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Flying Butress

Submitted By: Kole DeCou on Jan 10, 2007
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Description 

This is the long and beautiful butress east of Moose's Butte. It holds the classic routes Eptaph and Technicolor Corner, among others.


Getting There 

Drive up Schnebly Hill Road past the Moose's Butte, and park at the Cow Pie trail head. (you'll think you've gone too far.) Follow the Cow Pie trail as it contours left under a large cliff (home to Arch Enemy) twards the Flying Butress. Eventually you'll reach a saddle between the Teapot and the Flying Butress. Technicolor corner is the big obvious corner on the south face near the saddle, and Epitaph is the huge roof you can see on the west face farther down.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Flying Butress:
Technicolor Corner   5.10 R     Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet, Grade III   
Arch Enemy   5.11+     Trad, Sport, 6 pitches, 400 feet, Grade III   
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Arch Enemy 5.11+  AZ : Sedona : ... : Flying Butress
P1: 5.9 fingers to ow crack. P2: 5.11- climb diagonally left past thin crack to bolted, exposed face over arch. P3: 5.10 hands thru a roof, clip directional bolt then traverse left oonto face (do not climb 10+ bulge/ow.)P4: Climb past many bolts (mostly 5.10) then 5.11+ crux to sustained difficult terraine to bombay squeeze. P5: 5.8ish bolted traverse. P6: Climb 5.10 corner and ow to 4th class and summit!...[more]   Browse More Classics in AZ