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Pedestal Buttress

Submitted By: Tom Anderson-Brown on Apr 16, 2002
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Bob Horan topping out on Sometimes Crack.


Description 

The Pedestal Buttress is a 50 foot high buttress containing arount 20 very good climbs that are easily accessed. Routes like Birch Tree Crack (5.8) and Upper Diagonal (5.9) see a lot of traffic, and there's even a two-pitch climb, The Pedestal (5.4), that's great for practicing a lead traverse. This is another wall that will fill up by 9am on the weekends, so get here early.


Getting There 

To get to the Pedestal Buttress hike the CCC Trail to "T" in the trail at The Monster. Turn left at The Monster and continue up (northwest) until you reach a second "T". Straight ahead is Pedestal Buttress.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Pedestal Buttress:
Lower Diagonal   5.8     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Birch Tree Crack   5.8     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Upper Diagonal   5.9     Trad, TR   
The Stretcher   5.9+     TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
The End   5.10a     Trad   
Sometime Crack   5.10a     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Congratulations   5.10a     Trad, TR   
Sometime Direct   5.10d R     Trad, 60 feet   
Flake Route   5.10d PG13     Trad, TR   
D.L.F.A   5.11     Trad, 29 pitches, 290 feet, Grade VI   
The Dog   5.12a     TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
All The Way   5.12b/c     Trad, 1 pitch, 30 feet   
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Featured Route For Pedestal Buttress
Kayte Knower midway on Upper D. Flake Route can be seen to the right.

Upper Diagonal 5.9  WI : Devil's Lake : ... : Pedestal Buttress
One of the best routes Devil's Lake has to offer. The name says it all. When facing the right side of Pedestal Buttress this route slices up and left from the dead tree at the base of Birch Tree Crack. Stay on the higher of the cracks, as the other is obviously Lower D. Good stopper from finger locks and at times insecure feet lead to a pleasant topout. Also easy to TR, but a swing is inevitable. Better to swing low than high. That's what ...[more]   Browse More Classics in WI