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Contributors
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Sam Ritchie
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Table of contents
- 1. Lower Buttress 21 in Sector
- 2. Index by grade
1. Lower Buttress 21 routes in Sector
- Summary:
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Rock climbing and Trad climbing
Lat / Long: 38.800126, -120.136692
access issues
For all access issues, please contact CRAGS, the local affiliate of the Access Fund.
As of 2020 CRAGS is running a major multi-year stewardship project to help address the significant impacts this classic area has faced, from decades of high levels of climber traffic. If you have or plan on climbing here and are able to donate either money or time, your contributions will be greatly appreciated!
| Route | Grade | Style | Selected ascents | |||||
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| 1 | Beer Can Alley | 5.10c | ||||||
| 2 | A Boy and His Arete | 5.10d | ||||||
| 3 | Piece of Mind | 5.11d | ||||||
| 4 | ★★ Pillar of Society | 5.12a | ||||||
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| Route | Grade | Style | Selected ascents | |||||
| 5 | ★★ Surrealistic Pillar Direct | 5.10a | ||||||
| 6 |
★★ Surrealistic Pillar
FA: Ken Edsburg, Mike Edsburg & Jerry Sublette, 1963 | 5.7 R | 300ft | |||||
| 7 | ★ Jail Break | 5.8 | ||||||
| 8 | ★ For Real Crack | 5.7 | ||||||
| 9 | ★★ Bearhug | 5.9 | ||||||
| 10 | ★★ Sinbad-Herbert | 5.10a | ||||||
| 11 | Wild Turkey | 5.8 | ||||||
| 12 | ★★ The Groove | 5.8 | 210ft | |||||
| 13 | ★ The Farce | 5.5 | 200ft | |||||
| 14 | ★ Novitiate's Nightmare | 5.9 | ||||||
| 15 | ★ Hemorrhoides in Flight | 5.10c | ||||||
| 16 | ★ Black Pyre | 5.11a | ||||||
| 17 | ★ Black Opal | 5.10c | ||||||
| 18 | ★ Black Magic | 5.11c | ||||||
| 19 | Blue Wind | 5.10a | ||||||
| 20 | Flaky Flakes | 5.10b | ||||||
| 21 | Crawdaddys in Flight | 5.10c | ||||||
2. Index by grade
| Grade | 
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Stars | Name | Style | Pop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | ★ | The Farce | 200ft | ||
| 5.7 | ★ | For Real Crack | |||
| 5.7 R | ★★ | Surrealistic Pillar | 300ft | ||
| 5.8 | ★ | Jail Break | |||
| ★★ | The Groove | 210ft | |||
| Wild Turkey | |||||
| 5.9 | ★★ | Bearhug | |||
| ★ | Novitiate's Nightmare | ||||
| 5.10a | Blue Wind | ||||
| ★★ | Sinbad-Herbert | ||||
| ★★ | Surrealistic Pillar Direct | ||||
| 5.10b | Flaky Flakes | ||||
| 5.10c | Beer Can Alley | ||||
| ★ | Black Opal | ||||
| Crawdaddys in Flight | |||||
| ★ | Hemorrhoides in Flight | ||||
| 5.10d | A Boy and His Arete | ||||
| 5.11a | ★ | Black Pyre | |||
| 5.11c | ★ | Black Magic | |||
| 5.11d | Piece of Mind | ||||
| 5.12a | ★★ | Pillar of Society |