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Second Buttress

Colorado > Gunnison > Taylor Canyon

Description

The Second Buttress is the large buttress just north of the first. There are an innumerable number of routes especially on the right side. However, only the classics are shown here

Routes from Left to Right

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
 4
● Mathematical Progressions
Trad
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 43
● Chucky Cheese
Trad 3 pitches
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 20
● Angles Away
Trad
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
 2
● Needs a Bolt
Trad
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 13
● Back for Seconds
Trad
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
 0
● Slap Happy
Sport
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 4
● Gas Cafe
Trad 2 pitches
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
 2
● Whatever
Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 26
● Journey through Gwondonaland
Trad 2 pitches
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 6
● Required Gardening
Trad
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 6
● Johnny Rotten
Trad 2 pitches
5.13+ 8b 30 X- 31 E7 7a
 1
● Big Top project
Sport
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 20
● Left End Corners
Trad 3 pitches
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 1
● Ugly American
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Mathematical Progressions
 4
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 Trad
● Chucky Cheese
 43
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches
● Angles Away
 20
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad
● Needs a Bolt
 2
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13 Trad
● Back for Seconds
 13
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad
● Slap Happy
 0
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b Sport
● Gas Cafe
 4
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 2 pitches
● Whatever
 2
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 Trad
● Journey through Gwondonaland
 26
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad 2 pitches
● Required Gardening
 6
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
● Johnny Rotten
 6
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad 2 pitches
● Big Top project
 1
5.13+ 8b 30 X- 31 E7 7a Sport
● Left End Corners
 20
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches
● Ugly American
 1
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

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Second Buttress.
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Left side - Chucky Cheese is in the upper center of this picture.
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phil broscovak
[Hide Comment] When driving towards the 2nd buttress your eye will be drawn to the huge roof and prominent leftward leaning corner system. Directly below these features is the Sugar Cube an obvious and well named boulder on the crag side of the road. Parking will be apparent. The leftward leaning corner is Angles Away. Directly through the huge roof is the incipient cracks of Roofer Madness. This is an old Rosholt aid climbing test piece. Beginning from the right side of the Angles Away start and S curving around to the left side of the Roofer Madness Roof is the challenging Needs a Bolt. Many other quality routes are to be found all over the 2nd Buttress. Many are yet to be done. If this crag were on the Front Range, there might be a hundred grid bolted routes on it. As it is there is still a bit of wild adventure left out west. May 7, 2006