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She's a Butte

5.9-, Trad, 50 ft (15 m),  Avg: 3.1 from 15 votes
FA: Chris Farrah, 2024
Washington > Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 34; Middle… > Stegosaurus Butte > Rump > (d) The Butte-tresses

Description

Stem up the short corner under the roof. Reach left to place a .1 cam to protect the first moves, then commit left. Use a combination of face holds and underclings to move out the roof and pull into the upper corner, then jam, stem, and lieback your way up to the mossy ledge. 

Anchor is currently some cord around a large tree with quicklinks, but I might add bolts later. Route is clean enough to climb, but I also left a brush at the base since there's still a bit of work that could be done.

The route protects well, but the gear can be a little finicky since the cracks sometimes flare inward and outward in different places, so maybe not the best route if you're a budding 5.8 leader.

Location

A little downhill from the Little Lost Handjammer.

On the approach as you're going up the talus field, there's a log you have to duck under. From here, look right, and you'll see the obvious corner. I found the easiest approach is to walk on top of this log

Protection

Single rack from BD .1 to #5

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Route from the approach trail
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Looking down the upper corner
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The kneebar at the start of the route
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shes a butte
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Chris Farrah
North Bend, WA
  5.9-
[Hide Comment] Added a bolted anchor with lower-offs at the top of the crack for climbing this as a single pitch. Also cleaned the top out to the ledge and added another bolted anchor up there in case you want to link into Tyrano Corner or Shoe Snacks P2 Jul 31, 2025