Fist or Flips
5.10c trad · 100 ft · ★★★☆
Route 2 of 24 from left to right on Ginger Buttress, with Snake Buttress on its left and Somewhere Over the Rainbow on its right. Ginger Buttress has 24 routes, from 5.8 C2 to 5.12c; 8 are harder, and 1 other is the same grade.
First ascent: Paul Van Betten, Mike Ward 1984
Hikes, approaches and descents
- Fastest Juniper Approach — Class 2
- Fastest Cloud & Ginger Approach — Class 2
- Ginger Cracks Approach — Class 2
Access
The 13-mile Scenic Drive requires a timed-entry reservation October to May and has seasonal gate hours. Calico Basin and Kraft Mountain sit outside the Scenic Drive and need no reservation.
Wet rock: Aztec sandstone loses much of its strength when wet. Do not climb for at least 24 to 48 hours after rain or snowmelt, or holds break off and routes are permanently damaged.
More routes on Ginger Buttress
- Snake Buttress 5.9+
- Dry Rub 5.10+
- Thyme Alone 5.8 C2
- Idiocracy 5.10
- Sugar 5.10d PG13
- Ginger Cracks 5.9
- Spice 5.10c PG13
- Cayenne Corners 5.10d
- Waterstreak Chimney 5.8
- Unimpeachable Groping 5.10b
- Ginger Crack Variation Finish (Der Guberbaum) 5.9
- All You Can Eat 5.10d
- Power Failure 5.10
- Jack's Lament 5.8-
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow 5.11c
- Cumin Trafficking 5.10-
- Grab 'Em 5.11
- Blade Runner (aka The Ginger Arête) 5.10b PG13
- Like Tears in Rain 5.12c
- Salty Dog 5.10 PG13
- The Ginger Buttress (full) 5.10-
- The Life Aquatic 5.11 PG13
- Unintelligible Groaning 5.11a PG13