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Northeast Face

Submitted By: Greg DeMatteo on May 25, 2007
Administrators: Greg Opland, James DeRoussel

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  • Description 

    The narrow buttress end of Thumb Butte with some of the best climbs that the Butte has to offer. Typically shady.


    Getting There 

    Follow the climbers trail from the shoulder around the south face until the Butte curves around to hiker's left.


    The Classics

    Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Northeast Face:
    Heart Route   5.6     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
    Mecca   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
    Koran   5.10     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
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