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Commitment Buttress Rock Climbing

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Areas in Commitment Buttress

Ant Wall 5 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Commitment East 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Commitment Main Wall 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Kiwi Wall 0 / 4 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Lower Commitment 5 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Milwaukee Wall 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Access Issue: Gate Buttress Area Recreational Lease: Climbs on Church Buttress above vault remain closed Details

Climbers Partner with LDS Church on Stewardship of Little Cottonwood Canyon Climbing

June 1st, 2017:The Salt Lake Climbers Alliance (SLCA), the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and Access Fund announce the signing of an unprecedented lease for 140 acres in Little Cottonwood Canyon (LCC). The parcel, known as the Gate Buttress, is about one mile up LCC canyon and has been popular with generations of climbers because of its world-class granite.

The agreement secures legitimate access to approximately 588 routes and 138 boulder problems at the Gate Buttress for rock climbers, who will be active stewards of the property. The recreational lease is the result of several years of negotiations between LDS Church leaders and the local climbing community.

Access Note: The climbs on the Church Buttress above the vault as well as the Glen boulders that have been traditionally closed will remain closed.
Please help us steward this area and leave no trace.

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SLCA and AF recreational leased area on LDS Church land

Area Description

Commitment Buttress is a slabby area located directly east of Coalpit Buttress . It's divided here into 4 distinct walls, where it's in the Granite Guide as one area. There is the lower toe of the large slab, Lower Commitment Wall, the large slab, Commitment Main Wall, a wall directly to the east of the Main Wall (separated by a tree-filled gully), Commitment East, and furthest east next to a very large gully/talus field, Milwaukee Wall.

History

About one new route seems to go in here each decade since 1970.

Getting There

The approach is the same as for Angering the Angered and Triangle Couloir. Park at the Pentapitch parking and head towards Pentapitch area. After crossing the bridge and heading west on Temple Quarry trail, keep an eye out on the left for a trail. Depending on what you count as a trail, it's the third or fourth small trail on the left, directly after some very large (>10 ft tall) boulders that border the main trail.

You'll see a large talus field headed up, but the trail goes up a slightly smaller gully to the right. The first rock wall you come across is Lower Commitment Wall on your left. To access the larger main wall or the east wall traverse under Lower Commitment to the east and head up the "trail".

Milwaukee Wall and Kiwi Wall are best accessed by taking the turnoff just prior into the Junkie Boulders and heading up the talus field. Keep left in the bottom and follow a trail till it puts you out onto the talus. Pick your way up through the talus field, passing a large dead tree on the right. Switchback up and you'll be on the right side again when you pass a large rock wall on your right (Milwaukee Wall). The talus is reasonably stable, but be mindful as some larger blocks can move. To reach Kiwi Wall, continue past Milwaukee Wall through an odd man-made boulder fort, and another 50 feet up or so you should see Kiwi Wall directly on your right.