An unknown fact about Devils Tower is that there were American Indian tall tales of two young Sioux boys who wandered away from their village and i large bear named, Mato tried to consume them when Wakan Tanka, the creator, raised from the ground underneath them. Mato then clawed at the side of the giant rock but ran away forming Bear Butte by Black Hills. Wanglee, the bald eagle came and whisked the boys off the monument and returned them to their village.
Each year dozens and dozens of people try to climb Devils Tower and each side of the monument has their own routes people can climb. Each trail has a different level of climbing for example there's trails that are extremely easy to climb while other trails may be impossible to even attempt. This picture down below show people attempting to climb one of the more moderate routes of the tower.
You can contact the ranger's office at the monument if you have an interest for climbing, and you can climb whenever, but they ask you to refrain from climbing during the month of June to honor the "wishes" of local tribes.
http://www.wyomingtourism.org/thingstodo/detail/Devils-Tower-National-Monument/2900
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