Ascent Notes for: Frigid Air buttress (5.9+) - 5.9 Average Rating : 4.62/5

If you have thick thighs the offwidth is a touch harder than 5.8
My skinny partner however found it to be a breeze
well protected anyhow great TRAD route

This climb is quite fun with a non-committing feel from the large ledges at every belay. My favorite pitch was the 5.9 hand crack followed by the 5.8 ow. Try to conserve your gear on the bottom half of this pitch (#2's and #3's) otherwise the ow will seem run out. There is also a new bolt at the bottom of the ow that can be used to supplement a belay if you run out of gear early on the hand crack. The last pitch was scenic and exposed but had easy climbing with a short lieback crux in between. Bring 2 ropes to rap Burlesque. The rappel is actually very scenic and puts you at the head of the canyon in an amazing little wash. For the rack we brought one set of nuts, and one set of cams from purple tcu to #4 camalot with doubles in #2 and #3 camalot. Enjoy!

the last pitch is the best on the route. alomsot not worht it except for this pitch

Start of an 8 day climbing odyssey from Zion to Red Rocks. With Bobby from New York. It was alright, not a huge recommendation. I pulled the off width 5.9 and he got the 5.9 finger crack. Both fun and challenging pitches. Windy as hell in the park, but this route is very well protected from the wind. Weird lone bolt below the off width move. Only bolt on a completely free route (not bolted stations). Someone must have bailed with a bolt kit I guess, does you no good and the crux is well protected with gear. My first trip back in Icebox, but came back the following week and knocked off all of the Necromancer routes, Sensuous Mortician being one of my favorite true trad pitches in the park.

A superb line but a rather crappy descent that is difficult to find at first. Oh, well. Still 100% worthwhile for the quality climbing, lack of human competition, and totally short and easy approach. Pro is only necessary up to a #4, and that is to protect the roof on p5; the p4 OW only needs doubles on #2-3. I felt the OW was 5.9, not 5.8. It is actually far more sustained than 9+ finger crack crux later. The p3 chimney is probably the most awesome chimney I have ever climbed!!! Note to God: make more chimneys like that, preferably close to my house. There is virtually not a bad pitch on this route!

What a relief climbing this thing the day after Prince of Darkness - and my second at Red Rock. There was not another party in the whole canyon, it was a pristine day and the ledges are like rooms at the Hilton. There is great variety - a bit of everything on this one. Do it.

Followed the crux finger crack. Led the offwidth. Fun!

Led pitches 1,3,4 and 6. Awesome! Vegastradguy flew up crux and gave me good hint on following offwidth.

Been a long time since I last did this route- came back for a little revenge, as last time I backed off the 2nd pitch, avoided the offwidth, and struggled on the crux (but didnt fall). This time, I led all three sections and felt pretty good on all of them! Thanks to Gigette for coming out with me for this fantastic route!

Really fun, sustained. I went through the squeeze.