I've finally made it past the first 8 steps. The reason why I didn't find the clue is it's possible to head down into the lava before finding log entry that gives you the first 7 steps. Maybe the clue needs to put somewhere so it can be found before allowing you to head into the lava.
Anyways, I finally got the part where you have to answer "Glacier". At the next cross hair section, I seem to be stuck. Taking the N, E, S path teleports me to lava land and instant death/reload from ruin camp(fun

...NOT! ). Taking the W path teleports back into level 3 of the tower. I'm not sure if I screwed up anywhere leading up to the "Glacier" magic mouth.
Any guidance from that point would be appreciated.
Thanks.