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Description 

This is a small, slabby buttress with a few short, decent climbs. The rock is typical high quality Cape Ann granite.

The mossy gully on the far right might offer some ice "bouldering" in season.

L->R:

A. Pipeline Face, 6, 1p, 25', TR.
B. Pipeline Flake, 8, 1p, 25', TR.

Getting There 

This buttress is located in the Red Rock/ Mount Ann area. It's part of the same dispersed cliff band as Commander Salamander Crack and (eventually) Oz. You can reach it by following the rough but navigable path that follows along the ridge to Commander Salamander Crack and Pipeline Boulders. This will be the the among the first outcrops encountered.

I wouldn't call this a destination area in way, shape, or form, but if you are on your way to Oz and looking for something new. . . .

The Classics

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Pipeline Flake 5.8  MA : Cape Ann : Pipeline Buttress

This short climb follows a left-facing flake system. Once the flakes are surmounted (crux), move left onto the rounded arete and head up on easier ground....[more]   Browse More Classics in MA