Infinity Ridge

This route is very long in comparison to other and needs at best 1:20h to complete, and as you can tell its access trail is far away from the actual summit. This route traverses the east Hell Gate hill and then the South Bowl wall to finally reach the actual South Ridge of the peak. 

With two cruxes over very exposed terrain and an estimated fall distance of 65 -70 meters it is definetly a serious route. 

Getting There

You can access the route by heading (from the Tower Base) south towards the Hell Gates and after passing them head east (E) after a bit you will reach the end of the hill that should have been on your left. From there head left (N) and you reached the trail head. 

Route Description

This route begins outside the main range with its first part being a nice approach walk to the hill summit. From there the real fun begins. 

The route denoted with blue begins on the general mountain road and reaches the summit. Denoted with red are the two cruxes on the face.

The route is a basic hill walk at first reaching the summit of the first hill about 2 mins in, there the terrain starts to become more rugged and now on your right you will be directly above a small crater on the ground. On your right should be the South Bowl, from there traverse the ridge forward (heading N) and for a safe climb try staying on the right side of the ridge just a bit under the ridge line. You will be at the end of the ridge within minutes from there on you are on the Towers South face. 

You can get more details about the ridge from the second picture on the left.

From there you must slowly climb the face, the first crux is a flat area on the face just right from the spine of the Face, you will be tackling this withing 5 mins of reaching the face. 

You can see the first and second crux as well as the route. After making it through the first crux that i recommend making a move to the right, head upwards and then through some obvious gullies until you reach crux 2. The second crux is way more dangerous since it has no holds, you must put your center of mass towards the rock and slowly ascend until you reach the first holds, from there on just some exposure is the only issue. After that you make it on some dirt that lines the summit, you here have to stand up and walk to the true summit. 

On the above picture (above right) you can see denoted with Green the other route, Escape Velocity and with Blue the higher peak Three Tree Rock. 

Essential Gear

I strongly suggest packing a helmet, some chalk and water, i also recommend you pack some luck. This is definitely a hard and challenging climb since the face is very exposed and very steep.

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