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Surprise Ending

Name: Surprise Ending
Rating: 2.6

5.11b YDS 6c French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 23 ZA E3 5c British

Routes in Green Adjective Gully

L › R R › L A › Z

	After The Fall T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	All Chalk And No Action S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Badlands S 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Beaked Whale T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Beastie Boys T 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b PG13
	Black Ops T,TR 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Box Elder Cling T 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Bradlands (AKA Bad Mutha) T 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Creep Show T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Dangling Participle T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R
	Dawdling Pigalottos T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Divine Intervention A2
	Eve Traverse (Free), The T 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a
	Eve Traverse, The T 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a C1+
	Fallen Arches T 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Fallen Arches Approach T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Fourth and Inches T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Garden Song T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Golden Showers T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Goodro's Nightmare T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Gordon's Direct T,TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R
	Gordon's Hangover T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Green Adjective, The T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Green Corner, The S 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a
	Hem Line T 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Holy Ghost T 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Last First Crack T,TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Looney Tunes T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R
	Lucid Dreaming T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	MA 1 T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	MDMA T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c PG13
	Meat Puppets S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Merrimaker T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Mother of Pearl T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Nostrum 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c A2
	Oasis T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R
	Orange Crush S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Perhaps T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Perhaps Direct T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Perhaps Not T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Pill Billy T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Pins, Bashies, Matches and Beer T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Prepositional Phrase S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Savvy T 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Sinsemilla Crack T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Solo Slot T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Stitches T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Stormy Resurrection T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Stranger Than Friction S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Subordinate Claws TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Surprise Beginning S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Surprise Ending T,S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Temporary Sanity T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	This Is Almost the Place T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Touch Up T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Trinity Left T 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Trinity Right T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Unreliable T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Victory Gardens T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Wheeler Route T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Wheels on Fire T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Wheels on Fire Direct T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Why Me? T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b

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Type:	Trad, Sport, 70 ft (21 m)
FA:	Stuart Ruckman, Gordon Douglass, 1988
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Shared By:	GRK on Apr 7, 2013
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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

Description

A excellent climb up a deceiving face! Extreme slabbing on just enough rock, this route is a wild romp up beautiful patina. Delicate and dainty, this line is steep, thin, and old-school. Hand drilled on lead, Surprise Ending has only four bolts in 70 feet. A great second pitch to Surprise Beginning or This is Almost the Place.

Climb the short face to a small rest at a knob on the arete. Follow the easy arete up and right to join the last moves of the Green A's third pitch. Build an anchor in the corner or set a directional and belay off a two bolt anchor on the ledge.

Location

Best reached by climbing This is Almost the Place or Surprise Beginning. Build a marginal anchor at the base of the route or belay from the tree/sling anchor of This is Almost the Place.