Route:  Concord Tower/N face
Climbed:  Aug, 1995



From right at the notch (not 20 ft below) ascend the obvious crack
system, exiting to the left onto a large ledge where there is a good
belay bush.  Do a short section of 4th class ascending to the right to
start the second pitch on a crack system.  There is no good anchor
here: no good cracks in the rock and the one bush is too small to
trust.

I started the second pitch on the right most cracks, which I found to
be difficult to protect.  Above, start moving left under some larger
blocks to a crescent ledge which does provide good protection.  Climb
left off the ledge on a steep face with good handholds.  8 ft up gain
another small ledge.  Exit this ledge up a ramp to the left.  This
leads to a step up to yet another ledge.

For the standard route, climb a left leaning crack, being careful of
they very loose large rock near the start of the crack.  Above, the
crack lays back and ends at some large blocks which make a good belay
anchor.

The 3rd pitch climbs up a right leaning crack, then leftward up a
friction ramp to the east side of the summit block.  There climb a
crack to the summit.  Becky calls the final crack "deceptively steep".
We found nothing deceptive about the crack: it was as steep and
difficult as it appeared (5.6).  It was also unprotectable.

For this reason I would strongly consider the alternate route next
time, which I think moves right off the ledge above the step, then
climbs a 5.7 crack then easier climbing to the summit.





[Route description written by Tom Unger]