Leaning Tower - West Face

Though suffering from its neighbor immediately across the valley (a piece of rock you might have heard about, called El Capitan), the aptly named Leaning Tower still has the distinction of being one of the most overhanging walls in North America. The regular West Face route is a great first big wall for many Yosemite aspirants, and the nearby Wall of Ages and Fifi Buttress are seeing some interesting and rarely climbed new routes being regularly put up.

Route List

1: Voices of the Drowned/Mama, 5.8 A2/5.12a, Mundo, Thompson, 2004/Jones, Jones, 2006

2: Misanthropic Execution, 5.8 A3, Law, Thompson, 2004

3: Resisting Arrest, 5.8 A3, Mundo, Thompson, 2005

4: Yellow Corner/Turning Yeller, 5.12a R, Fender, Kor, 1965/Morgan, Shipley, Tech, 1992

5: Age of Exploration, 5.9+ A3, Kay, Thompson, 2002

6: The New Age, 5.8 A3, Mundo, Thompson, 2004

7: The Anomaly var., 2004

8: A Gift from Wyoming, 5.13b, Honnold, 2013

9: Disco Strangler, 5.9 A4, Bepler, Brand, Redfern, 1985

10: Jesus Built my Hotrod, 5.7 A4, Kohl, Rasmussen, 1992

11: Wet Denim Daydream/Wet Lycra Nightmare, 5.7 A3+/5.13d A0, Hatton, Thuermer, 1977/Hewett, Skinner, 2004

12: West Face/Westie Face, 5.7 A2/C3/5.13a A0, Denny, Harding, MacDonald, 1966/Houlding, Pickles, 2001

13: Heading for Oblivion, 5.8 A4+, Beyer, 1986

14: Roulette, 5.6 A4, Bepler, Redfern, 1984

15: Love Without Anger, 5.8 A3, Albuschkat, Bosque, 1988

16: West Face Traverse, 5.4+ X, Harr, Wilts, Wilts, 1957

17: Center of the Universe, 5.11-, Jones, McDevitt, 2015

18: Voyager, 5.11c, Hordley, Kelly, McDevitt, Pitts, 2013

19: Backburner, 5.7 C3, Hordley, Kelly, McDevitt, Pitts, 2013

20: Make It So/The Niels Tietze Memorial Route, 5.8 A4/5.13a/b, Adams, Ramsey, 2017/Lynch, Sullens, 2020

21: The Final Frontier, 5.7 A3/5.13b, Black, Griffith, McDevitt, McDevitt, 1999/Berry, Lucas, 2013

22: Techno Geek, 5.6 A3+, Law, 1999

23: Romulan Warbird, 5.9 C2/5.12c, McDevitt, 1999/Rivera, 2013

Updates

July 24, 2023: Minor graphic update