The Watchtower

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Described L to R.

* Jugular Pulse 20m 21 (OS)
A fun sport route on carrots, plus some #2-2.5Frs below the 2nd bolt. Probably soft touch if you do the roof by moving left to the obvious sidepull. Apparently direct is much better. The headwall is quite nice. DRB shared with S.

** Silvertop 20m 22 (OS)
A very fun sport route on rings, plus a small cam and med-wire to get to the first RB. (Apparently tall climbers can preclip the first bolt from the elevated ledge on the R). Crux moves head diagonally R through the first overlap, then awesome sustained moves on sparse holds up the slight seam, trend L to finish at the shared DRB.

* Beelzebub 18m 15 (OS)
Corner crack. Barely worth the star, but sort of ok I guess. Crux through the roof at half height, just keep stemming your feet higher and it all comes together.

More Internet Sites on Watchtower Climbing

Victorian Climbing Club (VCC) go here to check for new routes, and/or upcoming trips to this area.

Bureau of Meteorology Navigate to "Wimmera" - Horsham's weather is the closest.

Australian Maps Enter "Camerons Rd" as the street and "Laharum" as the suburb (and Victoria as the state).

Chockstone has photos of this crag.

Parks Victoria Park information, downloadable maps, etc.

Parks Victoria Education Resource Kit A fascinating explanation of Grampians climate, geology, wildlife, vegetation, soils, history, park management, and visitor impacts.

TheCrag.com As always. Record your Watchtower ticks here, and see what everyone else is climbing.