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Approach to Nirvana Buttress
0.5
mi
0.8
km
Length
621 ft
189 m
Ascent
-124 ft
-38 m
Descent
45-60 min approach, quite a bit of off-trail travel and route-finding that makes it slower than expected.
Follow the main trail with two left turns, and in about 12 minutes where there's a fence along the left side of the trail, look for a climbers trail that turns right and uphill. Follow that toward the base of the cliffs and typically keep hugging the cliffs till you find a 3rd class "waterfall steps" gully, take that up, then keep hugging cliffs and traversing around. Finally when nearing the base of the climb, you can ditch backpacks/shoes before rounding the corner (you can rappel back to here and you won't want to take backpacks through the tunnel squeeze). Then walk around to the back side of the cliff, follow up along the side of the cliff till you finally spot the tunnel on the right. Traverse on slabby ledges to the tunnel (the upper slab ledge is better than the lower one but still has one spooky airy step). Squeeze through the tunnel and you're at the base!
Follow the main trail with two left turns, and in about 12 minutes where there's a fence along the left side of the trail, look for a climbers trail that turns right and uphill. Follow that toward the base of the cliffs and typically keep hugging the cliffs till you find a 3rd class "waterfall steps" gully, take that up, then keep hugging cliffs and traversing around. Finally when nearing the base of the climb, you can ditch backpacks/shoes before rounding the corner (you can rappel back to here and you won't want to take backpacks through the tunnel squeeze). Then walk around to the back side of the cliff, follow up along the side of the cliff till you finally spot the tunnel on the right. Traverse on slabby ledges to the tunnel (the upper slab ledge is better than the lower one but still has one spooky airy step). Squeeze through the tunnel and you're at the base!
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