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Description
Aries Butte (pronounced 'beaut') is a beaut pyramid of slabby, white sandstone, located in east Zion. It contains an easy long climb away from the crowds. Remember to give way to bighorn sheep.
Approach
Walk north of State Route 9 road, then look for large saddle on the right. Aries Butte is to the north east of the saddle, near a lone tree.
Ethic
The rock is very soft sandstone, don't climb when wet
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Author(s): Thierry Souchard
Date: 2017
ISBN: 9782952638876
A selective guidebook describing 180 multi-pitch routes from 7 areas around the world, covering Calanques, Verdon, Sardinia, Meteora, Wadi Rum, Tsaranoro, Red Rocks, and Zion.
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Author(s): Thierry Souchard
Date: 2017
This digital guidebook presents a selection of 27 multi-pitch routes taken from the book Rock around the World. Routes are drawn on zoomable photos. The content of the guidebook is detailed in the OmegaRoc app.
Red Rocks: 19 routes Thanks to the very sculpted sandstone of Red rocks, it is possible to climb routes on very steep cliffs at quite moderate grade. The protections are good and quite easy to place. Trad 6a grade is required
Zion: 8 routes In Zion, the routes are often more demanding both in terms of difficulty and climbing style. Trad 6b grade is required and a good crack climbing experience
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