Babylonian Tower - Southwest Ridge

Away from the hustle of the Tannheimer south face, the walls of the Babylonian Tower and the neighboring Kelleschrofen are significantly quieter. This has good reasons: The approaches are somewhat longer, a nearby base like the Gimpelhaus or the Tannheimer Hütte are missing, and both rock quality and protection are considerably more alpine than in the nearby plaisir mecca at Gimpel & Co. Strictly speaking, the Babylonian Tower and Kelleschrofen are only two elevations on the long east ridge of the Kellenspitze, but with their demanding normal routes (each III+) they are considered the two most difficult summits of the Tannheimer mountains and thus remain the preserve of climbers. Of the handful of routes existing on both summits, only the southwest ridge on the Babylonian Tower is regularly climbed. The climbing on the impressive tower is surprisingly steep for the comparatively low difficulty level (IV+ mandatory / variations up to V). Besides small bulges, exposed traverses,