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Dem Bones Buttress

Wyoming > Grand Teton NP > Avalanche Canyon

Description

This area, while actually on Matternaught Peak, is best described seperately as the routes end a long ways below the summit. The buttress faces east with a slight tilt to the south, so it's in the sun for quite some time, 'til late afternoon. An ice axe is probably necessary for the descent until late season. We were able to rap over the last remaining snowpatch in late July '07.

Getting There

From Taminah Lake, look north and locate a broad gully leading into a large cirque. Dem Bones buttress is the first prominent buttress on the west side of this gully. Allow about an hour from Taminah Lake.

Routes from Left to Right

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 4
● Lazy Bones
Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 4
● Los Huesos
Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 8
● Dem Bones
Trad, Alpine 6 pitches
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Lazy Bones
 4
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
● Los Huesos
 4
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
● Dem Bones
 8
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad, Alpine 6 pitches