Traveler Buttress 

Beware! My buddy and I were attacked by a Peregrine Falcon while climbing Traveler's Buttress 2 days ago. It started when I turned the corner of the 5.8 arete pitch and continued until we were near the top. The route isn't listed anywhere as part of the spring closure. The bird was very pissed and extremely aggressive bombing in at our heads with it's talons out. It was not a fun experience. You could climb up to the top of the OW crux pitch and rap off the bolts no problem, but I would avoid the rest of the route unless you like climbing runout dikes while a predatory raptor tries to ravage your eyes.

I think the first pitch (below main ledge) is a sandbag at 5.8. More like 5.9...+?

A great route with some very classic climbing. Not sure if it warrants the "fifty classics" title but it is got some great rock and moves.

As caughtinside stated I felt that the upper moves on the 1st pitch were the most insecure of the route but the OW will be the crux for most people. It is just a few moves of thrutching and then turns into a spectacularly fun handcrack.

I totally agree with both comments. The first pitch crux is easily 5.9. The 2nd pitch OW is brutal! Though there is some pro to be found and it's over quickly enough once you commit to it. I'd have to climb the other so-called 50 classics to determine if it's worthy of the title. Good climb though.

If you're second is adverse to (or just really bad at) offwidth, the follower on the party in front of us was able to stem up using the thin crack to the left with his left hand and the edge of the o/w with his right. If you're leading, the o/w is just, well, o/w. The worst part about it is that it's greasy as all get out but it is just 5.9, and not very hard 5.9 at that.

Certainly not 50 Classics material but you have to do it if you're in the area.

I have composed the Traveler Buttress rap song (to be sung to Ludacris' "My Chick Bad"):

My crack hard
My crack slick
My crack spit you out like you really wish it di'int

My crack hard, harder harder than yers
My crack do stuff that I can't even put in words
Its polish don't stop
Its scuffle don't quit
So, fool, pipe down - you ain't talkin' bout sh*t

My crack hard, tell me if you seen her
She always bring the brutal like Venus and Serena
All white rock, all wide route
and all wide jams, crack lookin' like stout
No time for games, she's full grown
My crack hard, tell your crack to go home

Fun route, got me psyched on the leap. Question, pitch three, if you follow the seam up to the right, as opposed to the arete on the letft, how hard. We did this today but it felt hard. Rad little seam none the less!

This was a really fun route. I chose the 5.10 finger crack variation on P2 and thought it was very hard for 10b (I think that's what someone told us it was). We also did it in four pitches... two long ones after the crux pitch.

Just did this fantastic climb yesterday. Even the last two "ladder" pitches are a lot of fun.

With regards to the crux, I did it protecting in the thin crack. However I guess I was pretty exposed. The OW is very positive as long as you are confident with that technique. As soon as you move up, you will find some positive hand holds. In any case, it is a committing move.

yes heed wylies' warning there is a pissed raptor out there who doesn't like the human intervention on its territory. It came at me after turning the arete(pitch 3) and making the traverse to the pancakeie flake thing, which was an awesome move by the way, anyways scared the piss out of me. you can here it coming though so be wary, and like many routes at the leap a good set of nuts is very useful. O and the offwidth sucks for about 10 to 15 feet and then becomes more "enjoyable" all and all a very sweet route.

I would agree that the top of pitch 1, the wide flaring and bulging crack, felt like 5.9. Really awkward moves. For me it was easier to lead the OW. The OW is solid 5.9, not any easier but not any harder. I put in one #4 at the start, a #5 in the middle and another #4 at the top. This protected it well. On the third pitch I didn't stop to belay at the two pins around the corner. I did see them but continued up about another 60 feet to a nice horizontal crack to belay off of. Solid anchor off of #1 and #0.75 cams. The crux arete move on pitch 3 felt like easy 5.8 to me. The exposure is awesome!