Wild Rose Buttress
Wild Rose Buttress in California has 8 routes across 5 grades, offering sport and trad climbing.
Photo: inkknife_2000 (14 million views), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- 8 routes
- 5.5 – 5.11c
- Trad · Sport
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The Forest Service lists 4 alerts for Inyo National Forest.
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Effect
Agency alert covering Inyo National Forest · Order 05-04-50-26-23 · USFS · Inyo National Forest
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Wild Rose Buttress is a climbing area in California's John Muir Wilderness, within the White Mountain Ranger District of Inyo National Forest. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits inside designated wilderness. The climbing here is all trad, with one sport route among eight in total. The YDS grades run from 5.5 up to 5.11c, and the most common are around 5.10a. Among the named routes are Spiral Staircase at 5.5, Bob-Bob-a-Ramp at 5.10a, and Wild Rose at 5.11c. The Green Lake Trail and Baker Summit both lie about 0.4 miles away, and Willow Campground is about a mile off. South Lake, another climbing area, is roughly 1.5 miles away.
Routes (8)
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