The Ginger Buttress (full)
5.10- trad · 14 pitches · 1,700 ft · ★★★☆
Route 17 of 24 from left to right on Ginger Buttress, with Blade Runner (aka The Ginger Arête) on its left and Spice on its right. Ginger Buttress has 24 routes, from 5.8 C2 to 5.12c; 12 are harder, and 5 others are the same grade.
First ascent: Boyce Chapko Spring 2022
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
- Fist or Flips 5.10c
- 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 Life Aquatic 5.11 PG13
- Unintelligible Groaning 5.11a PG13