I didn't see any previous reports of this tower, so I thought I would post up a short TR.

My friend Charles and I decided to go check out Standing Rock in Canyonlands. After a few days of climbing towers around Moab, this would be the last on our short tour of classics in the area.

After climbing Washer Woman the previous day, we drove further down the White Rim and eventually pulled into a small wash and began looking for the descent gully. A few minutes later we located a short rappel and hiked into the drainage.


After a short hike we made it to the base of the tower.



The first pitch is a great stemming corner to a roof. After traversing right under the roof, you follow a wandering crack to a nice ledge (sorry no photos).

The next pitch climbs another wandering crack through some exciting bulges, past some old fixed relics, and to another comfortable ledge with three drilled pins, a star drive, and a 1/4" button head.



The 3rd pitch has a short 11+ crux to fun 5.10 face climbing. After that you can link with the 4th pitch which involves crumbly runout climbing while spiraling around the tower to the summit. Great views and a unique summit to end our short trip.



Two double rope rappels put us on the ground and we hiked back out to some cold beers waiting in the truck.

Cheers!