North East Buttress Guide

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1. North East Buttress 9 in Cliff
2. Index by grade

1. North East Buttress 9 routes in Cliff

Summary:

Seasonality

All Trad climbing

Lat / Long: -45.068642, 168.809631

description

The obvious buttress of Single Cone when looking South-West from Lake Alta.

approach

	Route	Grade	Style	Selected ascents
1	★ Doganator Short, limited pro, good rock (10m). Obvious crack to small ledge. Climb headwall to a belay on large ledge (45m). Short pitch to the walk off (12m). FA: Dave Bolger & Glen Aspin, 2014	16	Trad 67m, 3
2	Cavity Search Right of blank face. Weakness to belay ledge (55m). Climb blocky ground above belay (10m).	13	Trad 65m, 2
3	Hard Act to Follow Right of Cavity Search, steeper ground (55m). Same second pitch of Cavity Search (10m). FA: Dave McLeod & Dave Bergman, 2002	16	Trad 16m, 2
4	Neals Hees Climb easy terrain to the right of Hard Act to Follow (50m). Cruisy second pitch (15m).	12	Trad 65m, 2
5	Mister Manners		Trad 60m, 20
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	Route	Grade	Style	Selected ascents
6	★★ The Guides Route 10m right of Liposuction. Crack systems (45m). Nice pitch, steeper ground (15m). FA: John Entwhistle, Dave McLeod & Dave Robinson	17	Trad 60m, 2
7	★★ Liposuction Climb the right-hand side of the butress in the centre of the face. Two pegs on a ledge to belay (55m). Climb steeper ground off belay via a crack, to the next ledge (15m). FA: Katrin Benecke & Shane Miller	17	Trad 70m, 2
8	The Embalmist Gently angled slab on right hand side of face (45m). Follow right side of buttress through slabs to a gully of shingle (40m). Climb left to a steeper part, then a slab. Stay right on the slab, join the ridge. (40m). FA: Tarn Pilkington et al	14	Trad 130m, 3
9	★ Maxi Rider Great pro. Steep overlap. Great rock. FA: Dave Bolger & Chris Prudden, 2004	16	Trad 20m

2. Index by grade

Grade	Stars	Name	Style
12		Neals Hees	Trad 65m, 2
13		Cavity Search	Trad 65m, 2
14		The Embalmist	Trad 130m, 3
16	★	Doganator	Trad 67m, 3
		Hard Act to Follow	Trad 16m, 2
	★	Maxi Rider	Trad 20m
17	★★	Liposuction	Trad 70m, 2
	★★	The Guides Route	Trad 60m, 2
?		Mister Manners	Trad 60m, 20