Feather Buttress
5.10+ YDS 6b+ French 21 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 20 ZA E3 5b British R
Avg: 3.5 from 25 votes
Type: | Trad, Alpine, 1000 ft (303 m), 8 pitches, Grade IV |
FA: | Calum Hudson, Trevor Jones 1976. FFA Charlie Fowler, Jeff Lowe 1980 |
Page Views: | 13,878 total · 81/month |
Shared By: | Cor on Sep 10, 2010 · Updates |
Admins: | Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson |
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Description
this route up the north face is black elk's brother. just as hard (i thought) and the feather crest pitch at the top...wow!
Location
on the north face seen from your cirque camp.
hike up the scree to the base. follow slab/ramp to the only real left facing dihedral system on the north face. follow that up to it's top, then veer right and up to another shorter left facing dihedral. from there wander up to the top and climb the runout feather crest pitch (which is nice and narrow, but not hard.) a few traversing pitchs across the top bring you to the backside walkoff down towards sundance pinicale. cut through the notch towards the trail and arrowhead lake, and back around into the cirque.
hike up the scree to the base. follow slab/ramp to the only real left facing dihedral system on the north face. follow that up to it's top, then veer right and up to another shorter left facing dihedral. from there wander up to the top and climb the runout feather crest pitch (which is nice and narrow, but not hard.) a few traversing pitchs across the top bring you to the backside walkoff down towards sundance pinicale. cut through the notch towards the trail and arrowhead lake, and back around into the cirque.
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