Follow bolts in the beautiful water groove on the SE face. Consistent climbing on great rock with great protection leads to a small bulge and the crux near the last bolt. The last 30 feet is slightly easier, but quite thin and unprotected. 

  Cindy Tolle and Pete DeLannoy took turns drilling bolts on lead with a Bosch. After drilling the last bolt, Pete thought that there would be a bomber hand hold above from which he could drill an additional bolt, which turned out to be false. 

  A great view of climbers on this route can be had from the summit of the Hitching Post or the Thimble.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Every Which Way But Kamps

Buck Shot Eyes and a Purple Heart

Conn Route on Bell Tower

Kamps Crack

Every Which Way But Loose

Following the directions to Bell Tower will leave you at the base of this climb.  The climb starts on the left side of the yellow arrowhead. Bolt, piton, seam, bulge, 4 more bolts to the anchors.  This route is a steep crystal pincher. There is a 2nd pitch but we didn't do it. I heard tell that it was terrible and not finished. Before you rope up, make sure you're wearing your shore leave wristwatch and cuban heels and that long-sleeved shirt with horses on the front,  and please leave all your papers on the Ticonderoga.

Very sustained throughout. Start on EWWBL then cut right to first bolt. Spaced bolts to begin then better protected up higher. Ain't over til it's over.

This is a fun and exhilarating route that doesn't see much traffic!  Our party climbed this route on October 1st and we were the second to sign a new registry placed on June 22nd. 

  P1:   On the east side of Bell Tower (next to the Thimble) is a huge detached flake.  There are two options, both chimneys.  The left side chimney is the original Conn Route and the right side is a mega squeeze chimney variation by Walt Bailey.  Belay at the top of the flake off a pair of bolts and webbing. 

  P2:   Step across onto the face of Bell Tower and clip a pin in a horizontal crack.  Traverse left delicately on small holds into another chimney.  Clip a new bolt, climb the chimney (30 or 40 feet) to a small flake and finish on 30 or so feet of unprotected easy face climbing. 

  Summit anchor (chains) is on the west face on the main summit block.

Tape up or suffer- this crack is loaded with quartz and flares. Wear a shirt to protect your shoulders.   Start in a shallow right-facing crystalline corner. CLimb this up and then bump left to the main crack (crux, pumpy) on so-so gear. Lots of it, but some in very crystalline (and thus possibly breakable) rock. Set a 1" cam and then pull up into the flaring jam crack, wishing all the while you had taped you hands and maybe even your forearms. Waiting until cooler temps and wearing sleeves might take the bite out of it as well.  Continue with good rock, good gear, and a good calf-pump for 100' to a ledge with some open 'shuts' set for a rap (60m rope) or continue up and left on  ramp then back right on good face-holds (5.3, S) or straight up (5.6, S) to a second set of anchors a foot below the true summit.  The summit is very cool with great views. Rap from the top anchors with a 70M rope, or to the lower anchors and then to the ground with a 60M rope.   Scramble to the summit for awesome views. 

  The ramp between the two rap anchors has both raspberry and strawberry plants on it. Chow down!

This is a really fun route with great moves that will keep you on your toes.   

  Start by scrambling to a large sloping ledge near a right-facing corner.  There is a very thin crack in the dihedral that will hardly accept your smallest pro.  Climb the short dihedral placing marginal protection to a good undercling that will take a hand-sized cam.  From the undercling, traverse left following a mix of new and old fixed gear. 

  The traverse on steep rock is the crux, but is well protected.  After the traverse, climb straight up past two more bolts and continue to the anchors.

This is the formation just behind (west) of the Needles Eye.  If driving from Sylvan, pull out and park left in the first gravel pullout just before the Needles Eye.  Tromp straight across the road and find a path that goes downhill and around to the left, hugging the base of the rock.  You'll soon come to a gully with a very large chockstone at the top of it and a large upwards-pointing arrowhead near the base of the right wall.  This is the Bell Tower and the start of "Buck Shot Eyes and a Purple Heart."

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Routes in Bell Tower