The first 3 pitches of "Bird Hunter Buttress," showing both the main belays and intermediate stations.

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The first 3 pitches of "Bird Hunter Buttress," showing both the main belays and intermediate stations.

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Idan Peretz in the final throes of pitch 2.2

Route Overlay Bird Hunter Buttress

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Doug Hemken

Jan 22, 2007

“The first 3 pitches of "Bird Hunter Buttress," showing both the main belays and intermediate stations.”

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The views of the back canyons are pretty nice!

Pitch 11 (Handren).

Pitch 4.2: lots of air, on a well-protected and moderate route.<br>
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Burt Lindquist and Idan Peretz

The approximate line of descent is shown in black.

Jonny just about to enter back into the chimney. Pitch 6 from Doug Hemken's beta. We both felt this chimney pitch was the crux pitch of the route. <br>

The beautiful slanted tree, and a bit of pocketed, varnished sandstone at the base of Birdhunter Butress. <br>
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10/21/09

A nice place to gear up for Birdhunter Buttress, or to take a nap is at the big, slanted tree. Due to the long approach, and adventure-like climb, you'll most likely have the route/area all to yourselves. : )

Pitch 8 (Handren).

Pitch 3 (Handren).

Pitch 7 (Handren).

Pitch 1.

Pitch 2 (Handren). We linked this with Pitch 1.

Idan Peretz in the final throes of pitch 2.2

The first 3 pitches of "Bird Hunter Buttress," showing both the main belays and intermediate stations.

Route Overlay Bird Hunter Buttress

The last pitch we did. At the two bolt anchor up there we started rapping back down the route using a 70m plus a tagline.

Jason fires up p1

4th class scramble to summit ridge from top of Pitch 12.

The views from Birdhunter Buttress/Rainbow Wall are incredible, and gives you a good sense of the vast, rugged terrian of Red Rock. <br>
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Photo taken from midway up BB. A section of the colorful upper Brownstone Wall, and Bridge Mountain are visible.<br>
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10/21/09

Replacing the intermediate anchors on p3.

Racking up: Stephen Schmid, Andy Davis, Jason Martin

Pitch 10 (Handren).

Sunrise at the base of Rainbow Wall

Pitch 9 (Handren).

Idan Peretz works his way delicately up p3.1, the crux pitch

Pitch 12 (Handren).

Jonny starting up P-5 (from Doug Hemken's beta)<br>
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10/21/09

On summit ridge. The true summit of Rainbow Mountain is behind and would require quite a bit more effort to get to.

A view of upper Brownstone Wall, and Bridge Mt. from midway up Birdhunter Buttress.<br>
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10/20/09

Earl on BHB

Gigi hunts for birds on p4.

A tree anchor before the high chimney pitch which felt like the crux.

Route Overlay Bird Hunter Buttress.

The last pitch we did. At the two bolt anchor up there we started rapping back down the route using a 70m plus a tagline.

Borrowed this photo to show the line of the route. It ascendes the redline.