Middle Section

The Flying Buttress

Description 

The Middle Section (for lack of a better name) contains the bulk of the routes at Granite Mountain, running from Magician over to the right side of the Flying Buttress and the Coke Bottle route.** These are the longest, hardest, and arguably best routes at Granite Mountain, running up to 450 feet in length.

• This separation was originally established by Jim Waugh in his 1982 Granite Mountain guide. I may try to break this up a bit more for ease of finding routes later.

Getting There 

Access for routes in the Middle Section depends on which route for the most part. Routes on the left end, say from Magician over to Green Savior or so, can be more easily accessed from the trail up to the Swamp Slabs. Routes from (this is approximate) Green Savior over to Coke Bottle are easier to get to by following the climber's trail up to the Front Porch area, racking up, and then hiking to your objective.

Featured Route For Middle Section

The Slammer Jam 5.10  AZ : Granite Mountain : Middle Section

This is another of the stoic straight faced 5.10s at GM. This line starts off the second belay of the Classic however you want to get to that point. Pitch 1 (3 total)Climb out onto the left wall via jam crack and continue up and left into another system and follow it until you can traverse right to a small belay stance above corner. 5.8.Pitch 2. Climb crack to move left into a left facing corner that arches to the left. Follow that to an open ...[more]

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Scott Baxter on the Front Porch	Old times on the Front Porch (L to R) Paul Davidso...	Philipo Condrey rappelling Coke Bottle after the f...