Rapunzel's Back in Rehab

Short easy hike up. Turn left off the paved road at the sign in the photo Plaidman put up, drive to near the dirt road ends @3/4 of mile. There is a flag at trail start (the tree has a florescent orange tag which may or may not be there) showing the crappy climbers trail up. This is easily seen on any topo map. If you feel like complaining about the trail feel free to do some work to make it better. The "trail" starts where the uphill side of the hill dips down below the road. Pull off the dirt road so folks can get by, locals ride their motorcycles here.

It's much much closer and an easier hike than getting to Monkey Face from Portland, and by the end of P3 you have already done more vertical as the longest Monkey Face routes and you still have 10 more pitches above you if you want to get more. On a clear day you can easily see the Tower looming uphill a short way above you through the trees so you will not get lost during the shortish hike up, and once you get high enough up the view of the south side of Mt Rainer is stunning. A full compendium of all you wish to know can currently be found here:

https://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/topic/97807-tr-tower-rock-fa-rapunzels-back-in-rehab-c1-7152015/

Ivan has all the details (and them some) in the link.

2 hooks. If you don't top out, you need 2- 60M ropes to get down and there are rap anchors from P5 (MAYBE P6?) down, if you bail higher you will need to leave gear on bolted anchors. If rappelling from the top, you MUST rap off the anchors on the left (west) side of the traverse at P11-12. I believe that directly off a tree @ 40 feet west of the topout. Extendable daisy's help with long reaches.