Blue Buttress  WI4+ M4 Easy Snow

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Type:  Mixed, Ice, Snow, 2 pitches, 100 feet Consensus:  WI4+ M4 [details] FA:  Ryan Barber, Bradley White New Route:  Yes Season:  Winter Submitted By:  Ryan Barber on Feb 26, 2013 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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This ice flow grows big and fat right on-top of the rock route "Black Buttress". A nice mountaineering adventure with snow, ice, and rock.


P1 (WI 3/M4+): Start at small to body sized right facing icicle. Stem and mantel to gain snice-ramp. Follow to huge snowledge and belay off tree. 30 ft.

P2 (WI4+): Move right along snowledge to access fat Blue Buttress proper and continue to trees. 50ft

Protection 

Screws and #2 Camelot to protect first few moves.

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Bradley about to start pitch 2 of Blue Buttress	Looking up at Blue Buttress headwall	Bradley White seconding Blue Buttress
Bradley White topping out on Blue Buttress	Nice tools straight from the ice age.