Fun climb follow a crack up and left of the roof then move straight up. Around the corner from death scream

The lean years

Missing Link

Death Scream

Failing Fingers

Evolution

Hot Flash

Robins nest

Cam Shaft

Huff and Puff

Old World Monkey

Primitive Man

Barbarian

Just to the right of the arete, begin with a fun little double dyno to get off the ground (very easy but fun.)  From there make some face moves on small holds and work your way up to some cool underclings and blocky features (unfortunately, a few of these features wobble a bit).  Continue on thin face moves to the top.  Needs more traffic or a brush to clean up all the lichen and spiderwebs.

Straight up the center of the face until reaching the huge roof. Enter the roof using decent holds and surmount it with a mantle-y thing. Feet are mostly minimal and poor through the crux. I have not seen it climbed gracefully.

Start in the dihedral under a few mini overhangs is consistent 5.9 climbing on good holds

Evolution goes directly up the arête through small roof the crux is going past the roof

A fun stemming corner with small holds and a slight overhang that still remains at the guidebook rating of 5.5.  The face on the right side is unfortunately home to quite a bit of lichen.  Looks harder than 5.5 at first glance.

Follow the crack through the roof and find some solid jams and some stemming.  Hit a jug after making a few awkward moves and you'll soon find yourself at the top.  If it was longer it might get more stars.

A really fun but short face climb on a slightly overhanging face.  Limit yourself to the face left of the big crack in the corner.  The holds and crimps are fairly large, but don't hang around too long due to the somewhat steep/pumpy climbing.

Five feet right of Death Scream, go straight up. Once you get to the roofs go right rather than left as for Death Scream. The crux is here and the holds can be hard to find. Make some big moves here and then higher onto lichen.

Primitive Man is a fun climb on the far right side of primitive buttress starts about 5 feet right of Failing Fingers and goes straight up the arête the crux is just past the middle where a couple strenuous moves come into play

Begin making face moves on thin but somewhat positive crimps up the improbable-looking face. Find some cool underclings somewhere around half way up and rest there. Use a thin shallow seam and possibly a couple layback moves to the top.  Needs traffic or brushing to clear out all the lichen.

Previously known as Agony Buttress, Primitive Buttress lies back in the woods and has a bunch of additions to it in the new 2012 Farris guidebook.  Grades range from easy all the way to 5.11.  It is well shaded when the trees have leaves on them and it doesn't see tons of traffic.

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Routes in Primitive Buttress