P1 (5.9, 35m): From Route Base, head up following bolts over ledges to begin the thin slabbing. Continue up on edges, making mantle moves til you reach the anchor.
P2 (10b, 35m): Continue up and trend leftwards, following bolts up the slab. Encounter the desperately thin crux before entering a dirty corner and making your way up 4th class terrain until you can pull yourself around the arete, and onto the face with two sets of bolted anchors. Pass the first set, and belay at the second.
P3 (5.6, 20m) Short and scrambly pitch. Head directly upwards, passing ledges and juggy smears until you find the next set of anchors above.
P4 (5.8, 35m) Step right up through dirty ledges and blocks till you can reach the first bolt on the arete. Pull around and follow bolts past edging, smears, and finally to a quartzite crack which leads to the next anchors.
P5 (5.6, 30m) Moderate terrain lead past multiple bulges to the summit block! Follow the bolts and you can’t go wrong.
To descend, either rappel Condorphamine Addiction with a 70m rope, or rappel into the gully and scramble off. The scramble took us much less time then rappelling.
Leftmost bolted line on the Condor Buttress. If you are at the base of Condorphamine Addiction head leftwards up a small slab and keep your eye out for the bolts above. If you get to a rotten rock gully, you’ve gone too far.
Fully Bolted. 12 Quickdraws should be plenty. Alpine draws are extremely helpful for rope drag. 70m rope for rappels, or 60m if you plan to scramble.
Leavenworth WA
Named Solitary Man for the long tedious days spent alone establishing the route Jun 20, 2023
Leavenworth, WA
Joshua Tree
And awesome route Dave! Must have been a mega day out putting that thing up. Please let me know if you have any updates to the grades I’ve listed, or the pitch description. Jun 20, 2023
Leavenworth, WA
seattle
Cool to see more going up here. I always figured the condor buttress had money left on the table. Jun 20, 2023
Joshua Tree
Dave - I’ve updated the description to include your grade ratings and a bit of your verbage. Thanks again for the amazing route. Jun 21, 2023
Leavenworth, wa
Leavenworth WA
Good addition to the Condor Buttress, thanks first ascent team! Sep 21, 2024
leavenworth