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Skyline Buttress

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About Skyline Buttress:

This east side buttress lies up hill and continues out from Blackline Buttress and Ashes of Stone.
Approach: From Highway 191, park at the pull out due north of the bridge crossing Gallatin River. Follow the trail on the east side of the river South. At the first fork in the trail, go right. Follow this up steep climb until you reach a ridge line. There is a rock once you hike this ridge for a few hundred feet. This is Ashes of Stone. Go right and around until you see a walk around that will allow you to traverse to the south of the rocks. This walk around is at the base of Skyline.
Approach Time: 1 hour
Latitude, Longitude: 45.41836, -111.22816
Access Issues:
Rock Type: Gneiss
Type of Climbing: Trad
Sun Aspect:

Routes

SequenceSequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes. Rating Route Difficulty Ascents
10 Average Rating = 3.50/5 Never on a Sunday 5.10c 2
20 Average Rating = 5.00/5 Stigmata 5.11d 1
30 Average Rating = 0.00/5 The Throwback (1) 5.10d 0
40 Average Rating = 4.33/5 Ithaca Connection 5.9 3
41 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Behind Blue Eyes 5.8 0
50 Average Rating = 3.50/5 Sky King 5.11c 2
60 Average Rating = 4.08/5 Skyline Arête (2) 5.6 20
80 Average Rating = 4.00/5 Crystal Caper 5.8 3

Forum Discussions (1 posts)

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No Replies Lost Camera in Gallatin Canyon, MT austin.timm 0 Sep 03 2008, 8:30 PM