Rock Climbing Tower of Babel - McKay Route

What a day! We started extremely early at 4:00 am to get a parking spot at Lake Moraine and to have enough time for climbing. But it was worth it. First, watching the sunset and the mountains glow while hiking to the foot of Tower of Babel was really pretty. Second, it was an awesome climb. We had some difficulties finding the start, but eventually we took the correct one. The McKay Route, 5.8 is a truly alpine trad route (except with mostly bolted belay stations). The quartzite stone was really interesting and sometimes felt a bit like sandstone at home. While belaying, a bushy-tailed woodrat (I suppose) came sneaking up to me, which was cute. From the top, you had a magnificent view of Lake Moraine. As we walked down, it was a good feeling admiring the colossal Tower of Babel, knowing you just climbed that ~350 m face. It was a wonderful but exhausting day.