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Crescent Crack Buttress

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About Crescent Crack Buttress:

Very nice granite buttress with lots of routes at many difficulties up to four pitches long.
Approach: .25 miles up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Park at the Park & Ride and hike in by the northeast trail from the parking lot or park directly below it on the north side of the road next to an electrical box.
Approach Time: 5-10 minutes
Latitude, Longitude:
Access Issues:
Rock Type: Granite
Type of Climbing: Trad
Sun Aspect:

Routes

SequenceSequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes. Rating Route Difficulty Ascents
Average Rating = 2.50/5 Short Corner 5.6 4
Average Rating = 4.67/5 The Coffin 5.9 6
Average Rating = 3.00/5 The Ross Connection 5.10c 1
Average Rating = 2.50/5 Waterslide 5.9 2
0 Average Rating = 4.00/5 Crescent Crack Direct Variation 5.9 1
0 Average Rating = 4.17/5 Mexican Crack 5.10a 6
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 C.P.O.S. (7) 5.11b 1
1 Average Rating = 3.00/5 Closet Lycra 5.11a 4
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Coffin Roof 5.12a 1
1 Average Rating = 3.82/5 Crack in the woods 5.9 21
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Crank in the Woods 5.11d 0
1 Average Rating = 3.75/5 Crescent Crack (1) 5.7 50
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Exsqueeze Me 5.11d 1
1 Average Rating = 4.00/5 Final Link 5.9 4
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Genuine Risk Variation 5.11c 0
1 Average Rating = 4.00/5 Hand Jive 5.8 14
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 If Looks Could Kill 5.11d 3
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Lazarus 5.8 3
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Less Than Zero (2) 5.12a 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Lunge or Plunge 5.10b 4
1 Average Rating = 4.40/5 Mexican Crack (3) 5.10a 16
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Multiplicity 5.10c 2
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 No Jive Arete 5.11d 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Pin Man (1) A3+ 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Razors Edge 5.12b 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Ross Route 5.11a 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Rotorts Rooter 5.11d 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Slam, Jam, Thank you Ma'am 5.11d 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Spanish Fly 5.11c 1
1 Average Rating = 4.20/5 The Coffin (2) 5.9 21
1 Average Rating = 2.33/5 The Great Chockstone 5.7 5
1 Average Rating = 4.33/5 The Viewing 5.10a 7
1 Average Rating = 3.50/5 Who's on First 5.10d 5

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The Coffin
Pin Man