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Brinton's Buttress

Submitted By: Tom Anderson-Brown on Apr 16, 2002
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Unknown climber on the East Bluff, April 18, 2009....


Description 

Brinton's Buttress could be considered the crown jewel of the East Rampart. The buttress contains many high-quality climbs and is perhaps the most heavily visited formation on the East Bluff. Rubberman (5.13b), arguably the hardest climb at the Lake is located at the eastern end of the buttress, Brinton's Crack (5.6) is found on its southern face, and Berkeley (5.6) sits amongst other great climbs on the west face.


Getting There 

To find Brinton's Buttress hike up the CCC trail, turn left at The Monster and climb up rock steps through the talus field until you reach Pedestal Buttress. To access the top of Brinton's Buttress turn right and hike around the east end of the East Rampart wall. Turn back to the west and hike along the top of the cliff for 250 feet. To access the bottom of Brinton's Buttress turn left at Pedestal Buttress and hike on the climber's Trail for about 150 feet until you reach Brinton's Buttress.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Brinton's Buttress:
Boy Scout   5.3     Trad, TR   
Brinton's Crack   5.6     Trad   
Berkeley   5.6     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Brinton's Direct   5.8     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
Chicago   5.9 R     Trad, 60 feet   
Chiaroscuro   5.9+     TR, 60 feet   
Stool Pidgeon   5.11b R     Trad, 120 feet   
Cheap Thrills   5.12b/c     TR   
Rubberman   5.13b     TR   
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Rubberman 5.13b  WI : Devil's Lake : ... : Brinton's Buttress
Perhaps the most "doable" of the Devil's Lake 5.13's, Rubberman is a deserved neo-classic. The wall is quite steep by DL standards and the moves feel more sport-like than the other vertical crimping nightmares (like Ice) found in the in the park.Locate the steep wall left of Boy Scout. The climb starts out with a very difficult and strange mantle move. Start on the jug, and move left hand up to a two finger crimp. Perch your right foot on the jug...[more]   Browse More Classics in WI


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