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Tower Rock
Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 3:25 pm
by pborden
Red River Gorge Climbs states that Tower Rock is closed to climbing. Is this still the case?
Thanks,
Peter
Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 3:35 am
by gulliver
It's open , but I think there are some route closures there. Check with
www.rrgcc.org for current closures, or do a search here .
Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 8:10 am
by ynot
Theres a closed boulder.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:01 am
by Steve
The Forest Service asked (back inthe 90s I belive) that folks limit climbing at Tower. This was because someone's campfire got a little out of control and toasted the vegitation on top. The vegitation has grown back, some book on hiking in the Gorge published a few years ago says there is a trail to the top (?), and climbing has been going on all this time. Like ynot said, the closure is for the boulder. When the bouldering guide was published the FS went ape poo because there is something of cultural signifgance under that thing. The closures don't seem to have effected any routes.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 11:19 am
by ynot
That explains why so many hikers have asked how they can get to the top without climbing gear.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 2:12 pm
by Steve
Yeah, I'm thinking is was some book on hiking in the Gorge published in part by the Sierra Club and had some sort of FS stamp of approval on it. Or at least the FS didn't get mad like when a bouldering guide was published. We made fun of it a long time ago on kywilderness which makes me think it was published in 99 or 2000.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 10:41 pm
by gulliver
are the grunges closed? ---------not that I'm interested
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 4:01 am
by ynot
They weren't last time I was there. They are so grungy ,even I wont get on them.
I'll climb almost anything.