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Final Link 
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Grunting Gringos 
Hand Jive 
If Looks Could Kill 
Interplanetary Voyage 
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Lazarus 
Less Than Zero 
Lunge or Plunge 
Mexican Crack 
Missing Link 
Multiplicity 
No Jive Arete 
Paraplegic Ward 
Razor's Edge 
Ross Connection, The 
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Crescent Crack Buttress 


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Description 

The climbing here consists of both sport and trad, mostly trad.The rock is bomber granite, similar to the rest of the canyon. Some of the classic routes are: Mexican Crack (.10a), Crescent Crack (5.7), Crack in the Woods (5.9), and Hand Jive (5.8?).You can rappel most routes from the top of the climbs with a single rope, except Crescent Crack, which is descended east into a gully. Buy beer at 7-11 at the base of BCC, or better yet, go to Wyoming!


Getting There 

Park in the Little Cottonwood lower canyon Park and Ride. Locate the climber's access trail in the lot's northeast corner (directly north of the restroom). Follow this trail east until you are directly below the Cresent Crack Buttress. Take the left fork and a short jaunt leads you to the base of Waterslide. Head left for the climbs.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Crescent Crack Buttress:
Crescent Crack   5.7     Trad, 2 pitches, 300 feet   
Hand Jive   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Lazarus   5.8     Trad, 4 pitches, 450 feet, Grade II   
Crack in the Woods   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Crescent Crack Direct Variation   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Final Link   5.9     Trad, 120 feet   
3 Amigos   5.9+     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Mexican Crack   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
Lunge or Plunge   5.10b     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Missing Link   5.10 R     Trad, 3 pitches   
Multiplicity   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Who's On First   5.10d     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Ross Route, The   5.11a PG13     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Grunting Gringos   5.11a     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Closet Lycra   5.11a     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Slam, Jam, Thank You Ma'am   5.11+ PG13     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Rotert's Rooter   5.11d     Trad, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
If Looks Could Kill   5.11d R     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
No Jive Arete   5.11d     Sport, 1 pitch, 120 feet   
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Final Link 5.9  UT : Wasatch Range : ... : Crescent Crack Buttress
Stem up through the spike from the Crescent Crack Direct variation and clip first bolt. The crux here is to not pull on the draw and do the cool mantle onto the slab. Clip next bolt then set up belay at the two bolts. Beautiful slab that wanders a bit left and right. runners could be helpful on a few of the bolts to reduce rope drag. If done as the finish to Crescent Crack this route has it all....[more]   Browse More Classics in UT


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By Stevie Nacho
From: Utah
Mar 15, 2009

I was at Crescent Crack Buttress this weekend and discovered a chiseled boulder at the intersection of the trail where you go left to Crescent Crack Buttress or right to the Egg. The rock has two arrows with black tar in them and the words "Hong" and "Egg" chiseled in. It looks as though the criminal didn't finish carving "Crescent Crack Buttress" in. Maybe their wrist was tired. I've been climbing here since 1994 and I've never seen this graffiti.

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! PLEASE STOP!

Little Cottonwood does NOT need signs. If your are the person doing this, please stop. In fact, go back and attempt to remedy your shameful act. If you know the person(s) who did this, please beg them to stop.

With such descriptive guidebooks to the area, we do not need signs to help navigate to the crags and routes. I have found my way around crags throughout the western United States without signs. If I needed a sign I would go to Veyo, of the Gym.

Once again, please stop carving the rocks of Little Cottonwood Canyon.


Sincerely,

TROY D. ANDERSON

By Bill Bones
Mar 16, 2009

I have seen this rock too. I believe it is new either this year or late last year. This cannot happen. Please, if you are not thinking of what the repercussions could be for this act, check out other areas that are no longer climbable. PLEASE stop this. It is Graffiti no matter how you look at it. It is destroying and defacing rocks. PLEASE PLEASE STOP.

SHAYNE DURFEE