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Crown Butte Rock Climbing

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Routes in Crown Butte

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	Airborne Sage T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Pocaterra T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Joystick, The S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Squeeze Knees, The T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Big Booty T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Spiritual Surgery T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	American Hustle T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Blood Money T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	One-Nut Wonder T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	North Face T 3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a

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Elevation:	5,066 ft	1,544 m
GPS:	34.82443, -111.75125 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Crown Butte is the most prominent summit between Church Spires and Gibraltar Rock. On topographic maps, it is identified as Peak 5436. Looks like a crown from highway-179. Looks like a westward-pointing arrow from space.

There is a scrambling route (history unknown) up the main east gully that involves a ~40-ft pitch of 5th-class climbing, including a 5.8 or A0 slab move at a slung bolt.

If you are coming up here to climb, it'll be either the multipitch routes on the west face, or the cragging/partying on the Backside Crag (south face).

Getting There

Park at Little Horse Trailhead, south of the Chapel on Highway-179. Start on Bell Rock Pathway, paralleling the highway for 5 minutes until turning left onto Little Horse Trail. Continue to the junction with the Llama Trail. Walk straight past the metal Llama Trail sign and head due east on a secondary trail. For clarification: if you are looking squarely at the metal Llama Trail sign and "noon" is straight over it, the desired trail is oriented about 10:00 to the sign. This is a very good trail that leads all the way up to the saddle between Crown Butte and Gibraltar Rock. Total time: 45-60 mins.