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Elevation: 1,396 ft 426 m
GPS: 43.41366, -89.71414
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Shared By: Tom Anderson-Brown on Apr 24, 2002
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Bill's Buttress is found about halfway along the East Rampart cliff face. The buttress contains long climbs like the challenging Cheatah and the easier Push-Me Pull-you. You'll need a 60m rope to top-rope these. Great climbs with great length can be found at Bill's Buttress.

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Bill's Buttress is just east of the Leaning Tower Gully and Rainy Wednesday Tower. Hike up the CCC trail making a right at Pedestal Buttress. Swing around the top of D'Arcy's Buttress and head back west along the top of the cliff. After passing by Tombstone Wall and Leaning Tower head down the Leaning Tower Gully and walk about 75 feet east along the base of the wall.

19 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Bill's Buttress

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
 5
● Lysurgic Ledge
Trad
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c PG13
 11
● Ignominy
Trad, TR
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 177
● PushMi, Pull-Yu
Trad, TR
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 155
● Coatimundi Crack
Trad, TR
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 42
● Escalation
Trad, TR
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
 49
● Grand Inquisitor
Trad, TR
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 44
● Agnostic
Trad, TR
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 93
● Breakfast of Champions
Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 18
● Talk to the Animals
TR
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
 7
● Derek Smalls' Crack
Trad, TR
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 167
● Cheatah
Trad, TR
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
 10
● Prophet's Honor
Trad, TR
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 4
● Sour Queen
TR
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13
 5
● Mr. Bunney Meets The Poultry Man
Trad, TR
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 8
● Tom Cat/Pussy Cat
TR
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Lysurgic Ledge
 5
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c Trad
● Ignominy
 11
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c PG13 Trad, TR
● PushMi, Pull-Yu
 177
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad, TR
● Coatimundi Crack
 155
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad, TR
● Escalation
 42
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad, TR
● Grand Inquisitor
 49
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13 Trad, TR
● Agnostic
 44
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, TR
● Breakfast of Champions
 93
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
● Talk to the Animals
 18
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a TR
● Derek Smalls' Crack
 7
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Trad, TR
● Cheatah
 167
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, TR
● Prophet's Honor
 10
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 Trad, TR
● Sour Queen
 4
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b TR
● Mr. Bunney Meets The Poultr…
 5
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13 Trad, TR
● Tom Cat/Pussy Cat
 8
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a TR
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Cheatah, Ignominy, and other routes on the right side of the east-facing side of Bill's.
Cheatah, Ignominy, and other routes on the righ…
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Push-Mi, Pull-Yu, Cheatah, and nearby routes
Push-Mi, Pull-Yu, Cheatah, and nearby routes
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Agnostic, Push-Mi, Pull-Yu, Grand Inquisitor and Talk to the Animals
Agnostic, Push-Mi, Pull-Yu, Grand Inquisitor an…
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Coatimundi has 2 finishes in the Knower book. The right finish which joins Grand Inquisitor is visible here. The other finish which goes around the left corner up the V chimney is obscured.
Coatimundi has 2 finishes in the Knower book. T…
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top of Bill's Buttress - center and west side. <br> <br> This area is complicated by ledges, trees, cracks, height, and multiple options for finishing some routes. You can't see the bottom of these climbs. Throwing a rope down can be a problem (rappel down?)
top of Bill's Buttress - center and west side.…
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Escalation and nearby routes. This shows the left finish of Coatimundi. The right finish of Coatimundi traverses right (out of view) and joins Grand Inquisitor. The lower Coatimundi Crack is partially obscured.
Escalation and nearby routes. This shows the le…
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top of Bill's Buttress - east <br> <br> On Dark Corner, you can either finish in the hole formed by the chockstone (as in the pic), or outside the hole. <br> A toprope placed at the top of Tom Cat/Pussy Cat will fall between these 2 criss-crossing routes at the bott
top of Bill's Buttress - east On Dark Corner…
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Rippled quartzite and snow in the trees. It was an early spring this year.
Rippled quartzite and snow in the trees. It wa…
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The Dark Corner area.
The Dark Corner area.
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Got a cam stuck at the top of PushMi, Pull-Yu, please let me know if you have any luck 608-333-6712
Got a cam stuck at the top of PushMi, Pull-Yu,…
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Bill's Buttress
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