This climb makes a nice warm up for Ice.  Climb the crack and traverse right about 5 Ft. to reach the anchors.  This crack has some interesting moves.

Fire

S.L.A.P.

Raiders of the Lost Crag

Mountaineer Matt and the Thundering Boom

Carolina Crocker and the Tipple of  Doom

Since the buttress is called Fire and Ice, you might expect more from this climb.  Climb the thin hands crack(crux) for about 25 Ft to a ledge.  Continue up some really dirty corners to rap from a tree.  The bottom is really nice, but dirty, and the crux is even shorter.  This is worth doing along with Fire if you are in the area.  If you are looking to bag a fairly easy 11c, this might be a good candidate

Beautiful, blunt, orange arete with a couple of hard moves around the first and second bolts.

Meat and potatoes,scruffy crack climbing is what this route is all about. Head up an easy hand crack to the first roof (crux) where you engineer a way to jam or crimp your way out and over of it. Keep jamming away for a few moves, trend right, and establish yourself in the alcove where you'll need to again find a way to surmount the roof. Twenty more feet of scruffy climbing guard the cordalette slung tree that is your anchor.

Climb the wide crack to a ledge rest, then fire up the series of corners and roof cracks. A wild ride! Bring a 70m

Holy adventure sport climbing!!! Figure out the low crux and then get your sport orienteering skills on. Varied climbing with slabby traversing, big cranks, and crimp and pimping guard the anchors. FUN SHtuff!

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Routes in 4. Fire and Ice Buttress