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BETA PHOTO: Current routes on Mary's Bust, left buttress.
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Description 

Construction Zone

Thanks for your patience.

This subarea will include the routes to the left of the big gully and below Moonlight Rock. The rock here is up to 400' in height. There is a slightly more traditional and adverture feeling to the climbs on this side of Mary's Bust.

Getting There 

Hike up the main access trail and go left.

L->R: 

A. Unknown, traditional.
B. Unknown, traditional.
C. Unknown, traditional.
D. Unknown, traditional.
E. Unknown, traditional.
F. Unknown, TR.
G. Sparky's Cooler, 7 or 10-, 4p, 310', bolts & gear.
H. The Beak, 11-, 4p, 300', bolts & gear.
I. Devil's Backbone, 11, 3p, 280', bolts & sling. P1 11-.
I1. Sympathy for the Devil, 12-, 1p var to P3 of I.

Above and right (Golden Hall):

A. Diamond Overhang, 10- PG-13, 1p, 75', gear.
B. Rain on the Mountain, 13-, 1p, 75', bolts.

The Classics

Featured Route For Mary's Bust - left buttress

Sympathy for the Devil 5.12a  CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : Mary's Bust - left buttress

Sympathy for the Devil is a brilliant variant finish to The Devil's Backbone. It may be the best pitch at Mary's Bust at present.Climb the first two pitches of The Devil's Backbone (both 5.11a), but skip the last bolt at the end of the 2nd pitch and head right to a great ledge on the edge of the buttress with a hidden two-bolt anchor. Pitch 3: Start up the arete, and move onto the overhanging wall on the right. After clipping the 4th bolt (awesome 5.12a to here), yo...[more]   Browse More Classics in CO