Climb to the old piton 20 feet up, move right for gear and holds.  Continue up, zig zagging a path of least resistance (and best gear) until you reach the ledge below the 40 foot tower.  Climb the tower, following a line that includes two oddly placed (are both necessary?) pitons midway up. 

  The are no anchors, so you must build a gear anchor for the belay and it would be easiest to downclimb the tower (5.1).  We did manage to wrap the rope around the top most horn/highest point of rock, then move an end far left to reduce the drag enough to pull the rope after rappelling.

Southwest Ridge

South Face

East Face

Low-angle 5th class to a piton at mid-height, to a blocky finish atop the chimney.

Follow the obvious line of protection up the east face to the top.

This is the unusual tower on a sub-summit of Chimney Mountain.

Description

Location

Protection

Routes in Chimney Summit