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DescriptionThe Pedestal Buttress is a 50 foot high buttress containing arount 20 very good climbs that are easily accessed. Routes like Birch Tree Crack (5.8) and Upper Diagonal (5.9) see a lot of traffic, and there's even a two-pitch climb, The Pedestal (5.4), that's great for practicing a lead traverse. This is another wall that will fill up by 9am on the weekends, so get here early. Getting ThereTo get to the Pedestal Buttress hike the CCC Trail to "T" in the trail at The Monster. Turn left at The Monster and continue up (northwest) until you reach a second "T". Straight ahead is Pedestal Buttress. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Pedestal Buttress:
Lower Diagonal 5.8 Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet
Birch Tree Crack 5.8 Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet
Upper Diagonal 5.9 Trad, TR
The Stretcher 5.9+ TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet
The End 5.10a Trad
Sometime Crack 5.10a Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet
Congratulations 5.10a Trad, TR
Sometime Direct 5.10d R Trad, 60 feet
Flake Route 5.10d PG13 Trad, TR
D.L.F.A 5.11 Trad, 29 pitches, 290 feet, Grade VI
The Dog 5.12a TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet
All The Way 5.12b/c Trad, 1 pitch, 30 feet
Featured Route For Pedestal Buttress
 Flake Route is the quintessential Devil's Lake climb--thin technical crimping on a vertical face. Start up the center of "Campus Wall" directly underneath the alcove on Upper Diagonal. Climb straight up to the alcove, where you will find a fixed pin and a sneaky no-hands rest. Next, cast right and up, following small square cut crimpers up the center of the wall.This climb is actually better protected than it looks if you place gear (.5 and .75 C...[more] Browse More Classics in WI |
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