Descending Frigid Air Buttress.

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Descending Frigid Air Buttress.

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Chockstone Chimney downclimb/rappel

The squeeze on pitch 5 goes... barely!

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Dirty Gri Gri, or is it GiGi?

May 13, 2006

“Descending Frigid Air Buttress.”

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The 5th pitch, showing lots of options. Note the chimney (lower left) ending at the hand traverse left, or exit using cracks to the right. Also note the "evil looking slot" (left of center at the top) and several options going right around it.

Why you brought the #4

Shirley following pitch 9 of Frigid Air Buttress (Jan. 2007).

Darren Farley leads the crux pitch of Frigid Air Buttress with Kaitlyn on belay.

Placing my #4 before pulling the crux on pitch 5. That mini pillow you see hanging off my ass is my jacket with an extra pair of leggings zipped inside. Of course I didn't need it but if I hadn't lugged it along I surely would have brought the wrath of the weather gods down on us... Novembrrr 2007

Frigid Air Buttress from the approach trail

Pitch #1 of Frigid Air Buttress. Snapped this photo as a reference point for folks looking to identify the base of the climb.

Frigid Air Splitter!!!<br>
Photo Jesse Ray!!

Todd on the Hand Traverse, Frigid Air Buttress, Red Rocks, NV

Downclimb/rappel on the descent

Last Rap Station

I think this is just prior to entering the last slabby chimney at the top of p5. You can see the trail into Icebox below my brother in the distance. November 07

The elegant chimney and the offwidth crack above

Updated version (2012) of the topo above.

The easy chimney on Frigid Air Buttress

Gary on the sharp end!

Brett cruxes on Frigid Air

Frigid Air Buttress

Descending Frigid Air Buttress, heading to Burlesque's rap line.

The final pitch

Final headwall on Frigid Air

Good Topos of Frigid Air Buttress are hard to find, and just don't exist in current guidebooks. Enjoy.

At the bulge where the "evil slot chimney" rears its slotty head above me on p5. Novembrrr 2007

S. Giffin stems up the wide section on pitch 5. Airy and exposed, but good holds and fun climbing.

The final rappel through lots of trees, ending in a nice shady grotto.

The start of the Final Headwall pitch.

Pitch 4

End of P1 traverse

Final 5.9 pitch

Really fun chimney pitch (P3), BD #4 was useful

The start of the 4th pitch, the "offwidth" pitch.

One of your many rewards for climbing Frigid Air Buttress. The amazing views, especially on the descent!

The first pitch.

Having fun on Frigid Air Buttress

Having fun on Frigid Air Buttress

Chockstone Chimney downclimb/rappel

Descending Frigid Air Buttress.

The squeeze on pitch 5 goes... barely!

Pitch 5

The end of the second pitch (done as two long pitches).

My son Lennon and I. I believe this was the last pitch.

Halfway up the gorgous 5.5 chimney. So fun and so cruiser. Wish it lasted for 800ft.

This ledge off to the right is the home of the intermediate rappel anchor.

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