over 85 feet, and there is potential for about a half dozen other lines.

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Routes in The Belltower