A nice two-pitch outing that reaches the top of Capulin Tower but the first pitch is a great thin-hands pitch on its own and gets climbed much more than the second pitch. The first pitch is 5.10+ slightly overhanging splitter thin hands to a short bit of wider crack. Pitch two is easy, loose adventure climbing up to a short corner and the summit. 

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Petrichor Crack

Onward to the Edge of Space!

The Viking

This amazing line links up three solution pockets on the slab with perfectly-placed, barely-there foot holds before gaining the airy arête. Balancy and tenuous moves on the arête go up to a final, tricky and committing mantle-type move to the top. It's really cool and amazing that the right holds are all there in the necessary locations to make this line go. There's very little face climbing potential at Capulin due to crumbly rock but this rock has been weathered and is quality stuff.

 Because the route starts on a ledge at the base of Capulin Tower Area and traverses the slab out to the left, when you hit the arête you're already 30' off the deck making it feel very airy.

 All the bolts were, of course, hand-drilled so it took some pretty solid effort to establish this line. It was certainly worth the work.

Can you smell it? A full 35m of climbing with a bit of everything from engaging face climbing to an overhanging fingers crux to thin hands to hands to wide hands to an easy off-width finish.    Face climb past two bolts to a full-recovery ledge below the overhanging fingers crux. Lock those fingers in good and climb into thin hands to hands to a good shake above the crux. Continue up the widening crack to the anchor.  

  A great shot from the AAJ showing the meat of Petrichor Crack.

This is a beautiful right facing dihedral that faces east so sees shade in the afternoon.   

  Climb the amazing hand crack up to where it tapers down to tips.  At this point, reach high left and clip a bolt to get to the anchors. 

Capulin Tower is a semi-detached 120' tower formation in the middle of The Hinterlands. The tower itself boasts two routes, an enjoyable two-pitch route to reach the top via 5.10+ climbing and a gorgeous 110' overhanging finger crack crux crack line, Petrichor Crack, right up the middle of the tower. 

 Flanking the tower are two other routes. On the left side is Capulin's only fully-bolt-protected route, Onward to the Edge of Space!. Much further to the right of the tower is the fantastic The Viking. 

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Routes in Capulin Tower Area