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Intermediate Alpine Climb - Concord Tower/North Face

Summit of North Face of Concord

  • Road suitable for all vehicles
  • The route begins just across from the Becky route of Liberty Bell.  After reading the Becky route description we began at the thirty feet to the right of the first pitch.  The first pitch is straight forward, 50ft.  We started too far to the right for the second pitch.  30ft led us to the Directismo route with at 5.9 rating or so.  I think we were to the left of this route, actually.  Later, tak

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    To get to the right gully, head over on climbers right at about 6500 feet from the main trail to South Early Winters.  

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

The route begins just across from the Becky route of Liberty Bell.  After reading the Becky route description we began at the thirty feet to the right of the first pitch.  The first pitch is straight forward, 50ft.  We started too far to the right for the second pitch.  30ft led us to the Directismo route with at 5.9 rating or so.  I think we were to the left of this route, actually.  Later, taking a look at the route from L.B.  the Directismo is a prominent route up a long crack.  One should head more straight up from the first pitch.  We ended up doing the whole second and third pitch with one rope (70m).  The climber who led this pitch was a very good climber :-).  Be carful when rappelling down the route.  There is a crack directly down from the rappel chains so make sure the rope is to the left so it does not get stuck.  (It has been noted that a pink Tricam fits in the last pitch crack at the end of the traverse on the left side of the summit).  The rock was great.  Take a puffy because it is out of the sun in the morning.