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Austin Archer on the crux move, pitch 4, Three Hour Arete (5.10c).
Massive talus fan below 3 O'clock Buttress from storm last winter. Completely obliterated the approach trail.
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Rick Ziegler
May 13, 2011
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Rick Ziegler
Rick Ziegler  
Three Hour Buttress is shown in this topo. The Lamb Canyon Wall starts on the steep white slabs slightly uphill and left of Three Hour Buttress. Sep 28, 2011
sibylle Hechtel
Colorado
sibylle Hechtel   Colorado
Gear - I used only one #3 Cam, and no #4; but did use a very tiny cam (old 0.1, new 00 I think) and a green alien on pitch 1. The anchor for Pitch 1 consists of one bolt plus cams in the crack.
We climbed as a party of three, and got our rope caught when trying to rappel from the top with a double rope - better to do four single rope raps; than longer ones. Lots of bushes and flakes to catch the rope.
Also - there's a bolted rap anchor with hooks to the right of the pitch one anchor location. May 16, 2013

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Austin Archer on the crux move, pitch 4, Three Hour Arete (5.10c).
Topo
Massive talus fan below 3 O'clock Buttress from storm last winter. Completely obliterated the approach trail.
Top of Three Hour Buttress
Map of Lamb Canyon area
The 5.9 mixed start of Three Hour Buttress. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th pitches follow involve bolted climbing following the arete where the dark and light rock meet.
Traversing start to Hall Pass (5.10d).