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Bridge Buttress

Submitted By: Ladd Raine on Apr 10, 2007
Administrator: Ladd Raine
Latitude: 38.1520  Longitude: -80.9272 
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Description 

Sunny, Easily accessible, high usage area (especially by newbies and guides)

Recently many of the climbs have had anchors placed on the top of them, hopefully this will preserve the trees that have managed to survive the past 20 years of abuse.

First Area developed during the early 80s, location of the first lead (Zag 5.8), the first 5.10 (The Tree Route), first 5.11 (Englishman's Crack), and first 5.12 (Let the Wind Blow)


Getting There 

Heading north from Fayetteville take three rights after going over bridge, cliff is to your north once you pass under bridge


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Bridge Buttress:
Horton's Tree   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch, 30 feet   
Zag   5.8     Trad, TR   
Jaws   5.9+     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Layback   5.9+     Trad, 1 pitch   
Chockstone   5.9+     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
The Tree Route   5.10a     Trad, TR, 85 feet   
Angel's Arete   5.10a R     Trad, TR, 70 feet   
Labor Day   5.10     Trad, 2 pitches, 100 feet   
Underfling   5.10b/c     Trad, 75 feet   
Handsome and Well-Hung   5.11a     Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Englishman's Crack   5.11b     Trad, 1 pitch, 85 feet   
High Times   5.11     Trad   
Marionette   5.11c PG13     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
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Michael Martin pulling the mono divot crux on this classic slab line.

Team Machine 5.12a  WV : New River Gorge : ... : Bridge Buttress
Slab/arete route with varied climbing enjoyable for the taller climber with some considerable confidence pulling hard slab moves. Also, fingers/tnedons of steel would be helpful.The crux move is moving left off of a terrible mono divot with a very bad foot match.This is a great climb for the 5.12 experienced climber to enjoy! ...[more]   Browse More Classics in WV


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Bridge Area from across the river

BETA PHOTO: Bridge Area from across the river

Save the cliff, get on the sharp end

BETA PHOTO: Save the cliff, get on the sharp end


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By Ladd Raine
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From: Plymouth, NH
Aug 28, 2007

In the most recent Cater guidebook he says Pirouette (5.12d) has no hangers...it has been re-equipped.